Allen Brown Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I have a prototype housing unit referenced in a site model. I've created two variations that I would like to switch with several of the original prototype. Is it possible to change the viewport source to one of the variations and avoid deleting and creating a new viewport? Quote Link to comment
Gytis Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 You can. In the referenced file be sure that the 2 variations are distinguished by either layer or class. Then turn on and off layer or class visibilities in the respective viewports to isolate the variations within the viewport. Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Thanks. I tried editing the class of one instance, say for brick, to another texture but no change..? Quote Link to comment
Gytis Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Could be a number of things: Is reference updated? Do the referenced file variations display correctly? If so, double-check the classes that are turned on and off in each viewport...can get confusing Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 I was able to duplicate walls to different brick classes and turn them off an on. But the problem now is that the windows have a lintel with a matching brick soldier course that doesn't change. I was hoping to redefine the brick and soldier classes with different textures but that doesn't seem to work. Quote Link to comment
Gytis Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 OK, I am a little confused. Is this in the reference file or the referenced viewport? The brick texture of the soldier course doesn't change? Is the lintel class reassigned via the Window dialog? Is this in the reference file or the referenced viewport? This should be eminently doable. It may help to post a file or images..... Quote Link to comment
RickR Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Another solution would be to turn the houses into symbols with the same name. (in the source file) Then be importing a different version will change the whole master file. Quote Link to comment
verdancedesign Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Not to hijack the thread, but a related question: is it possible to change the source of a referenced viewport to a different file (not a different layer/class in the same file), or must a new viewport be created? Quote Link to comment
Matt Overton Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 56 minutes ago, verdancedesign said: Not to hijack the thread, but a related question: is it possible to change the source of a referenced viewport to a different file (not a different layer/class in the same file), or must a new viewport be created? Yes, you can change the source file by editing the reference in the navigation palette or organisation dialogue box. However, it changes all viewports with that target. 1 Quote Link to comment
verdancedesign Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Thanks, @Matt Overton! It was hidden in plain sight. Specifically, for anyone wondering the same: go to Tools>Organization>References (or Navigation>References palette); select the referenced source file to change; click Edit…; click Browse… to select and Open the new source file. As Matt notes, all viewports referencing the old source will change to reference the new one (viewport attributes such as crop and layer/class visibilities will not change). 1 Quote Link to comment
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