MOHDesign Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 I received a model of an existing house project but when I opened it there were not "views" - Working Plan View, Floor Plan View Dimensioned, Framing Ceiling Plan View, etc. Is there a way to open the existing Plan.file and access those? I will be making modifications, coming up with exterior elevation options and they would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Did you check with the originator to see if they were ever created in the model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHDesign Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 Could you please expand on this? Open a new plan and import the existing document into the new or ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 99% sure it was created in an older version of ChiefArchitect, prior to Views existents. No big deal Right click on a toolbar, customize toolbars, add the "L" thingy (Active Layer Set Control ), enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Import your saved plan views from your template file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHDesign Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Did as you suggested but when I closed it still just listed "None" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsisco Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, solver said: it's helpful to quote them, Learned something new . Thank You Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The plan was either created before the saved plan views existed or the person who created the plan did not use them. Saved plan views are completely optional. You can either create new saved plan views as needed or you can import them from a plan that has ones you like. If the user also sent you a layout file, you can easily create saved plan views to represent each of the plans sent to the layout. Just select the layout box(es) and use the Create Saved Plan View edit tool. You could also work on the plan without using any saved plan views. If the plan has proper layer sets, you could easily switch the layer set as needed to change the display. If you are using the Active Layer Display Options (aka ALDO), the combo box for changing layer sets is usually available by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHDesign Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Importing the views from another project solved the problem. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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