Mat Caird Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Hi all How do you set up a floor plan sheet showing an entire shopping mall at a large scale (say 1:200), and on the same sheet a "zoom-in" on two seperate shops at 1:50. I don't want to cut and paste the shops onto a differnt layer because then every change I make to the individual shop's floor plan I will have to go back and fix the "original" plan. The shops are a long way apart on the floor plan, so I can't use white-filled rectangles to block out the unneccessary lines since both won't fit on one sheet at a time. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
Carl Burns Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 make 3 layers: - full plan @ 1"=200'- layerlink @ 1/4"=1'or whatever for shop A- layerlink @ 1/4"=1'or whatever for shop B then (unfortunately) mask all but the desired parts on the 2 layerlink layers, and make all three layers visible for the sheet you want. Another option: Make each shop a symbol (precise perimeter). You can then work on the symbol at a large scale, display at any scale, and insert into the overall plan, and annotate only at the large scale (with another "notes" layer) Similar option: rather than make each shop a symbol, simply draw each shop at the larger (1/4"=1') scale(again with precise perimeter), and layerlink it into the overall plan at 1'=200'. I bet there are subtleties of snapping, and doing other operations, which will make one better than the other for you. - Carl Quote Link to comment
Mat Caird Posted September 4, 2002 Author Share Posted September 4, 2002 Thanks Carl - awesome I think I like the "make each shop a symbol" idea best. I actually ended up exporting the file to autocad and using paperspace layouts....oh well - next time! Quote Link to comment
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