Unlinking a layout page from its plan file

[HStone]

I have a layout page and would like to unlink it from its plan file so that it remains unchanged when I change the plan file. Must be basic but I can't figure out how to do it. Any tips?

[DavidJPotter]

Views sent to layout are "sent" from a specific plan file, so if you wish to maintain one plan file view and sent another for comparison, you use at least two different plan files. For remodeling projects I ALWAYS use two plan  files, one for the AS BUILT and another or others for the PROPOSED. That is how it is programmed to work.

 

DJP
 

[HStone]

Thanks, David. I'll give it try now. Henry

[Dermot]

It kind of depends on what you don't want to change. 

 

If you are planning on creating plan variations, like for a remodel, you can certainly do as David has suggested and save your versions of the plan under a different name. 

 

If you want a certain view to never change in your layout, regardless of what changes you make to the underlying model, you can convert the view into a cad detail first and then send the cad detail to the layout.

 

If what you are really trying to do is make sure that a particular view does not change, this can be controlled through things like layer sets and saved plan views.