hi everybody,
as an architectural office, we would like to use the new microstation ce constraints to create 2d parametric cells like lets say doors in plan projection.
the new parametrics are a greate revival of dd-design, finaly easy to learn and use. thank you, bentley.
but some behavior is not usefull, or i don't fully undestand yet how it works:
we need those door cells with graphic elements on three different levels, there are construction lines needed to place the cell in the drawing that should never be visible in the final plan.
i created a cell in that way, the constraints, variables and variations work fine.
only, when placing the parametric cell in the drawing, all graphic elements are placed on the active level, not as with normal cells or shared cell, where all elements remain on their levels. this behavior makes the cell unusable for us.
one can use elements of class construction in the cell definition, those disapear when the cell is placed, that is helpfull, but does not solve my problem.
is there any hidden switch/option/preference to change this behavior, to keep element on ther levels?
also, when creating cells, often there are drawings of standard profiles included, like steel profiles etc. one would realy like to place such as fix groups or cells inside a parametric drawing, with their position controlled by constraints. but i could not connect constraints with cells or groups in a usefull way. only if it is one group and the group itself is used as a fixpoint and oll other geometrie is parametric around this fixpoint. that seems to work, but is not usefull. so it seems one has to describe each profile also parametric, with many constraints and fix dimensions. this takes for ages and creates super heavy cells microstations needs to evaluate with a high performance impact.
i was so exited to find dd-design rewritten in a fast and usable way, but now it seems it's still more a promise for the future :(
or did i miss the right tricks to get it going?
thankfull for any hint
regards, konrad in berlin