Phasing Levels

[craighowie]

Hi there.

It it possible to give a level a phase? Or do poeple just Hide the Level in the the views they dont want them appear in?

Thanks,
Craig

[dhurtubise]

Hi there.

It it possible to give a level a phase? Or do poeple just Hide the Level in the the views they dont want them appear in?

Thanks,
Craig

No can do with the Phasing tool but you can use a filter to hide efficiently

[twiceroadsfool]

Scope boxes work great for doing this with both Levels and Grids. Ill make scope boxes for each phase of work, and assign the Levels and Grids to those Scope Boxes, then use Views Visible to turn off Phase 1's scope in Phase 2, etc.

[Scott Womack]

The only thing to remember about scope boxes, is that a level or grid can only be assigned to one scape box per project. Another way to handle it in a worksetted project is to create a separate workset for the levels/grids that you don't want to show every where, change them to that workset, and set it not to show by default. Then only turn that workset on in the views you want

[twiceroadsfool]

The only thing to remember about scope boxes, is that a level or grid can only be assigned to one scape box per project. Another way to handle it in a worksetted project is to create a separate workset for the levels/grids that you don't want to show every where, change them to that workset, and set it not to show by default. Then only turn that workset on in the views you want

Yes, but you can have a Scope box that crosses both Phases, as well. Or the ones in both phases, you dont have to put on a Scope Box.

Its just a personal preference, but i dont like anything turned off in VG:Worksets. Its a lousy tool.

[craighowie]

Thanks for all the responses!

[patricks]

Yes, but you can have a Scope box that crosses both Phases, as well. Or the ones in both phases, you dont have to put on a Scope Box.

Its just a personal preference, but i dont like anything turned off in VG:Worksets. Its a lousy tool.

eh? IMHO it's great for things that you only want to show in a few views. For instance furniture or NIC items, floor finishes (thin floors), etc. all get their own worksets that are off by default. That way we don't have to go around applying filters to every other view or applying view templates to every other view where those items don't need to show (which is most views in the project).

[twiceroadsfool]

If you like using it, more power to you. :)

VG: Worksets dont currently go in to View Templates, they cant be used in Schedules (so you need the filter anyway), and they cant participate in any Graphical Overrides, other than to turn things on or off.

For NIC stuff we like a filter, because a lot of the times we want to show it, but as transparent and dashed. And other times we dont want to show it, but the same filter does both.

Besides, we dont have views that dont get View Templates applied. The filters are in all the views by default, and the view templates are applied in the template before the project starts. So the Thin Floors for Finishes are off in construction plans, and on in Finish Plans.

Worksets succeed in turning stuff off, if you dont mind doing more of the work. Its just not what it was intended for, so it "misses" in a lot of spots.