Named and saved view orientations

tchuffart

I think the complete orientation of windows and views should be upgraded.

In the working window, the orientation function is limited to compile the last different orientations set during the drawing session.

but for it to be efficient at the least it should be possible to name and save an orientation as a reference in the project. Look in the image, in my project 2 orientations differ of 0,03°. Which one is the good one? If I draw walls locked on X and Y but using those 2 orientations from time to time my connection wouldn't be perfectly 90° which can be cumbersome when dimensioning things later.

I should be able to set a "north wing" orientation and a "east wing" orientation set once and for all through the project. This could also used in views in the sheets where I can set a plan to orient itself from one of those named views.

I used Revit for more than 10 years and this feature (crop box) is build in since the birth of this very good tool. I'm using Archicad now and happy with it now. I don't want to light up a discussion detailing the pro and cons between those two very good software. But for a so basic function in a building modeling software like the one we use each day, this have to be implemented ! Please.

GG_rakurs

Aside from named orientations, an option that should be always available is north as "up" on the view.

Named orientations should be "live" in the sense that if you save a project view with a named orientation, and later redefine that named orientation, the view should follow the newly defined orientation without manual update. That is especially important if you change project north. Also, the settings inside view settings for zoom and orientation should be expanded, with separate zoom and orientation settings, not bundled together. Currently, only a checkbox to ignore them is available.