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Control workset visibility and worksharing display.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
5 min.
Transcript
00:03
In the status bar at the bottom of
00:05
it.
00:06
We also have the active works set
00:09
and the tool here to open the works set style of box.
00:13
So for example, if I now come on Tuesday, two residents work sets and close those down
00:18
and choose, OK,
00:20
we can see that's disappeared out of this view
00:23
if I go and open one of the floor plans, so I'll open up the first floor plan.
00:28
We can see that's also switched it off in this view
00:32
and we also have some perspective views here.
00:34
So we'll open up the residents perspective
00:38
as the residents work sets have been switched off,
00:41
we can't actually see the building.
00:44
So I'll go back to the work sets
00:47
or choose the residence,
00:49
exterior and interior and we'll open those back up
00:54
and they'll be opened back up into all of the views.
00:57
So they're visible throughout the entire project. Now,
01:01
going back to our residents perspective,
01:03
we can see the studio block in the background.
01:07
So if you wanted to switch that off, but just in this view,
01:10
we would do that via the visibility graphic overrides.
01:14
So from the properties pallette, we'll choose to edit visibility,
01:16
graphic overrides.
01:19
And now we can see we have a tab for works sets at the end here.
01:23
And I can come and choose those two studio work sets,
01:25
the interior and exterior works sets.
01:28
And currently they're set to be visible by the global settings which is visible.
01:33
So I can choose here and we can decide whether
01:36
you want to show or hide specifically in this view.
01:38
So I'll select hide
01:40
and apply.
01:42
And now we can see that those work sets have been switched off,
01:45
but only in this view. So they're still here
01:47
in the other 3d view
01:49
and also in the first floor plan.
01:52
So now looking at the status bar at the bottom of the view,
01:54
we can see the studio exterior works set is the active work set.
01:59
I am zooming into the residence here.
02:01
I can see that I need to add an extra chair into the lounge here.
02:05
So if I go back to the architecture ribbon tab
02:08
and choose to place a component,
02:10
we have the correct component in the type selector.
02:13
So we can come into the view here and we can place this down.
02:17
I choose, modify to finish placing it.
02:19
Now, when I select this,
02:21
look at edit properties,
02:22
I can see that it's actually been placed on the studio exterior works set.
02:27
This is because the active work set is the studio exterior works set.
02:31
And therefore any new objects created will be placed on that work set.
02:35
So therefore,
02:36
it's important when we're working to make sure we
02:38
set the correct work set to be active.
02:40
So I'll set the residence interior
02:43
and this time I'll create another chair
02:46
and place this down.
02:49
We can see that this chair has now been created on the residents interior work set
02:53
as opposed to the original one which was on the studio exterior.
02:57
Although if it is placed on the wrong work set,
02:60
we can quickly identify it using the work share and display.
03:05
And it's easy to select it
03:07
and through its properties, place it onto the correct works set.
03:13
So now we've made those changes and got our work sets organized.
03:17
We'll synchronize this file with the central model
03:22
and then close down the local file.
03:25
I'll relinquish the elements as it's good practice to do this.
03:29
And now, instead of choosing to open the previous file from the recent files list,
03:33
I'll use the browse option to open.
03:39
Now, when I select the file
03:41
looking at the open button just here,
03:43
we can choose whether we want to open the last viewed works
03:46
sets or we could specify exactly which works sets we wanted to open
03:50
or just the ones that are editable. So I'll choose specify
03:54
and then select open
03:56
as we already have a local copy of this. We'll overwrite the existing one.
04:02
And before the file is now opened,
04:03
we can see our list of work sets
04:06
and it may be that we don't want to actually open the
04:08
studio work sets at this point so we can close those.
04:12
And now when we say, ok,
04:14
the fire will be opened
04:16
without the studio interior and exterior work set.
04:21
However, if we need to add these at a later date,
04:23
we can go to our work set settings
04:26
and just choose those and open them
04:28
as we need them.
Video transcript
00:03
In the status bar at the bottom of
00:05
it.
00:06
We also have the active works set
00:09
and the tool here to open the works set style of box.
00:13
So for example, if I now come on Tuesday, two residents work sets and close those down
00:18
and choose, OK,
00:20
we can see that's disappeared out of this view
00:23
if I go and open one of the floor plans, so I'll open up the first floor plan.
00:28
We can see that's also switched it off in this view
00:32
and we also have some perspective views here.
00:34
So we'll open up the residents perspective
00:38
as the residents work sets have been switched off,
00:41
we can't actually see the building.
00:44
So I'll go back to the work sets
00:47
or choose the residence,
00:49
exterior and interior and we'll open those back up
00:54
and they'll be opened back up into all of the views.
00:57
So they're visible throughout the entire project. Now,
01:01
going back to our residents perspective,
01:03
we can see the studio block in the background.
01:07
So if you wanted to switch that off, but just in this view,
01:10
we would do that via the visibility graphic overrides.
01:14
So from the properties pallette, we'll choose to edit visibility,
01:16
graphic overrides.
01:19
And now we can see we have a tab for works sets at the end here.
01:23
And I can come and choose those two studio work sets,
01:25
the interior and exterior works sets.
01:28
And currently they're set to be visible by the global settings which is visible.
01:33
So I can choose here and we can decide whether
01:36
you want to show or hide specifically in this view.
01:38
So I'll select hide
01:40
and apply.
01:42
And now we can see that those work sets have been switched off,
01:45
but only in this view. So they're still here
01:47
in the other 3d view
01:49
and also in the first floor plan.
01:52
So now looking at the status bar at the bottom of the view,
01:54
we can see the studio exterior works set is the active work set.
01:59
I am zooming into the residence here.
02:01
I can see that I need to add an extra chair into the lounge here.
02:05
So if I go back to the architecture ribbon tab
02:08
and choose to place a component,
02:10
we have the correct component in the type selector.
02:13
So we can come into the view here and we can place this down.
02:17
I choose, modify to finish placing it.
02:19
Now, when I select this,
02:21
look at edit properties,
02:22
I can see that it's actually been placed on the studio exterior works set.
02:27
This is because the active work set is the studio exterior works set.
02:31
And therefore any new objects created will be placed on that work set.
02:35
So therefore,
02:36
it's important when we're working to make sure we
02:38
set the correct work set to be active.
02:40
So I'll set the residence interior
02:43
and this time I'll create another chair
02:46
and place this down.
02:49
We can see that this chair has now been created on the residents interior work set
02:53
as opposed to the original one which was on the studio exterior.
02:57
Although if it is placed on the wrong work set,
02:60
we can quickly identify it using the work share and display.
03:05
And it's easy to select it
03:07
and through its properties, place it onto the correct works set.
03:13
So now we've made those changes and got our work sets organized.
03:17
We'll synchronize this file with the central model
03:22
and then close down the local file.
03:25
I'll relinquish the elements as it's good practice to do this.
03:29
And now, instead of choosing to open the previous file from the recent files list,
03:33
I'll use the browse option to open.
03:39
Now, when I select the file
03:41
looking at the open button just here,
03:43
we can choose whether we want to open the last viewed works
03:46
sets or we could specify exactly which works sets we wanted to open
03:50
or just the ones that are editable. So I'll choose specify
03:54
and then select open
03:56
as we already have a local copy of this. We'll overwrite the existing one.
04:02
And before the file is now opened,
04:03
we can see our list of work sets
04:06
and it may be that we don't want to actually open the
04:08
studio work sets at this point so we can close those.
04:12
And now when we say, ok,
04:14
the fire will be opened
04:16
without the studio interior and exterior work set.
04:21
However, if we need to add these at a later date,
04:23
we can go to our work set settings
04:26
and just choose those and open them
04:28
as we need them.
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