Design Options

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know about this function?:
http://www.cadalyst.com/aec/archicad-insights-design-options-3096
It helps managing different design options inside a file, which is something I hugely need. I'm tired of using layers for that, it is just messy.
Is it an 3rd party add-on which disappeared, or a hidden function or...
Anyway something like that is definitely needed IMO.

Regards,
Ollivier

[Anonymous]

You can have the context alright, but that is really heavy to have open the base file+ the 3 options with links in every options to the base file=
4 heavy file opened at the same time.
And think if every option is a combination of options!!
It is definitely heavy even for my Xeon 64b with 8 processor.
I hope some kind of solution idea will come in Graphisoft's head, I'm confident.

[Anonymous]

Just tried the module option, and here is my conclusion:
Don't do it!!!!
it works until your MOD file is corrupted by the crossed links. And you ain't got no backup cause the mod files are not backuped like usual pln files.

[Anonymous]

I'm using MOD file for most of my projects.
It works fine...not even a crash at all. Feel ok with it.

As for the backup, let run a backup for your whole file system everyday, every week and month .....Similar like Time Machine from Apple. It save you from headache of losing your valuable data. This is what we are doing.

Cheers,

[Anonymous]

I have tried the hotlink otion also, but noticed that unless you draw all of the objects on a single layer you can not control the interactions with existing elements in you model. If you build the module with the same layers as in the model you are linking to, when you turn off and set the interaction level of the modules control layer to 0 all of the elements of the hotlink turn off, but they still intereact with the visable objects. unless I'm doing something wrong the hotlink contral layer can not override the interaction setings of the objects/layers that it contains. It would be helpfull if the hotlink control layer was set to 0 that the hotlink would then know to override the interactions of its content. If we could do this you could manage design options by using hotlinks.

[Erika Epstein]

Layer intersection priority can be different for each layer combination.

For layer combinations that don't show the module, set the MODULE's layer intersection number to whichever number you use for a hidden layer that you don't want to affect the active layers.

[Anonymous]

I have found this video tutorial for design options. It is really good to have different options in one model.
Here is the link. https://vimeo.com/156070656