HumbleChief

Nice Mark, didn't know they were there...

Type the capital letter 'C' and the Capital letter 'L', both no fill, place in position, block, add to library, done. I think that and PL for prop line were the first two things I did in Chief 20 years ago...

Just really nice there are so many good options out there....

Looks like DropBox has a SmartSynch feature that should prove pretty flexible...IF you have 'professional' @ $19.99 per month... https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/smart-sync

Thanks Graham but am pretty committed to DropBox with clients who are not too computer savvy and no reason for me to change but will explore these options in DB to see if it makes sense for my work flow and file storage.

Thanks but I'm not sure I can make sense of this "just as any other drive, nothing stored locally." [bonehead] Don't all my drives currently store files locally? What makes a 'mapped drive' not store files locally? [/bonehead]

Done, but your link is still up...

Thanks and appreciate all the info but am still curious "Does this mean that drive, which lives in the cloud and not on your computer, stores all the files freeing up your own hard drive? And accessing that drive, on the cloud, can be done from multiple computers like any DB or OD folder?

Looks like there's a utility to map DB as a Network Drive https://www.expandrive.com/map-or-mount-dropbox-as-a-network-drive-on-mac-and-windows/

I'm curious about mapping OneDrive (or DropBox) as a network drive. Does this mean that drive, which lives in the cloud and not on your computer, stores all the files freeing up your own hard drive? And accessing that drive, on the cloud, can be done from multiple computers like any DB or OD folder?

Yeah been using it for years as a mapped hard drive...as have others here on this forum... EDIT: Could have this wrong. I have my DropBox 'Folder' on my computer which is linked to all my files - everywhere - but not sure it's actually a mapped hard drive. I googled the question and it looks like it's possible but I don't think I've been using it that way...Sorry for any confusion. Here's a method to do so but I simply have a folder that's common to all my machines.... https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Mapping-Dropbox-to-network-drive-in-Windows-7/td-p/38738/page/2

...and not being a shill for DropBox either but it does the same.... EDIT: as I added below I don't think I am using DropBox in this fashion...

Similar experience here... Use both prefer DropBox

MUCH prefer DropBox...

Here's what I don't like - currently you cannot add/modify Layer Sets and Defaults from the Plan View dbx, you have to go another, separate dbx to modify or add, then back to the Plan View dbx to choose your new or modified Layer Set or new Default.

It's 100% independent if when you "Save As" it references a different Layer Set but all the other active defaults for each new Plan View is 100% independent. They might be the same, but as soon as a New Plan View is created those active defaults belong to that Plan View and only that Plan View - unless it references the same Layer Set..

No need to delete them P, just ignore them when setting up Plan Views, or, like me use them anyway because that's the way I set up plan views to begin with. But if you did want to delete them can't you just delete them from here?

Took me a while to understand this, but, you really don't need Anno Sets... Certainly use them if you're more comfortable using them. I use them because my plan views were set up with them but as they change I'm ignoring them and just changing the active defaults which duplicates every setting within an Anno Set. Hard to teach this old dog this new trick but am slowly understanding the concepts... Even got rid of the Active Anno Set drop down in my template plan...

I'm pretty sure each Plan View, for each floor, can reference the same Layer Set just like an Anno Set. Turn the layer off, in that Layer Set, and it should affect each floor and turn off the display on each floor. Which is kinda what was said above?

This is the direction I've been heading, letting go of Anno Sets as "King" and adapting Plan Views as "King" and setting everything up in the Plan View. There's no reason a user can't still use Anno Sets as "King" and have them link to Layer Sets, it's just not needed any more and doesn't take full advantage of the new Plan Views and their new inherent power to set up 'everything'..

That's been my MO as well but am getting more comfortable ignoring Anno Sets as the active defaults duplicates the exact information that Anno Sets provides but, as always, to each their own...

Yup, however anyone wants to use Anno Sets works. No single method of course.... I still have all my Anno Set but will begin, when needed, to ignore them and see how that plays out down the road...

Don't need a new Anno Set, just a new Layer Set. Don't know of another approach... It would be nice if we could create that new Layer Set from the Plan View dbx but it needs to be done from Active Defaults/Layer management. You can choose the Layer Set from the Plan View dbx but cannot create a new one from there.

I wonder, can the dimensions location be changed/turned on/off in the "Dimensions" sections of the active defaults of the New Plan View? I don't mess with this much but will try it. Don't think so as this only changes the layer that the dims show up on. Still need a new Layer or Layer Set?

Are you using the same 'active defaults' or the same Layer Set for each plan view? It sounds like you need a new Layer Set with the dims turned on/off for your new Plan View.