buzzsaw204 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 hi, is there a way to hide or delete some of the Linetypes that i dont want or not using? vs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 maybe versus the linetype editor ??? Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Not that I know of. Once you have a line style in your plan, it's there forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdesign Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 They can be deleted from your User Library if you created them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hmmm, I see where line style files can be imported into Chief but I don't see where they can be exported ??? If the line style file has an extension of .DAT (maybe .LIN ?) then you might be able to manually delete the line from the file then import into Chief if there is truly no way to delete line styles from Chief then this lack of feature should be fixed Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzsaw204 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 They can be deleted from your User Library if you created them. i didnt create them. they are CA stock lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Sorry, you can't delete them once they are in the plan. Chief comes with certain line types that are in all plans. If you just want to have the most common that you use: 1. Create your own and place a "_" at the beginning of the name. Those should all show up at the top of the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoscoM Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 This is just flat annoying. I created a number of custom line styles on one particular plan trying to see what would look best on layout and now they are there forever. Can't rename them. Can't remove them. And too far gone to start with a fresh plan and imports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Brown Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I'm confused... The line styles are stored in the library. The 'standard' line styles are part of the CA core library which is a 'locked' library and items in the library can not be deleted. That said, any USER CREATED line style is stored in the 'user library' which is unlocked and any line style there can be edited/modified or removed from the library. Now, if a line style is 'actively used' in a plan, I can understand where it can not be deleted, just like you can not remove 'active' materials from a plan. However, it would seem that if you knew where the particular user defined line was used, it could be selected and a new line style applied. At that point, the 'old' user line style could be deleted since it is no longer used/active. It seems like one should always be able to modify/edit/remove user defined line types. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 The only way that I know of to eliminate this is to start a new Plan. Then you use Edit Area to copy all Floors to the new Plan. If you have a Layout associated with the Plan, you will need to relink the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 The only way that I know of to eliminate this is to start a new Plan Hopefully, some fine day - CA will eliminate this type of BS in the code anything and everything that can be created by a user should under the total control of the user it is all these "foibles" that can drive a user to "drink" or say bad words about Chief Lew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoscoM Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 It seems like one should always be able to modify/edit/remove user defined line types. What am I missing? If you create a custom Line Style, use it in a plan, then later abandon that line style (ie. change everything that used it to something else), it will still show in the drop down list of available line styles no matter what it's status in the library is. You cannot remove it. For example, I'm now stuck with 8 variations of a --- slope --- line because I couldn't get my custom line to look right until 7 iterations later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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