Create detail groups

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in this video you'll learn how to create and edit detailed groups.

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To expedite the detailing process.

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You'll also see how to create attached detail groups for model groups

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to quickly tag elements in model groups

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When you are creating details you may have the same

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detailed components that need to be placed in multiple details.

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When that's the case,

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you can create a detailed group and then

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quickly place that detailed group in multiple details.

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Let's take a look at how this works

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to create a detailed group switched to the modify tab.

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Then in the create panel click create group.

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This opens the create group dialogue where you can

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name the group and choose the group type.

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I'll name this group

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wall detail

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for the group type. I'll select detail

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since will be adding detailed components.

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Then I'll click OK

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rev it goes into edit group mode

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and you can begin by adding detailed components.

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Pay attention to When I click add.

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When I do the detailed components in the view highlight.

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Let's say that we just need the brick and insulation along with the brake lines.

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I can simply select those components

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and pay attention to the fact that when I select them they dim in the view

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indicating that they are now part

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of the detail group.

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Remember you only want to select the components

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that you will be placing

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multiple instances of

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and once you have them selected

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you can click finish.

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Now when I move the cursor over one of the components that I selected

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the tool tip says detail groups

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and when I click to select it

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those components highlight

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and now we can see what is a part of the group.

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Additionally you can see the origin

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and you can click and drag to adjust the origin of the group.

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This is also going to be the insertion point of

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the group when you are going to be placing additional instances

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so you want to place it in a location

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that works for your group.

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Additionally,

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if you need to add additional detailed components or even remove components,

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you can select the group

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and then click edit group on the contextual ribbon tab.

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When you do rev it goes back into edit group mode

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and then you can either click add or remove.

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For example I'll click remove

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and then I will remove a couple of the brake lines

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and then I'll click finish.

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Now those brake lines are no longer a part of the group

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at this point we can place our detailed group in additional

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details.

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For example, let's say we had a drafting view.

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If we go to the view tab and then in the create panel click drafting view

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and we'll accept the default values and click OK.

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And then on the annotate tab

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in the detail panel

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you can expand the detailed group button

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and click place detailed group

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and then you can simply click

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in the view

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and the detailed group will be placed.

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I'll click modify to in the command

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and then I'll zoom in

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and now we can see the detailed components that we had

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added from the other detail are now here in the drafting view

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and we can begin a new detail.

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If you had additional detail views

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from sections or call outs, you could also place the detailed group in those views.

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Alright, switching gears. Let's take a look at

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attached detail groups.

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When I opened the level one floor plan view

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and I zoom into one of the model groups.

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You can see that

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the components in the model group have been tagged

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now they were tagged individually

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and you could do the same thing in the other groups.

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But if you want to quickly tag all of those elements in the group

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you can create an attached detail group

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to do that. I will select all of these tags.

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I'm going to filter out the model group and then click OK.

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And now I just have the four Tags selected

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on the contextual ribbon tab in the create panel.

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I'll click create group

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and when I do we get the create model

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group and attached detail group dialogue and rev it recognizes

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that we are creating an attached detail group for the

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model group that those tags are tagging elements in.

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So I will name this attached detail group, temporary office tags

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and then I'll click OK.

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And now we can see the attached detail group and it's indicated by a paperclip icon.

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Now

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in order to use that attached detail group, we can select additional model groups.

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And when we do there is an attached

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detail groups button on the contextual ribbon tab.

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And when I click that

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we get the attached detail group placement dialog.

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And now we can choose the attached detail group. We just created

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be aware that you can actually have multiple attached detail groups for a

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model group and then you could simply select it in this list.

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And click OK.

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You can also select multiple model groups at once

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and then click attached detail groups

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and select the attached detail group you want. And click OK.

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So as you can see,

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we have quickly placed tags on the elements in

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those model groups by using attached detail groups.

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Lastly in the project browser.

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When you scroll down to the bottom,

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you can see the group's branch and you

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can expand the group's branch if it's collapsed

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and you can see the detailed branch as well as a model branch.

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And if you have an attached detail group,

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you can actually expand the model group and then

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see any attached detail groups that you have.

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So the project browser is a great place to see the groups that you have in your project