Allen Brown Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I've got a typical housing unit that I want to duplicate on a sheet layer and then annotate the composite plan. I've tried creating a viewport and duplicating and also creating multiple viewports but annotation is confined to one viewport. Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Would it be an option to annotate on the sheet layer itself instead of inside the viewport, or is it mandatory for some reason that the annotation must be in the viewport? Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 @Allen BrownAnnotations are intended to be viewport specific. If you want something to show up in multiple viewports put them on a Design Layer and turn that layer on in the viewport. @Art V You can draw anything you want on the sheet layer, but it will be at a 1:1 scale. When you work in annotations it is at the scale of the viewport. So if you just want some extra notes, you can certainly put the text directly on the sheet layer, but if you move or resale the viewport you will also have to adjust the stuff on the sheet layer. If it is in the annotations and you move the viewport, the notes will move with the viewport. Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 @Pat StanfordYes I am aware of the limitations of not putting the annotation in the viewport, but sometimes I need to have two overlapping viewports and annotate different parts of each viewport without it becoming a mess because of the overlap. Then I simply put the annotation on the sheet layer. My impression was that this was more or less the situation of the original poster, hence the suggestion to put it on the sheet layer. Otherwise the annotation on a design layer approach is an easier solution to have the same annotation show up in multiple viewports as you suggested. 1 Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 I also tried duplicating the unit on a design layer, adding overall dimensions, then creating a new viewport of the composite plan on a sheet layer but the units came in stacked instead of side by side. I've attached screen shots of each step if that helps. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Eureka! This time I created unique viewports for each unit on a design layer then a viewport of the composite on a sheet layer. Perfect! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 BTW added annotation on the sheet layer which is my usual practice. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 7 hours ago, Art V said: My impression was that this was more or less the situation of the original poster, hence the suggestion to put it on the sheet layer. Otherwise the annotation on a design layer approach is an easier solution to have the same annotation show up in multiple viewports as you suggested. Amazing how a simple post can be read differently. It appears you had the better read. I read it more like "why don't the dimensions I put in viewport 1 annotation also show in viewport 2" Good work. All good information. Quote Link to comment
Allen Brown Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Now I have another issue which I posted in another thread. So I've created a composite model on a separate design layer and am able to change the visibilities separately by class for each viewport. However, in 3D I can't vary the wall textures by class for each viewport. All walls are set with textures by class for both the wall and the component but each viewport shows the document texture class setting. The only way to vary the texture by class seems to be to place the viewports separately on a SHEET layer which then gets back to the original issues since I can't annotate the composite. Argh! Any solutions? Quote Link to comment
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