Sam wrote:
I'll add other suggestions later.
Pleas do but please add them separately.
It will make them much easier to respond to and have a discussion about.
In reply to a few of your topics.
2. Look into 'Linked' section/elevation markers. Place your main section in the storey that will have the longest elevation (usually the lowest storey) and make it as long as is necessary for your entire model. Set it to show on that storey only. On other storeys you add a new section linked to that first one but you can adjust the length to suit what you need in plan - but it will still show the entire length.
3. How - you can't look in to directions at once as the views will overlap. Use separate sections and place them together on you layout - not 100% automatic but you will get what you want.
5/6. Roofs don't have automatic Priority Based Connections like walls and slabs at the moment. Right click and 'Connect' to roof. Make sure the strengths of your Building Materials are correct and everything should tie together as you want. SEO will treat the entire composite as a whole and not individual skins.
8. The 'Check for Duplicates' add-on (goodie that can be downloaded from the HELP menu).
11.
It's simply because designing in general is better on black backgrounds (more colors are visible against black, allowing a 'logical' organization of these plans)
That is debatable but just add a large fill to your elevation (send to back if necessary but it should automatically go behind everything).
15. Select polygon and 'Save Selection As Object' will give you the polygon script.
16. Use multi=plane roof - 100% automatic.
18. For terrain contours tick the 'Apply to ALL' box when you adjust the height. If it is a node on a contour the entire contour will change.
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