How do you turn off Auto Update Elevations when linking new file?

[tchomes]

We create versions for the .plan and .layout file for each time we send it to the customer so we can revert back to previous versions if needed.  So our process includes renaming the .plan and .layout each time and re-linking it in the .layout file.

 

When X16 came about, now when you re-link to a new filename, it automatically goes and updates all the elevations views (Exterior cameras as well as wall elevations).  I am wondering how to turn this off?  This can be very time consuming when working on older files as well as when making minor adjustments to files.  All view Dependent Edits are lost as it refreshes the view.  

 

I am sure this is a nice feature that was requested by some, but it has negative drawback to my design firm.

 

I appreciate letting me know where to uncheck this feature.

 

Thank you.

[MPDesign]

I believe if you use plot line views instead of live views they will not update until you use the update view icon. This shows in your edit menu when you select the view in the layout.

[tchomes]

I appreciate the feedback, but we only use Plot Lines.  We never use Live View.

[SHCanada2]

are you relinking through the tools menu or from the layout box. I relink in the layout box and it does NOT update the view, which actually annoys me as it just shows a white layout box

[tchomes]

We use the tools --> Reference Plan Files so that we only have one place to go to change all the elevation views.  As we get closer to finals, we may have 20-30 elevation/cross section, cabinet views and doing them individually would be very time consuming.  Again, this is something that has just started happening with X16, so hoping there was a toggle to turn this feature off.

 

Also, typically when re-linking to the latest file, our Plot Line Views will automatically turn on color when we click to save the .pdf the first time.  So we usually have to "print to pdf" twice.  The first time it goes through and updates the views and makes them color.  We close that one and then we can re-print to .pdf and it will be correct.  This doesn't happen everytime, but often enough that our designers have to check before closing and saving.

 

We have 60+ open projects at any given time in our office and most of my designers are making small updates to 3-4 projects per day, so this is a time consuming task that we didn't have in X15.  We pride ourselves on trying to be as efficient as possible.