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    Default Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    We're working with a beeeeeg client on a beeeeeg project and we want to have a callout style where the callout head is nothing but a huge letter - this will point to a 1:100 scale callout view of the 1:500 overall plan.

    We can do that... cool, but... you can't duplicate the callout style to make a regular one as well as the one that uses the big letter.

    Am I missing something, or can we only have one callout style for plan views??

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Subtle new step involved. Settings | View Tags | Callout tags

    You establish this "style" then you can assign it to a callout. You assign the style to the view. You can only assign one callout style to a view.

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    You also apparently can only have one Reference Callout Style. Sometimes I want to say "SIM", sometimes I want to say "O.H." (opposite hand)...but when I try to set up different ones, it always gives me the original I set up under the View Tags dialog. I used to be able to create different ones in 6.1...why the regression?

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    You have to create a new tag by duplicating the original, and then add the SIM or TYP, and name the Tag appropriately.

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Davis
    You have to create a new tag by duplicating the original, and then add the SIM or TYP, and name the Tag appropriately.
    The issue is that the VIEW determines the callout used. If you create a detail that you assign a reference callout that uses SIM then anytime you reference that view you get that reference callout style. To get one that allows you to use OPP you actually have to create a new view (might as well BE opposite hand), assign that style to the view. In the past you could just switch the annotation from type to type. The irony is, if you have to create a separate view, you don't need the OPP designation eh?

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Davis
    You have to create a new tag by duplicating the original, and then add the SIM or TYP, and name the Tag appropriately.
    Tried it...doesn't work.

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Oh yeah, Steve's right! Create a duplicate View Type, called View SIM or something like that.

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve_Stafford
    Subtle new step involved. Settings | View Tags | Callout tags

    You establish this "style" then you can assign it to a callout. You assign the style to the view. You can only assign one callout style to a view.
    Right - I do have two callout tag styles... but I can't duplicate the floor plan callout style to use the second tag style. Looks like you can only have one callout style for plans in a project. Bummer...

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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    Quote Originally Posted by Wes Macaulay
    Looks like you can only have one callout style for plans in a project. Bummer...
    You can...you have to create different view types so you can assign the different callout types to. Each view can only have ONE type assigned however. Confused yet?
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    Default Re: Only one plan callout style possible? What's up with that?

    I think Wes is pointing out correctly that it is not currently possible to make multiple types of plan views. However one can make many types of detail views and detail views can look straight down just like plan views. When making a callout in plan view user can click a down arrow in type drop-down, switch to a detail view and thus gain ability to make new types. Can detail views be used to achieve Wes' goals?
    Last edited by LRaiz; 2005-03-04 at 11:37 PM.

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