Jodyb17 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Has this been discussed already? Did a search but didn't find anything. Is there a system variable I'm not aware of? Quote Link to comment
0 G_Hannigan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 See this thread: http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthrea...age=0#Post64878 Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 George's link refers to making doors and windows into symbols. This is certainly not the same. Multiple selection of doors and windows has been on my wishlist for a long time. What if I want to globally change the dimension of my trim, or the thickness of various lineweights? I still cannnot make that global change. I cannot do it with symbols or PIOs. Quote Link to comment
0 G_Hannigan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 The link addresses Jodyb17's question, but ends up in a discussion of the pro's & con's of converting PIO's to symbols because you cannot select or change PIO's globally. This is from the VW Help File: "One-time editing: Changes to the symbol definition automatically update all the instances of the symbol in the drawing." Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks George. Yes symbols are wonderful when they represent more than one copy. However, even if I made all of my doors and window into symbols, I would still have 10, 20, 30... different symbols due to the different sizes and configurations. A global change to a common attribute would still entail modifying many symbols. So while symbols can be a valuable tool, I do not see them as a solution to the stated wishlist topic/problem. I need/want to be able to be able to select all of my doors & windows and make a global change to a common attribute. Quote Link to comment
0 G_Hannigan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Try assigning Special Styles to various parts like trim at insertion in Window Settings, View Tab. The assigned style will then appear in the Classes list. A change to a style setting should affect all plug in windows whose parts have Special Styles assigned. Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks George, good info. But of course, if I wish to change the dimensions of that trim, then I have a problem. Quote Link to comment
0 G_Hannigan Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Maybe in the next version? Quote Link to comment
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