Hello,
I wonder how i can dynamically (according to my needs and purposes) change the styles of an element subjected to view/section callout (mainly in drawing space).
The only way i have found is to assign Element template to an object but this is pretty static and limited way of doing it.
I want to have multiple Element templates assigned to elements activated globally according to certain rules.
Lets say --> to all elements on layers containing "*concrete*" apply element template called "XYZ".
Only place where rules are applicable is Display rules within Display styles but its not the same thing as controlling hatches and edges (cut, visible, hidden) per element basis. Or is it?
How should Element templates be used in conjunction with Display styles and rules?
Thanks
just to clarify. Are you wanting to control what your section cuts look like ?
If so, once the section is created, it will have a saved view and clip volume settings. The clip volume settings can be controlled by the display styles.
So you would create display styles with your required settings and rules and then apply that display style to the needed clip (forward, back, cut)
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is it usable also for drawings generated from section/elevation/plan callouts? This looks like a thing for 3d model space temporary preview of your model with clipping volume on.
little success
i managed to get my section with my rules as a saved view but associated drawing which was created by the program, there is no way of setting the same display styles like inside saved view.
Consider this example:
In the above you can see many different Clip Volumes and each Saved View that is associated to each named Clip Volume.
Then in the the design model (or it could be a separate Composition DGN File) of a Sheet DGN file (seen above), I attach each required Saved View (spacing them apart), perform whatever 2D work I need including using Copy/Hide Cached Element to get the presentation I need, and finally make a Saved View of each view again (see Saved View Dialog), and attach those to my Sheet Model.
Finally, onto the sheet where I do my annotation (my section marks are a standalone Detail Item but have no links):
Of course, this is just how I do things, others may do it differently.
agreed - however you choose to get your saved views.
Once you have them, you can choose where they belong, and then finally, how they are presented (using or not using the display styles) .
The section cut process is an attempt to automate what Barry is doing manually (not saying either way is better).
If you do the whole Callout method, and the Create Drawing thing, where does it place the views?
please how do you attach those saved views so that it preserves display styles? in saved view i have applied my display rules but when i attach it somewhere else it does not work even though all settings should be retained
I don't have the Synchronize option in V8i. What does your View Attributes look like when the view is created?
I would run this by bentley on what is expected.
What happens if you change the references' presentation to your display style (Ivan Preference) ?