separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projects

[dcerezo]

Hey all,

New to ArchiCAD and having come from Revit I'm still trying to wrap my head around this layers thing.

I have an existing building. In the EXISTING plan I want to take a section, let's say Section E1, to show something.

In the NEW plan I want to take a section, let's say Section N1, to show something else.

Do I have to have 1 layer called "Section Markers - Existing" and another called "Section Markers - New" just so I can hide one or the other when necessary?

If we could just hide things individually, not by layer, this would be so much easier.

Am I doing something wrong here?

[Barry Kelly]

dcerezo wrote:
Do I have to have 1 layer called "Section Markers - Existing" and another called "Section Markers - New" just so I can hide one or the other when necessary?

Unfortunately yes, as section and elevation markers do not have a renovation status (I'm not sure why not).

The only other work-around I can think of is to have a solid white fill over the marker - you can set the renovation status of a fill.
So you would have a 'New' fill over the existing section marker and an 'Existing' fill over the new section marker.

Barry.

[dcerezo]

Roger that. Thanks Barry. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or some other way.

[Anonymous]

Just set up different layer combinations in conjunction with the renovation filter & views, takes a few minutes, but then once its in your template, its good to go every time.

[dcerezo]

Just out of curiosity, how many layers do you guys have? Seems like I'm going to end up with a bunch.

[Anonymous]

About 35 layer combinations & about 200 layers

[Barry Kelly]

dcerezo wrote:
Just out of curiosity, how many layers do you guys have? Seems like I'm going to end up with a bunch.

I deal with just residential buildings and our template has about 65 layers and 50 combinations.

Being a template this caters for most situations so not all are needed for every job.

Barry.