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Auto-Rebuild Details & Worksheets

J_Tucks
Booster

Don't know how this is still not a thing. Why do sections and elevations have 'Auto-rebuild' and 'Manual rebuild' where as details and worksheets are converted to dumb fills and lines??  This means you essentially can't add detailing like dimensions, labels or annotations to a floor plan callout with out checking it every time a change is made on the associated floor plan. Making them consistent with floor plans, sections, elevations should be a simple fix and a huge benefit to users.

 

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I've seen work around for dimensioning by using hotspots, as listed here: https://community.Graphisoft.com/t5/Design-forum/detail-auto-rebuild/m-p/124760

This is a horrible workaround as your dimensions are not linked to model elements and do not update accordingly.

 

Our current work around is also horrible. We place a worksheet marker on the drawing, then save a floor plan view at 1:50 and place a 'background fill' around everything except the worksheet callout boundary. We then have seperate layers used for dimensioning that callout. Its messy, you can't have callouts close together, and display orders also become an issue.

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Daniel Ward
Enthusiast

I work in an office of 20 and we would love an auto-rebuilding detail tool.

We draw details in plan and section and use source markers.

It's fantastic at keeping the detail information in the correct place for anyone to see where it came from.

In BIMx the details link right over the model.

The level markers are accurate.

The linking and back references are automatic and perfect.

PDF's link back and fourth too.

It is really powerful.

 

But you need to rebuild them every time, which is a headache.

 

Having the drawing tool auto rebuild for interiors plans would be great too but the detail tool is the priority.

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