In the Part settings can define a level for the Forward View/Section View/Refected View. When using the Drawing Extraction Manager to generate sections, these settings are applied.
When using Dynamic Views, the created views use the other symbology in the Part library (such as lineweight, color, hatching, etc.), but don’t seem to use the defined levels. It seems logical to keep the levels the same as the elements on the same level as the Part (level 3D elements) is the Dynamic Views since these are still the same 3D model only clipped and orientated to a fixed view.
My question: do the Dynamic Views ever use the level settings defined in the Part settings? Is there some setting I’m missing? Or do these settings only work with the DEM?
EDIT: New conclusion: seems like using DV does use the levels, but the level display seems to show both the levels of the 3D elements AND the ones of the Part library... It's pretty confusing.
are you using the same dataset, and parts?
regards / Thomas Voghera
I'm using our own dataset with our own level list. With DEM it always worked fine, with DV it works with the exception that the Level Display doesn't seem to see the difference between when a DV (with the levels defined in the part library) is visible and the levels in the 3D design file is visible.
For example: a wall is in 3D on a level '01'. in the Foward/Section/... View level it is placed on '00'.
In the DV I have to switch of the level '00' to turn the wall level off in the view, while the popup info on the object still mentions '01' as the elements level. Level Display shows both levels in use.
I changed all level settings to the same level in my Part settings, since this fits the idea of the DV still being the 3D model, but it makes me wonder how you would use these settings if you don't make 3D and F/S/R levels the same.
Windows 10 pro
OpenBuildings Designer Connect Edition Update 10.10.01.151
Since DVs are "live" resymbolized graphics, both the 3D level and the section/forward/reflected levels come into play. However, since these resymoblized graphics are not actually written to the file they are effectively "unused" per Level Manager.
Hi Steve,
I think Stefan is saying that the Level Display panel does not reflect the levels assigned by the F+P system... where the level for the same element can be varied depending on whether it is cut, forward or reflected....?
Maybe, the the Level Display panel should sprout some tabs for cut, forward, back and outside etc :-)
^^ yeah that's what I mean.
Steve, I understand that, but it seemed confusing when I have the DV visible in my View, I first expected it to turn into something like a 'live' version of something the DEM would have calculated, like when you open an extracted drawing with DEM, you also see the levels as defined in the part settings.
When showing the DV, it shows all other info you also see on the part settings (color, weight, etc) so I expected the level manager to show the levels as defined in the part settings (the resymbolized ones) when a view is in 'promoted' status, and to show the levels the 3D object when in 'normal' 3D view.
I'm trying to figure out at which point the cut/forward/... level setting in the F+P are used when using DV. When using the DEM it's pretty obvious, with DV is seems somewhere in the middle and to me a bit confusing: when using DV, id doesn't seem to matter much to assign a different level for cut/fwd in the P+F since the Saved Views remain dynamic even till the last stage (Print Sheet).