Manage and configure phasing

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in this video, you'll learn how to configure phase settings which includes phases,

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phase filters

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and graphic overrides.

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You'll also learn how to set the phase of a

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view and control the face status of model elements.

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To configure the face settings, switch to the manage tab.

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Then in the phasing panel, click phases.

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This opens the phasing dialogue.

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There are three tabs on the project phases tab. You can create new phases,

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you can insert before or after.

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So for example, I'll select row two and click after

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and now it adds a new phase.

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We can adjust the name of the phase and add a description

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if we wish.

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Additionally, we can combine phases with other phases.

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So you can't delete a phase but you can combine it.

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For example, when I select row three which says phase one and I'll click previous.

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We combine it with the new construction phase.

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For this example,

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we'll look at what we can do with just two phases existing and new construction

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on the face filters tab.

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You can set up phase filters which will control how elements appear in a view

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based on their face status condition

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and there are four face statuses,

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new

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existing demolished and temporary.

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So for example, if I look at the show new phase filter.

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New elements will appear by category.

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So what that means is that they will use the the typical view settings.

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So what's specified in the object styles dialog as

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well as in the visibility graphic overrides dialog.

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Existing elements will not display

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for the show new phase filter

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and demolished and temporary elements will also not display

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the other option there is overridden and when

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one of the settings is set to overridden,

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then that face status will use the settings on the graphic overrides tab.

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Once again you can see the four face statuses and

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then you can control the projection surface lines and patterns

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as well as cut lines and patterns and choose whether

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or not it's half tone and specify a material.

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So this is where all the face settings are configured

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and I'll click OK to close the dialog

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and the next thing we need to be aware of is the face settings

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of the view as well as getting the element in the correct phase status.

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So real quick, let's take a look at the view properties.

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And if I scroll down to the bottom,

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I can see the phasing parameters and this is where

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we can control the phase of the view right now.

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It's set to new construction.

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So any element created in this view will

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have its phase created parameter set to new construction

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and we'll see that in just a second and then we can also specify a phase filter.

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Alright, let's take a look at a model element.

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When I select an element,

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we can see in the properties palette that it has to phasing parameters.

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Phase created and phase demolished.

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So when you create a model element,

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the phase created parameter is going to match whatever the phase of the view is.

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Alright, let's take a look at the phase status is,

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I'm going to change the phase created for this wall to

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existing and I'm gonna leave phase demolished set to none.

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When I do this wall changes to an existing wall.

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In other words, the phase status is now existing

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because phase created is existing and it's not demolished.

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I'm going to select the next wall

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and I'm gonna change the phase created to existing

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and then I'll change the phase demolished to new construction.

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This wall has now become a

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demolished wall

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in the new construction phase

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and we can see that because it was created in the existing

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phase and then it was demolished in the new construction phase.

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This next wall will leave it set to a new

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construction for the phase created and phase demolished is none.

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So it is a new wall in the new construction phase.

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And lastly,

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we'll select that last wall and we'll leave the phase created two

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new construction and will set the phase demolished to new construction.

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So, since it is created and demolished in the same phase,

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it is now a temporary element or once again, the phase status is temporary.

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So with just those two phases,

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we can create an existing demolished new and temporary

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phase status

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and you can see here that the graphics have changed and that

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is due to the phase filter that is being used here.

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If I change the phase filter to show complete,

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We can see that our graphics in the view change

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because it's now using the settings defined for this phase filter

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If we look at show demo plus new,

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we can once again see the view update.

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I'll change it back to show all.

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So once again, just to summarize,

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it's important that you can figure those face settings and

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then get the elements in the correct phase status.

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And it's also important that you pay attention to the phase of the view.

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For example, I'll change the Phase two existing

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and we can now see how it updates

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now the wall that was existing or its its existing in the new construction phase,

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it is now new in the existing phase

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and then the demolished wall in the new construction phase

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is now new in the existing phase.

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So depending on the phase of the view,

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the face status of those elements will change as well,

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switching gears, I'm going to change to a another exercise file

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and I'm going to select a linked model

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and I'll click edit type to open the type,

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properties dialog and we can see at the bottom there's a phase mapping parameter.

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I'll click edit next to phase mapping and it opens up the phases dialogue

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when you have phases in a host project and

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then there are linked models that have phases,

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you can do what's called Map the phases.

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So the link only has two phases existing and new construction,

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whereas the host project has four phases.

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So in this dialog,

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you can map those phases to control how they are going

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to work between the linked model and the host project,

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and so you can specify those, however,

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matches up for the project that you're on and then click OK.

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And once again, that phase mapping parameter is a type property for the link.