RAC2011- Hidden treasures

[twiceroadsfool]

They may seem minor, and most people might not notice it. But while working on a training demo for our In House Monthly Users Group, i found a couple of pleasant surprises i really wasnt expecting!

Grids- Propogate Extents: It now WORKS on views that have Crop regions or Scope boxes!

I was in the middle of making screen shots to teach users how to select twenty views at once, remove the SB, remove the crop, Propogate, and put the Scope back on... When i noticed it WORKED while the SB was there!


Tag all not Tagged: WALLS.

Woah, when did that show up on the scene?

Kudos to you guys, especially on the first one. Thats huuuuuge for projects with a lot of complex geometry.

[cphubb]

They may seem minor, and most people might not notice it. But while working on a training demo for our In House Monthly Users Group, i found a couple of pleasant surprises i really wasnt expecting!

Grids- Propogate Extents: It now WORKS on views that have Crop regions or Scope boxes!

I was in the middle of making screen shots to teach users how to select twenty views at once, remove the SB, remove the crop, Propogate, and put the Scope back on... When i noticed it WORKED while the SB was there!


Tag all not Tagged: WALLS.

Woah, when did that show up on the scene?



Kudos to you guys, especially on the first one. Thats huuuuuge for projects with a lot of complex geometry.

TANT Walls was an advertised feature of 2011. Good to know the propogate works better.

[Merlin]

.....I was in the middle of making screen shots to teach users how to select twenty views at once, remove the SB, remove the crop, Propogate, and put the Scope back on...
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Hi Aaron,
That part sounds interesting. Can you elaborate on that one, mate?
cheers
John Mc

[twiceroadsfool]

CPH, my bad. I guess i missed it in the documentation.

Merlin, its nothing magical. Strict naming conventions and Browser organization keep Like minded views together in the browser, and also in the Propogate extents and Views Visible dialogues.

So, in the browser they select them all, head to prop. palette, remove scope box, remove crops. Right click in Viewport, select previous (grids), propogate extents, select views in dialogue, hit okay. Go back to browser, views are still all selected, back to properties palette, re-insert the SB, and youre off.

[Merlin]

CPH, my bad. I guess i missed it in the documentation.

Merlin, its nothing magical. Strict naming conventions and Browser organization keep Like minded views together in the browser, and also in the Propogate extents and Views Visible dialogues.

So, in the browser they select them all, head to prop. palette, remove scope box, remove crops. Right click in Viewport, select previous (grids), propogate extents, select views in dialogue, hit okay. Go back to browser, views are still all selected, back to properties palette, re-insert the SB, and youre off.

Ah!...OK. Looks like MY bad this time...I didn't quite read your post properly.

[patricks]

So, in the browser they select them all, head to prop. palette, remove scope box, remove crops. Right click in Viewport, select previous (grids), propogate extents, select views in dialogue, hit okay. Go back to browser, views are still all selected, back to properties palette, re-insert the SB, and youre off.

Are you sure that still works since yesterday's update? I swear my PP is doing some WEIRD stuff when multiple views or multiple sheets are selected. Sometimes I can change properties of multiple views at once, sometimes not. Sometimes it switches back to the properties of the view/sheet I'm looking at instead of what I have selected in the PB. I can NOT change multiple sheet properties at once as of yesterday.

[DaveP]

Sorry, Patrick. Sometimes I just can't resist my inner 7 year-old.

I swear my PP is doing some WEIRD stuff .

Maybe you should see a doctor about that.

[twiceroadsfool]

Are you sure that still works since yesterday's update? I swear my PP is doing some WEIRD stuff when multiple views or multiple sheets are selected. Sometimes I can change properties of multiple views at once, sometimes not. Sometimes it switches back to the properties of the view/sheet I'm looking at instead of what I have selected in the PB. I can NOT change multiple sheet properties at once as of yesterday.

Various users are having trouble since the debut of 2011, with this issue, but others are not. Do you have either the Browser OR the Palette undocked? If both of mine are docked, they work fine. If i undock the browser or PP, i have trouble with multiple items selected.

But, i havent been having the trouble with multiple items selected, that others are. I AM having trouble, with TOUCHING the mouse cancelling out of text fields. You cant MOVE the mouse to the APPLY button if you cant touch the mouse, LOL.

[Scott D Davis]

You cant MOVE the mouse to the APPLY button if you cant touch the mouse, LOL.

Tab Tab Tab until Apply button is active, then Enter? Not a solution, obviously, but just a thought if you can't touch the mouse.

[dzatto]

They may seem minor, and most people might not notice it. But while working on a training demo for our In House Monthly Users Group, i found a couple of pleasant surprises i really wasnt expecting!

Grids- Propogate Extents: It now WORKS on views that have Crop regions or Scope boxes!

I was in the middle of making screen shots to teach users how to select twenty views at once, remove the SB, remove the crop, Propogate, and put the Scope back on... When i noticed it WORKED while the SB was there!


Tag all not Tagged: WALLS.

Woah, when did that show up on the scene?

Kudos to you guys, especially on the first one. Thats huuuuuge for projects with a lot of complex geometry.

I might need to crash one of those! lol