Sam Lee Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Ive just upgraded to 2013 and im getting to grips with what looks like the most useful new feature - hierarchical display What i cant work out is if ive got a 'lighting' class with sub classes, how can i put more classes inside of it ? So far i can just duplicate the class 'lighting' as per the image below and the i get But when i try to rename 2, 3, 4 they leave the lighting class and form their own class. The other part of this im not sure how to do is add an existing class to another class, ie. as per the image below if i wanted to add 'lighting circuit A' to 'lighting' how would i do that ? Edited May 21, 2013 by LLI Design Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Unfortunately the original Class doesn't become a container of the new Classes. It remains as Class of its own. I've asked for this behaviour to be changed: http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=177181 You might find it a bit more intuitive if you change your existing lighting Class to: lighting-1 Quote Link to comment
Sam Lee Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Thanks Christiaan, i was just looking else were on the site and i came across this answer by you - http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=185954#Post185954 specifically this image, how did you manage to get proper layer names under Drainage (i think thats what it is) instead of just 1,2,3,4 ect ? Edited May 21, 2013 by LLI Design Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 specifically this image, how did you manage to get proper layer names under Drainage (i think thats what it is) instead of just 1,2,3,4 ect ? You need to edit the Class name. Quickest way is to right-click on the Class in the Navigation palette and click on Edit. Then just change the name to what you want. Quote Link to comment
Miguel Barrera Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The other part of this im not sure how to do is add an existing class to another class, ie. as per the image below if i wanted to add 'lighting circuit A' to 'lighting' how would i do that ? If I understand correctly, you just want to know how to subclass. Subclassing has been around a long time so maybe most take it for granted that others will know that adding a dash - will do the trick. So the answer to your question above would be: lighting-lighting circuit A Quote Link to comment
Sam Lee Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Thanks, that the "missing link" i was looking for. If i get a drawing from someone else with say 100 classes already in it (non organised), whats the best way to reorganize them ? Would i have to go through and rename each one using the - syntax ? or can you sort / merge in a easier way ? Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Have you thought about referenced viewports? Gets rid of the detritus of other people's working practices. Quote Link to comment
monkey Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 there is an option to add a prefix to any imported DWG classes/layers, been there for ages, thats how i organise imported files. so if its a topo survey, they come in as topo - xxxxxx, architects drawings as Arch - xxxxxx, and so on Quote Link to comment
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