4hotshoez Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I am not sure what I need to do as I have created a wall section in one project and made a CAD Block to copy it over for another project, but I need to make some modifications to the Section for the other project. When I copy it in as a block it looks ok, but when I explode it to edit it, information disappears and all layers are on. Is this normal? What might I be doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Todd, Create a CAD Detail Window in your new Plan. Marque select your detail from the other Plan - Copy (Ctrl_C) Go to the new CAD Detail Window and Paste (Ctrl_V) This is much easier. For most details I use a separate Detail Plan that is at the scale I use for details. For Wall Sections I usually create them from Sections - Auto Detail - CAD Detail from View - Trim to eliminate everything except the area that I want and then annotate. Note: You might just have the Layers not displayed - try turning on "ALL LAYERS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Todd, - try turning on "ALL LAYERS"... and make sure All Layers are on in the All Layers Layer Set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Yes, I did create some new layers that I had forgot about that the "All Layers Set" ignored. Easy fix. Thanks for the hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I found something that is ANNOYING that may have been around before me. I have created a few extra CAD layers for control. I noticed that when I set one of my CAD layers to be current, it will change back to CAD, Default if I go to the plan and back to look at something. I would like it to remember which ever layer I left it on, and not on some default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Todd, I reckon that could be a bug - or it could be by design. As you say: Set the Current Cad Layer in plan view. Switch to 3D view. Come back to plan view. The Current Cad Layer has switched back to the default cad layer. Same thing happens in X6. It's worth a bug report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Are you using a different anno set when you switch back and forth. Could be the anno set is right and you didn't notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Joey, Yes, you are probably correct - it is probably the anno set that is overriding the setting. I couldn't see the woods for the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 This has been confusing to me at times (creating CAD details in different anno sets ... jumping back and forth between anno sets, etc.). I think I do this more often then I care to admit. Bring a CAD detail from a previous plan into a new one, unblock it to maybe do some editing, and then have to try and figure out why I can't see stuff ... which layers were used when I created the detail, etc. I tried to ask Dan Baumann about this in a GTM a couple of weeks back but I don't think he understood what I was talking about ... and I am not so sure I have it all figured out yet either. Still a work-in-progress for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hotshoez Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 I have only half figured out the full benefit of anno sets and the default CAD layer was set to something I did not want. Nevertheless, I switch layers often and go back and forth to the plan and detail so now that I do understand what is driving the change it is still annoying as I would like it to remember what I was using last when I switch to the plan. This is over automation or less user friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Todd, Just copy the Annoset, rename it and change the default CAD Layer. It's that simple. You now have a working Annoset for the desired CAD Layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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