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Assign different property settings to multiple viewports.
Transcript
00:04
Let's change some layer properties in these view ports to demonstrate
00:07
to keep things fairly simple.
00:09
We'll be working with the display and color properties.
00:11
So resize the layer palette to show VP color as the
00:15
last column by pulling it in from the right edge,
00:18
your view should look similar to my own where you can see both
00:21
the enlarged restroom along with the same room on the overall plan,
00:25
double click inside the enlarged plan viewport to make it active.
00:30
We're going to use the layer freeze tool from the layers panel
00:33
in the ribbon to freeze a couple of layers in the viewport.
00:36
But first
00:37
we're going to talk about some settings for it.
00:39
Click on the layer freeze tool,
00:41
it will prompt you to select a layer to freeze.
00:44
But if you have dynamic input turned on as I do,
00:47
you'll see a down arrow at the end indicating some additional prompts
00:51
on the command line. You'll see settings and undo
00:54
I'll use the dynamic version and arrow down then
00:57
arrow down again to highlight and finally select settings
01:01
from the command line type in S or click on the word.
01:05
You'll see two options, select view ports and block selection,
01:09
highlight and select viewpoints.
01:11
You'll now see another two options.
01:13
You can set the command to either freeze or VP freeze.
01:17
Make sure you're set to VP freeze,
01:19
which will freeze an object in the current viewport only
01:23
if it's set to freeze,
01:24
it will freeze all objects in all view ports.
01:27
The other main option,
01:28
block selection controls how the layer will be frozen when nested within a block
01:33
or X ref these same controls are also found in the layer off tool
01:38
press enter to set it to VP freeze
01:41
and return to the select object prompt.
01:43
Now that we've made sure our viewport settings are correct.
01:46
Select the green call out rectangle from within the active viewport,
01:50
it will immediately become frozen and disappear.
01:53
Click again on either piece of scan text to freeze that layer.
01:57
Also finally select the gray roof hatching to freeze it,
02:02
press enter on your keyboard to exit the command
02:05
at this point.
02:06
You should notice that the layer settings you just made
02:08
only apply to the viewport in which you made them.
02:11
The overall viewport on the left does not have the changes.
02:15
Also
02:15
note that two of the layers in the property manager palette
02:18
have the VP freeze icon changed to indicate
02:22
them as being frozen in the current viewport.
02:25
Let's change a couple of colors in the viewport. Also
02:29
in the palette, find the layer named a
02:32
floor.
02:33
A
02:34
click on its scan
02:36
layer swatch from the VP color column and change it to dark blue and click. OK?
02:41
Do the same for the layer named a
02:43
door
02:44
notice again, the colors change in that viewport but not in the other.
00:04
Let's change some layer properties in these view ports to demonstrate
00:07
to keep things fairly simple.
00:09
We'll be working with the display and color properties.
00:11
So resize the layer palette to show VP color as the
00:15
last column by pulling it in from the right edge,
00:18
your view should look similar to my own where you can see both
00:21
the enlarged restroom along with the same room on the overall plan,
00:25
double click inside the enlarged plan viewport to make it active.
00:30
We're going to use the layer freeze tool from the layers panel
00:33
in the ribbon to freeze a couple of layers in the viewport.
00:36
But first
00:37
we're going to talk about some settings for it.
00:39
Click on the layer freeze tool,
00:41
it will prompt you to select a layer to freeze.
00:44
But if you have dynamic input turned on as I do,
00:47
you'll see a down arrow at the end indicating some additional prompts
00:51
on the command line. You'll see settings and undo
00:54
I'll use the dynamic version and arrow down then
00:57
arrow down again to highlight and finally select settings
01:01
from the command line type in S or click on the word.
01:05
You'll see two options, select view ports and block selection,
01:09
highlight and select viewpoints.
01:11
You'll now see another two options.
01:13
You can set the command to either freeze or VP freeze.
01:17
Make sure you're set to VP freeze,
01:19
which will freeze an object in the current viewport only
01:23
if it's set to freeze,
01:24
it will freeze all objects in all view ports.
01:27
The other main option,
01:28
block selection controls how the layer will be frozen when nested within a block
01:33
or X ref these same controls are also found in the layer off tool
01:38
press enter to set it to VP freeze
01:41
and return to the select object prompt.
01:43
Now that we've made sure our viewport settings are correct.
01:46
Select the green call out rectangle from within the active viewport,
01:50
it will immediately become frozen and disappear.
01:53
Click again on either piece of scan text to freeze that layer.
01:57
Also finally select the gray roof hatching to freeze it,
02:02
press enter on your keyboard to exit the command
02:05
at this point.
02:06
You should notice that the layer settings you just made
02:08
only apply to the viewport in which you made them.
02:11
The overall viewport on the left does not have the changes.
02:15
Also
02:15
note that two of the layers in the property manager palette
02:18
have the VP freeze icon changed to indicate
02:22
them as being frozen in the current viewport.
02:25
Let's change a couple of colors in the viewport. Also
02:29
in the palette, find the layer named a
02:32
floor.
02:33
A
02:34
click on its scan
02:36
layer swatch from the VP color column and change it to dark blue and click. OK?
02:41
Do the same for the layer named a
02:43
door
02:44
notice again, the colors change in that viewport but not in the other.