gelbuilding Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I don't understand when i click on a wall detail to see the wall framing and if the wall detail is 2, The label in the wall elevations displays wall layer 3. I have no idea whats going on and how to make it correspond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 "Wall Layer 3" is telling you that the framing layer is layer number 3 in the wall definition - it's not the wall detail name. To get the wall detail name to display automatically, open the text box that says "Wall Layer 3" and use the Insert...Global...Plan Info..."View Name" macro. This will display the name of the wall detail as it appears in the Project Browser. Did you know that you can change the name of the wall detail in the Project Browser by right clicking and Rename. This is then reflected in the above text box if you use the "View Name" macro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I put the Following in the Default Labels for Exterior & Interior Walls: Wall - %floor_number%.%wall_id% --- %wall_type% Which causes all new walls to be have a more descriptive name in the Project Browser. If you don't want the wall type to b included you could just use: Wall - %floor_number%.%wall_id% This will make each Wall Label unique. It would be nice if there was a Default for the Wall Detail Title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi Glenn, Thanks for your suggestion though when i do this it displays `1st floor plan` Can i do this is the default settings? so it works globally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi Joe, Thanks for your suggestion, though in my elevation i still get the label as layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Very Strange i placed %view.name% in the default settings, interior and exterior walls and still didn't work. If i place macro in each wall label only then will it work. Anyhow thanks Glenn and Joe at least you have steered me in the right direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Very Strange i placed %view.name% in the default settings, interior and exterior walls and still didn't work. If i place macro in each wall label only then will it work. Anyhow thanks Glenn and Joe at least you have steered me in the right direct. The Defaults only work for "New Walls". For Existing Walls you need to edit the Name in the Project Browser. Basically, when a wall is created, the Name in the Project Browser is set according to what the "Default Label" is. That is the "View Name". %view_name% just returns what the name is in the Project Browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe I missed a step but I was renaming views in the PB but have now inserted a variation on Joe's marco above Wall %wall_id% - FLR %floor_number% so I get Wall No# - FLR# as the new view name in the PB , is there no way to make the view name, the Default Text instead of the Wall Layer # Text which I don't care about , does anyone? Or do you have to insert the View name as Glenn suggested on each view manually? where is it pulling this info from? can we change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe I missed a step but I was renaming views in the PB but have now inserted a variation on Joe's marco above Wall %wall_id% - FLR %floor_number% so I get Wall No# - FLR# as the new view name in the PB , is there no way to make the view name, the Default Text instead of the Wall Layer # Text which I don't care about , does anyone? Or do you have to insert the View name as Glenn suggested on each view manually? where is it pulling this info from? can we change it? Yes, you have to do it manually as Glenn said. Placing the macros (Chief's actually) in the Default Wall Labels only makes the title in the Project Browser for new Walls take on that data. For existing Walls you have to edit the Project Browser names. %view_name% reads the title from the Project Browser. You can't put those macros in the titles in the Project Browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Ok I was hoping someone knew where the Wall layer text box got it's info from (or why it's even there).... thx for the heads up on the Wall labelling macro , one less thing I don't need to redo manually in the PB. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The Wall Layer Text Box is by default named for the "Framing Layer" of the Wall Type. It doesn't make sense to me but that's what CA uses as the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 One to add to the List to "Change Please" for the UGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Ok I was hoping someone knew where the Wall layer text box got it's info from (or why it's even there).... Mick, I think the default text indicating the wall framing layer is there to cover the cases when a wall has more than one framing layer. In that case, you get a wall framing detail for each framing layer , named Wall Layer 2, Wall Layer 3, for example. The name in the cad framing view title bar will be the same as listed in the PB and is editable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 OK Thanks I guess that makes sense ..... do they have you writing the next manual ? you get my vote it's a shame it doesn't auto add the %viewname% to the Text box too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 I did what you guys suggested and everything is screwed up. I'm getting wall layer and the macro displayed on the layout for the label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Did you delete the Wall Layer Text from the text box in the Wall detail when you added the Macro ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hi Mick, What ever i do the wall lay text always comes back. Maybe because im modifying the wall its defaulting this text. cannot understand how to get rid of it. I changed the default label in walls to Auto, and got rid of all macros. The wall label now read wall Detail 1 and 2 and so on, though this extra text label "'wall Layer 3'' comes back automatically no mater what i do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 The frame elevations are in the wall detail set, and when i send to layout im getting a third text line of text the wall detail default auto text. What to do? i only need one text line to work across all the views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Check the layer of the "Wall Layer 3" Text. Turn that Layer Off. Add your own Text on a different Layer with %view.name% in that text box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hi Joe, very strange i have no Wall layer 3. Only wall Layer which controls the wall cladding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 You are correct , if you alter the wall the Wall Layer# text comes back by default , it gets the no# from the Framing Layer in your Wall's definition , it isn't always 3. Might be 4 or 6 or whatever depending on what is outside the Framing Layer ie building paper, rainscreening , rigid insulation, sheathing, ,siding etc. If you delete the Auto text ,not the Box, just the text inside it and add the view name macro it will also stay in the view even if CA re-adds the default Wall Layer text again , it just maybe hard to see as it is under the new Wall Layer Text , pull the new Wall layer text down and you will find the one you inserted the Macro into as well.(1st pic) Joe meant for you to check the Wall Layer Text's Layer , not the Wall's Layer 3 and turn it off , see the 2nd pic below . Turn that Layer off in Layout and Assign the Textbox with the Viewname macro to a new Layer copied from the 1st one and renamed, (see 3rd pic) leave the View name Macro Text Layer on in Layout. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hi Mick, Finally got it sorted. As you mentioned "delete the text inside the box, not the box" I left the text out and amazingly the text doesn't appear anymore. Thanks Mick, Joe and Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 I think the reason for this extra label that no one seems to want is there for a reason. I have realized that you have another name for the wall to state which room side you are looking at the wall. CA pretty smart we always jump to blame the program lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hi Mick, Finally got it sorted. As you mentioned "delete the text inside the box, not the box" I left the text out and amazingly the text doesn't appear anymore. Thanks Mick, Joe and Glenn. Yes , I think that's right as long as you don't alter the wall , then it re-inserts the default layer # text. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 One other question on the Walls Details , int the project Broswer is there a way to make the List sort numerically ...properly instead of 1,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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