2004-01-16 11:31 PM
2004-01-19 12:56 AM
1505Gough wrote:I have wanted this for a long time, but is not a big deal. It doesn't have to take four clicks. I do it with 1-click, type the scale, hit enter, and the scale pop-up is now available in Navigator/Project Map. It would still be handy as the Navigator pop-up is not available when viewed as View Sets. The way it should work is: Click and release, type in scale, hit enter; Click-hold select scale from pop-up; If there is still any use for the dialog it could be a choice in the pop-up (I can't see why).
Four wishes that would make the Bottom Scrollbar Button Area more effective:
1. [SCALE] Provide a fly-out in lieu of the floating dialog box (similar to the zoom arrow). It is currently cumbersome to change scales. Currently 4-clicks versus a 1-click and drag motion.
2. [ZOOM] Get rid of the zoom arrow button and provide that functionality as part of the zoom button itself. Sometimes less is more. One less button to look at equals quicker user reaction. I personally do not find the zoom to 100% that useful.I like the percent button when I am previewing line weights. 200% and 400% are useful for comparing relative weights since the screen is so lo-res compared with a printer. I could see merging the arrow button for selecting a percentage into the percentage display: Click and release reverts to 100%; Click-hold select from the pop-up. This does remind me of one of my pet peaves: Changing scale should retain the same view, not preserve the percentage zoom. I have never been interested in how much of the current view would be visible at the new scale.
3. [PREVIEW BUTTON] Provide a new Preview/Work-mode toggle button that toggles back and forth between the current Display Options and a All-Pens-Black/True Lineweight mode. Colors are great, but they are distracting. I assume most people plot in B&W. We should be able to view the way the way the contractor will see them.I am happy to preview drawings in PlotMaker now that the layouts can show the true pens of the drawings. Of course this is partly because I have all my pens pretty well worked out and I use custom settings to make the appropriate pens black in PlotMaker (I NEVER print all colors to black). There is another wish that, if granted, will give you what you want. You can already switch view options with the pop-up in Navigator. It has been suggested (by Michael Sotero I think) to allow multiple pen sets within ArchiCAD. The combination of these would do just as you ask, which would be a very good thing.
4. [LAYER COMBO] Provide a new Layer Combination fly-out button for changing layer combinations on the fly.Done. Check the pop-up at the bottom of the Navigator palette with Project Map selected
2004-02-03 07:04 PM
2004-02-04 12:03 AM
1505Gough wrote:I have never understood why is so important for AutoCAD users that the color represents the layer an object is on. This would be a good way to control objects in layers if we use few layers, but it's impossible to track the objects with 25 layers or more (25 colors, more than I can remember: what's the light purple for?)
In Autocad colors have more significance (they usually represent what layer an object is on). This is completely lost in Archicad.
2004-02-04 12:21 AM
Miquel wrote:That's exactly how I do it too.
I use a short set of 5 pens and I know which weight belongs to each one. So I know exactly how I am drawing. Then I need to be careful with the layers, but this is true in any case (or software).