Kristen Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Is it possible to put wall cavity lines on different classes than each other and than the wall itself? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Nope. The cavities are not individual objects. They are a part of the wall object. A single object can be assigned to a class, but the components of that object cannot be. Can I ask why you want to do this ? Quote Link to comment
Kristen Posted February 12, 2003 Author Share Posted February 12, 2003 There are a few instances where it might be handy. For example, we dimension to the face of the stud for construction drawings, but when placing furniture or fixtures, it would be useful to be able to turn on a gypboard class to see something closer to actual wall thickness. Also, in an existing building we are furring out some existing masonry walls. The furring cannot show up in the demo drawings, so right now it is a separate wall. However, this makes it awkward to insert door symbols, as we have to trim the furring wall separately. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Ahh .. I understand. Well come to find out, I didn't give you totally accurate information. In Architect 10.1, there is a new Document Preference called "Hide Wall Cavities When Layer Scale <= [a scale number]". Basically you can set up elevations or a layer link or something that has a different scale than the one you want to show the cavities for. You can checkmark this option and specify the layer scale at which you do not want layer cavities to be shown. When you go to the layers with that scale, walls will not show cavities. That might be an alternate way of approaching the situation. Quote Link to comment
CEA Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 It would a great help to be able to put the wall cavities in a different class. There are many plan drawings in an architectural set where it is inappropriate to show the wall cavities/detail. Typically, an architect will have the wall cavities displayed on the architectural plans, but hidden on structural, mechanical, electrical plans (among others). This feature should be added. It is one of the reasons we do not currently use the wall tools in our office. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Wall cavities are shown in a Top/Plan View while they are NOT shown in a TOP view. Quote Link to comment
Kristen Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 Top view isn't very useful for plans if you're using hybrid 2D/3D symbols, though. They all show their 3D components, which isn't usually what you'd want. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 CEA, You too could take advantage of the new option in Doc Prefs in VW 10.1. Esentially when this item is checkmarked, all layers with a specific scale won't show cavities. You could turn it on and off as needed. Quote Link to comment
CEA Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Katie: This sounds good. I'll look forward to trying it after downloading the upgrade. I do still think it would be nice to have the option of placing the cavity lines in a separate class. Should I post this request in the "Wish List" section? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 I've already added it to the wish list! Quote Link to comment
Carl Burns Posted February 15, 2003 Share Posted February 15, 2003 Great idea. There is the simple option of setting line weight to zero. This does allow snapping for dimensions, without creating unwanted detail. Carl Quote Link to comment
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