There is any way to re-sort the slot numbers of a set of references easily?
I have two cases scenarios, the first: usually start planing with preliminary info and sometimes one level of specialties is divided into several references, so at the beginning I could have :
But as the proyect goes the this references get together forming something like:
In this little simple, it's easy to change one by one, unfortunaly this is a Little sample, because the number of references in some files, besides the specialties and everything sometimes goes above 100 references, remaining in about 45 or more. There is any "Easy" way to resort this without VBA?
Second Scenario:
Usually I gets prepared in one file all the references needed for any proyect, so in the rest of the files, we just attach that file and copy the attachments to the new file and remove that one from the list of references:
There is any "Easy" way to resort this without VBA?
Trying to get to explain further, For us, the slot number is the order for the "specialty type" of files, that mean first architectural files, the pipes, the ventilation, then lights, then electrical trays, and so on in some kind of order, second will be by order of floor, Something like:
So the Slot Number is the specific order for the specialties, then with logical name, we obtain order by floor and with name we got some other kind of order, in some cases the file name are on different file-name estructure, that is why sometimes we cannot rely completly on file name for order. I hope this gets clear that the only thing I'm looking for, is to re sort the references, so if some case one reference is removed for some sort of change on design or consolidation of information, the references are sorted instead to have "references in red", if I just remove references, then the next references added also miss some sort of order.
I dont think you can make msnt do this the way you want it to
I believe the slot numbers refers to the order the references are printed as they were attached in that order so that last in the slot list is the last to laydown over the top both in viewing and printing... unless you go and add priorities or 3d heights .. I know you can change the sequence manually in the manager settings but I never paid attention that it would re order the slots...)
Perhaps you should create Empty or holding nested files instead one for each discipline and named by discipline ie Architectural, Plumbing, etc
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