All,
apologies if this is a massively noob question...
Whats the difference between the DrawingSeed and DesignSeed - other than one being 3D with a black background and the other being 2D with a grey background. They both seem to have a single modelspace with the same file settings.
Where im going with this is... is there a downside to pointing the DrawingSeed variable to look at the same model as the model design seed?
Secondly...
When using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS), is there a way to ensure the same GCS is applied to the target model? I.e - I have a Design Model that I want to create extractions / dynamic views from... When I do this, it is going to use an external model as the seed for the new file, however, that seed file doesn't necessarily have the appropriate GCS attached (we have many sites, so multiple GCS modifiers, so not as simple as having just one possible seed).
So if I am creating a 3D model, with GCS-Zone4 (for example), I want the recipient extraction/DV model to have that same GCS applied automatically. Is there a way to do this, or every time I create a drawing model / extraction do I have to go into the output and manually apply the correct GCS?
Thanks in advance!
Hello Ian,
The main difference between a "drawing seed" and a "design seed" is that the drawing seed is a 2D workspace file, that means all of your tools are limited just to 2d tasks, sucha as drawing, anotating and detailing (roughly speaking), Think about the 2D Drawing Seed as the space where you make your deliverables, by manually drawing, extracting your plans from the 3D Design Seed, or both.
Meanwhile the "Design Seed", is the place where you create your designs in a 3d environment, this means that you have access to 3d tools such as modelling, rotate view, 3d rendering, etc.. The idea is to extract plans from the ·3D Design Seed Model to a 2D Drawing Seed Model to make the deliverables.
Regards