Increasing Class and subclass depths

[Jeffrey W Ouellette]

Andre,

I gotta say that I'm not sure I understand your logic for the organization.

I know everyone has their criticisms of using Model Setup... and Create Standard Viewports... commands, but the organization of this system, with auto-classing, does a pretty good job of setting up things with further tweaking by the user to get their own template together.

You do have you choices of class name standards to use, beyond "VWArch". There are AIA and User Defined options. I can check with Robert on any previous efforts of UK AEC standards, but I believe these are made available to the UK users through their local distributor/sales channel.

I created the BIM in Practice projects to give everyone a working reference of how the VW system and standards work together, but are also flexible enough for some "personalization".

Ian is spot on with his analysis and advice. To get the most out of VW and your work effort, think of the project in terms of modeling vs. presentation. Let the design layers (model space) be more fluid, in terms of workflow and content and let the sheet layers (paper space) handle final graphical representation.

Realize that it is not necessary to "re-invent the wheel" wiht every project. I always tell users to use the setup tools first to create the general structure of a typical project file, tweak the design layer, sheet layer, viewport and class organization to your specific needs (but keep auto-classing in mind) and create a template to use. As you work on a project and feel that there are some minor adjustments to line colors, fill colors, etc. that would work better, just go back to the template and make those adjustments for future projects.

[brudgers]

Speaking of modeling v. presentation...a presentation oriented symbol would be great...one which resized according to viewport scale.

So I'm off to the wish list.

[CS1]

Thanks Ian you have been extemely helpful, I will take another look at how I organize my drawing.