• Best Practice - Drawing Output with Cached Visible Edges

    Please note our recommended workflow for Drawing Production in AECOsim Building Designer is to use Cached Visible Edges in the Dynamic Views process as described in detail in this blog: ABD SS6 - Best Practices - Cached Visible Edges This approach offers…
  • Mbesendkeyin to automatically place view on Drwaing or sheet

    Hello, I am using AECOsim SS5 to develop an annotation cell as part of DataGroup item, whose attributes in DataGroup Explorer would generate sheet index in Excel format. I came across a challenge and was wondering if anyone knows of a suggestion. I…
  • RE: Best way of exporting DWG files from cached 2D drawings?

    You should be able to get them out and use the Batch Conversion tool to do it. You just need to make sure to set a couple of settings: In the DWG save options in the Edit menu of the Batch Convert tool, You need to set Merge Visible Edges of 3D Attachments…
  • Dynamic View Levels Appearing

    Hi, Whenever I cut a new Dynamic View the levels highlighted below appear in the file: I cannot delete these levels even though they appear to be unused (they initially delete only to reappear when the file is reopened). I've tried key-in: Level…
  • Dynamic View - 2D Drawing / 3D Design Model

    When I create a Dynamic View and save it to a new Drawing file, the new file always has two models: the Dynamic View's 2D Drawing AND a 3D Design Model. This 3D model cannot be deleted. Is there a way I can create the Drawing in a 2D file only, and…
  • Bug # 52820 - Broken annotation cells

    Hello, We are using AECOsim BD SS4 (08.11.09.622) runnning Windows 7 SP1 on a large renovation project. Due to complex construction phase requirements we have set up 3D model files to store all live 3D objects. We then created Dynamic View Model files…
  • Re: Datagroup explorer AECOSIM

    Thanks Andreas. Another questions. I have hear that PCstudio may be replace in the future ?? I've creating a paz cell, seems like rect penetrations for slab, but no the result as expected. i use Dynamic view to test it. with a top view…
  • Door Swings

    Does anyone know how I edit the 2D component (Drawing Symbol) of the doors. In the first instance I'd simply like to change the linestyle to a dash for the door and swing. I'd expected this could be acheived by changing one of the following family…
  • Drawing Composition / Create Plan View(s)

    Hello, I am trying to use the Create Plan tool in AECOsim Building Designer. Previously clips have been placed using the Clip Volume tool but for a series of floors it seems logical using the advanced tools provided. Floor Manager is nicely set…
  • Re: Manually Placing DataGroup Annotation Cells

    Hello Mark, I ran through your scenario with our sample project and got the same results, the annotation cell graphics place at whatever rotation they are created in and the text aligns with the view. So what I did was create the cell and graphics…
  • Re: Enable Auto Annotations

    Nigel, Not a dumb question at all. If fact, this confuses a lot of users. The Enable Auto Annotations option in the Building Designer Menu only has an effect when BB_AUTOANNOTATION is set to USER (see below) There are 2 configuration variables…
  • Error message when showing Callouts. "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded"

    Has anyone experienced problems with Callouts and dynamic views when working outside "solid working area" or when the "global Origin" is moved in the Composition model? For example microstation tells me "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded…
  • Re: Location of Markers

    This behavior is when I use the Place Plan Callout tool: The plan view markers seem to use the outside edge of the clip volume for the X direction in plan. If I adjust the outside boundary the marker moves, albeit I have to reopen the file to see the…
  • AECOsim Building Designer - File Sizes?

    Hello, Can anyone explain why, when using dynamic views the file size of sheets and drawings get enormous? We are having files – and these do only contain references and there is not a single line drawn in it which get up to 100MB. We are using a lot…
  • Re: ABD - Resymbolising Railing Members

    I tested the following in Building Designer: The railing can't be resymbolized with rules because it is a railing element and not a structural element. However, railing elements are basically cells made up of structural element. (At least the ones…
  • Place Plan Callout, Create gap

    Is it not possible to "Create gap" on a Plan Callout? I dont get the same options when I right click on a plan callout that I do if I right click on a "Section Callout".