Plan Elevation "Shortcuts"

[HannahKucerova]

Hello All!

 

Does anyone know if there is a viable way (that I can't figure out) to create a toolbar button for custom elevation presets?

 

For example:

 

If I use the standard "Wall Elevation" tool button, Chief will create my wall elevation using whatever my default settings are set at under Camera Tools > Wall Elevation in the plan file (i.e. what dimension defaults it uses, which layer it lives on, etc.)

 

I'd like to be able to create a custom toolbar button for various types of elevation presets.  If I am doing an Electrical elevation, I want to designate that from the beginning the dimension defaults are my electrical dimensions, and that it is on a special electrical layer, that it is clipped in a certain way, etc.

 

I know I can change all of these manually in the object dialog after I have created a view, but it would be great from a workflow perspective to just use a preset, so my cabinet elevations don't show on my electrical layer and so on.  I seem to spend a lot of time changing clips, re-labeling and re-layering things lol.

 

Am I dreaming a pipe dream?

 

Thanks in advance!

[JonathanK]

Would default sets be what you're looking for?

 

You can setup all your presets in there, and when you pull your elevation view, you can select which default set you want that has all of that information setup on the back end.

[JonathanK]

Here's a snip of the Default Set dialog box that allows you to change the aspects of each Default Set.

 

So essentially you would create new (or use existing) settings for each of these items.  They would be custom to whatever Default Set you're wanting.

[HannahKucerova]

1 hour ago, JonathanK said:

Would default sets be what you're looking for?

 

You can setup all your presets in there, and when you pull your elevation view, you can select which default set you want that has all of that information setup on the back end.

 

Hi Jonathan, 

 

The Default Sets option does do some of the elements of what I am after, but it doesn't allow me to set the default layer for the elevations or specific clippings, etc.  If what I was after isn't feasible, it's definitely a "halfway" bridge.  Was just trying to get everything in one pop.  :-)

[Joe_Carrick]

31 minutes ago, HannahKucerova said:

 

Hi Jonathan, 

 

The Default Sets option does do some of the elements of what I am after, but it doesn't allow me to set the default layer for the elevations or specific clippings, etc.  If what I was after isn't feasible, it's definitely a "halfway" bridge.  Was just trying to get everything in one pop.  :-)

Default sets include layersets.  That should handle everything.

[HannahKucerova]

5 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Default sets include layersets.  That should handle everything.

Yes, they do. But unless I am missing something very obvious, even when using these custom defined default sets (which I do use and have several custom default sets set up for my workflow), all of my newly created elevations get set to whatever layer I have put in the Cross Section/Elevation defaults. There is also no option to control the individual camera/section settings, which is another thing I was hoping to streamline.

[JonathanK]

You can change the different camera elevation defaults to be more "standard" to what you do 80% of the time.  But you're right...you cannot have different "types" of wall elevations.

 

The only thing you can do is set your wall elevation default, and create a bunch of different default sets that are what you're looking for.  When you pull your wall elevation or exterior elevation, or cross section, then you change your default set in that particular camera view.

 

In reality...probably same amount of clicks.

[SHCanada2]

...I have multiple cross sections in my template plan, one for stairs, one for garage, a few for kitchen... so I am not changing the layerset and back clip all the time

 

you may be able to do the same thing with wall elevations, and/or use the "clip to room" feature of a section (not sure if you get the same result as wall elevation)