Possible to override classes of a viewport of a referenced viewport?

[Christiaan]

I've Workgroup Referenced my model into another file and then created a Design Viewport of the whole building. Then I've created Sheet Layer Viewports from that Design Layer.

 

But I can't override the classes in the Sheet Layer Viewports.

 

Is this by design or not, I can't remember? Do I have to create a Design Layer Viewport for each set of Class visibilities and overrides I want to use or is there a setting I'm missing?

Edited December 14, 2018 by Christiaan

[Christiaan]

I've worked it out. 

 

What you need to do is select the workgroup reference design layer viewport, click on Classes in the OIP and check the "Use current document's class visibilities" and then import all the classes you want to be able to override from the original file.

[markdd]

I was just working this out. What I have found though is that it doesn’t work with OpenGL, only renderworks styles and Hidden Line. 

 

Are you getting the same result? Here are my test files.....

RGB.vwx

RGB ref.vwx

Edited December 14, 2018 by markdd

[Christiaan]

28 minutes ago, Christiaan said:

What you need to do is select the workgroup reference design layer viewport, click on Classes in the OIP and check the "Use current document's class visibilities" and then import all the classes you want to be able to override from the original file.

 

Hmm, I think I was confused as it's not working as I thought.

 

Just trying your files now Mark. I'm using Renderworks and Hidden Line.

 

[markdd]

Make sure you have viewport class overrides turned unchecked in the sheet layer viewport.... That's easy to overlook

[Christiaan]

Thanks Mark. It works for me in your files (including if I export to 2018). But when I go back to the project I'm working on and mirror the settings it doesn't work. 😡

[markdd]

18 minutes ago, Christiaan said:

But when I go back to the project I'm working on and mirror the settings it doesn't work. 😡

mmmmm. I think I had the same trouble a while back but got too busy to work it out properly. Not sure what to suggest I'm afraid. BTW. Try stepping down your performance to best performance and compatibility. That has just made wireframe rendering work where it didn't before....

There is an issue with overrides and the VWX performance settings in Preferences that make a few things work better when you step down to best performance and compatibility.

 

 

Edited December 14, 2018 by markdd

[Christiaan]

Thanks for your help Mark. I wonder if it might be Project Sharing related too.

 

The only way it works in my project file is to follow the settings in your example but to do the overrides on the Design Layer Viewport.

[Christiaan]

Ah, I got it!  I still had still had the source icon set to the blue icon and it needs to be on the VW icon! Thanks again for the prods. 🙂

 

Too many variables!