4hotshoez Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 How can I change the wall Elevation symbol, make it smaller, or remove it? I have tried to turn layers off, but nothing. I have tried settings but now I need help please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Todd, What do you mean by "Wall Elevation Symbol"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 On the floor plan I can choose which wall to elevate with the wall elevation tool, which places a symbol that represents where the section/elevation is taken from. These things in the red circle. I don't know what Chief calls them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 I want to send the plan view out to layout without these "big symbol bugs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Those are "Camera Callouts" and the size is controlled by the text size. You need to look at your Defaults for "Camera" to set up so that they are automatically smaller - or you can just "Right Click" and "Open" to get at the settings for any specific camera. The Text Style that's probably controlling would be "Camera Label Style" Another way to get at the setting is to open the Object Settings and edit the Text Style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Those symbols are on a layer "Cameras, Inactive." If the Camera is however 'Active' meaning the view is open in another tab they will show until that view is closed. Also on Layer Cameras, Labels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Those are "Camera Callouts" and the size is controlled by the text size. You need to look at your Defaults for "Camera" to set up so that they are automatically smaller - or you can just "Right Click" and "Open" to get at the settings for any specific camera. The Text Style that's probably controlling would be "Camera Label Style" Another way to get at the setting is to open the Object Settings and edit the Text Style. Joe I have tried all of these things and might be missing the obvious , but I am not seeing the text control I don't see a "Camera Label Style" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I put those on their own layer so you can turn those off when you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Joe I have tried all of these things and might be missing the obvious , but I am not seeing the text control I don't see a "Camera Label Style" Todd, Right Click on a Callout and select "Object Layer Properties". Then select the "Camera Callout" Line. At the bottom of the dbx you will see a selection for "Text Style". That's what you need to edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Todd, Did you get this to work for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Nope. Mine is not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 OK, so click on Copy, then edit the Name and anything else you need to get a new Text Style that you can use just for Camera Callouts. The list you have is just what CA provides OOB. You need to expand and customize - there are many cases you might find in the future where you want something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 I a not sure I get it. I understand copy of a text style, but how does this get connected to the camera callouts that I do not see? I am not seeing how this gets the answer to my original question. I must be missing a step or a concept. Is there a link that explains what you are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Todd, The text size will only control the size of the Camera Callout if the Automatic setting is checked in it's dbx on the Plan Display panel. So...best to forget the automatic text style thing and do it manually - then you get exactly the size that you want. You can manually control the size of the Camera Callout by opening it's dbx, going to the Plan Display panel and unchecking Automatic for the Callout Size. You can then specify a custom size. The camera callout will not display in the plan or layout once you have sent it to layout and you don't have the camera view open, and you uncheck the display of the "Cameras, Inactive" and the "Cameras, Labels" layers. The fact that you send it to Layout, saves the camera, even though the Camera Callout is not displaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I will disagree with Glenn this time. Once you have the Text Style that you want for Camera Callouts you simply assign that Text Style to the Cameras, Inactive Layer. That way every new Camera Callout (and any existing as well) will use that Text Style. Otherwise you would have to edit each Camera - which is a PITA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 How can I change the wall Elevation symbol, make it smaller, or remove it? I have tried to turn layers off, but nothing. I have tried settings but now I need help please. See attachment below...The way the camera label is displayed can be customized quite a bit. Specific to your question, you can change the callout size to something smaller or even zero and delete the label. Not sure why you can't get the callouts to disappear by turning the layer off. I would guess the cameras are actually open or you accidentally placed them on a different layer that is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicinus Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Haven't used these yet, still working on my first exterior, but normally three views like that is combined into one symbol with three arrows. Is that a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I have been complaining that it would be nice to be able to copy camera's b/c I'm tired of having to set each one. One way to deal with this is to already have the cameras and sections in you template plan, which is what I do now, it really saves a lot of time for me. If I need a new camera I have to set it up but I have 12 section cameras and 4 elevation cameras and 8 wall cameras saved in the plan and by the way , they are already sent to the layout. Nice time saver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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