I'd like to see a couple changes in the Create Interior Elevation Viewports command.
1. I'd like to be able to define the location and extents of the 4 section viewports BEFORE the viewports are created and the active layer is shifted to the layer with the interior elevation viewports.
The current workflow requires waiting until the viewports render and the sheet layer with the viewports is active, then viewing the results and going back to the design layer to edit the location and extents of the viewports. I know when I place the interior viewport marker exactly where I want the cuts and how far to extend them. It would be much more efficient to define, or have the option to define at the onset.
2. I'd like to be able to create more than one interior elevation viewport at a time. Specifically, I'd like to set the position of all the interior elevation markers for a floor before the viewports are created.
When doing the interior elevations for an entire project, there is too much time navigating back and forth doing one room at a time.
3. Remember the class, layer, and other settings from the last time the command was run.
Interior elevations often don't use the current layer and class visibilities, and are sometimes in a different scale. When doing dozens of interior elevations, it would save time if the command auto populated the last used settings.
4. Make it possible to create interior elevation viewports from a sheet layer viewport, with the markers going into annotations. The way regular section viewports work.
It would be helpful to drop the markers directly on a floor plan to manage the graphics of where the maker lands relative to notes, callout's etc. Rather than put them in a design layer.
5. Make it possible to create interior elevation viewports from a design layer other than the layer with the walls.
This avoids having 2D graphics on the same layer as the 3D model. The markers can be moved to an overlay layer, but the computer often has to chew for a while when changing the design layer of the markers.
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I'd like to see a couple changes in the Create Interior Elevation Viewports command.
1. I'd like to be able to define the location and extents of the 4 section viewports BEFORE the viewports are created and the active layer is shifted to the layer with the interior elevation viewports.
The current workflow requires waiting until the viewports render and the sheet layer with the viewports is active, then viewing the results and going back to the design layer to edit the location and extents of the viewports. I know when I place the interior viewport marker exactly where I want the cuts and how far to extend them. It would be much more efficient to define, or have the option to define at the onset.
2. I'd like to be able to create more than one interior elevation viewport at a time. Specifically, I'd like to set the position of all the interior elevation markers for a floor before the viewports are created.
When doing the interior elevations for an entire project, there is too much time navigating back and forth doing one room at a time.
3. Remember the class, layer, and other settings from the last time the command was run.
Interior elevations often don't use the current layer and class visibilities, and are sometimes in a different scale. When doing dozens of interior elevations, it would save time if the command auto populated the last used settings.
4. Make it possible to create interior elevation viewports from a sheet layer viewport, with the markers going into annotations. The way regular section viewports work.
It would be helpful to drop the markers directly on a floor plan to manage the graphics of where the maker lands relative to notes, callout's etc. Rather than put them in a design layer.
5. Make it possible to create interior elevation viewports from a design layer other than the layer with the walls.
This avoids having 2D graphics on the same layer as the 3D model. The markers can be moved to an overlay layer, but the computer often has to chew for a while when changing the design layer of the markers.
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