kellerlichter Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Good evening, here's another one. I guess it's reasonably basic but I haven't managed to figure it out so far. The windows do now work, by the way. I've organized the building in 3 layers, one for each floor, to keep it tidy. When I switch to views, be it flat elevations, axonometric or perspective view, it only displays one layer, despite all layers switched to show/snap/modify others. I then have to individually switch the other layers to the same view. That's a bit tedious but manageable for elevations etc, but for perspectives, I'd have to set up the view separately in each layer?? what do you do if you've got a 22 floor building...? On the image attched, the windows on ground and first floor are actually in the 2nd floor layer, just moved down along the Z axis. to have them all in one layer would work ok for views, but became a total mess in plan view, as they'd all be below each other. Any help'd be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
kellerlichter Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 I've tried to set up a perspective view and noticed the following: whilst the 'hidden line' mode works in the individual layer, it doesn't work across layers; in the file attached, the cube on the ground floor (highlighted orange) is in hidden line mode, but it doesn't conceal any of the lines of the ceiling (in 1st floor layer). And the windows don't work either (all are solids, to answer that question). Not quite as straightforward as I thought, this thing... Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Try turning on unified view. There is a button on the view bar for it, is should be what you need Quote Link to comment
kellerlichter Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Sorry, meant to add this - am working in 2009. I read about this in your blog Jonathan, but that seems to be new to 2010, isn't it? Surely, there must be a pre-2010 solution to this? Quote Link to comment
kellerlichter Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Think I found out - layer linking. sigh. Cheers. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 No need for layer linking. Use Stack Layers. hth michaelk Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 keller, in 2009 the feature now known as "Unified View" was called "Stack Layers". Although the name was changed, the functionality of this feature is generally the same. Hope that helps... Quote Link to comment
kellerlichter Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks for your help, I think I'm getting there! Learning new things by the minute. Best, Timo Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 The Align Layer Views command in the View menu may also work for you. But you have to run the command every time you change views. -B Quote Link to comment
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