Control the visiblity of objects.
Transcript
00:03
We're currently looking at the floor to floor plan view.
00:07
And in this view, all of the model categories are visible.
00:10
So we can see all of the walls, doors,
00:12
furniture and other equipment that have been placed in the model.
00:17
We need to make a view that we can add some dimensions to
00:20
and therefore we need to hide the furniture and equipment in that view.
00:25
So first to create a new view, we'll go to the view, ribbon type
00:29
and from the create panel here, we'll click the duplicate view, drop down
00:34
and then choose duplicate view.
00:36
Now that we have that copied view in the project browser,
00:39
we'll right click over it and choose rename
00:42
and we'll set the name to be floor two dimensions.
00:49
So now zoom in in a little, we can see we have the furniture objects here.
00:53
And if I pick on this table,
00:55
we can go to the properties pallet
00:57
and just beneath the type selector here,
00:58
we can see we have one object selected and
01:01
it's of the category furniture we can see here.
01:04
It's that desk family.
01:06
If I select this object here
01:09
and go back to the same location we can see this belongs to the casework category.
01:15
And if I select the refrigerator next to it,
01:17
we can see this belongs to the speciality equipment category.
01:22
And finally, at the other end of the plan here, at the other end of the building,
01:26
if I select one of the showers,
01:27
we can see that belongs to the plumbing fixtures category.
01:31
So these are the categories that we need to turn off in this view
01:34
to leave us with just the walls and doors that we need for the dimensions.
01:38
So we'll do this via the visibility graphic overrides.
01:42
And we can access this through two methods.
01:45
We can go to the view ribbon tab and from the graphics panel,
01:48
we see we have the button here for visibility, graphic overrides.
01:52
Alternatively,
01:53
we can go to the properties of the view and here
01:55
we can see we have an edit button next to visibility,
01:58
graphic overrides.
01:59
So I'll click this
02:00
to open up the settings.
02:03
Now, in here,
02:03
we can see we have tabs and we're currently looking at the model categories tabs
02:08
and we have them for annotation categories. The analytical model
02:12
imported categories from cad drawings, et cetera
02:16
and also for filters,
02:17
I'll swap back to the model categories
02:20
and looking at the first column here, we can see it's titled visibility.
02:23
And beneath this, we have all of the different model categories listed
02:27
and we also have a check box here to toggle their visibility.
02:31
So looking at that list, I can see casework near the top here.
02:34
So let's uncheck that because we know we need to switch that one off.
02:38
And now as the list is quite long, we'll go up to the top here and
02:42
we can search for the category name. So as I start to type in furniture,
02:46
we can see the list get filtered
02:49
and now we can just uncheck
02:50
the visibility toggle next to furniture.
02:53
So now I'll go back to the search box here and start to type in plumbing.
02:57
Once again, we can see that this filtered.
02:59
So we'll uncheck the visibility of the plumbing fixtures.
03:03
Now we'll click, OK, to close the visibility graphic overrides.
03:08
And now in the view, we can see that the furniture
03:11
and the plumbing fixtures and also the casework has been switched off.
03:15
However, we didn't uncheck the speciality equipment. So
03:18
an alternative way of doing that
03:20
is to select it in the view here.
03:22
And now from the right click menu, we can choose hide in view
03:26
and then category
03:28
and that has the same effect as uncheck in the visibility toggle
03:32
in the visibility graphic overrides.
03:34
So zoom in out,
03:36
I can see that we also have a section marker in the view
03:38
and we want to switch that off. So
03:40
I'll select it
03:42
and from the right click menu,
03:43
if we go to the top here, we can see we can repeat the hide category command.
03:47
So we'll pick this
03:49
and the category of section markers will be switched off.
03:53
Now, zooming in closer to the model, we can see we have the grid lines here
03:57
and we'd like to change the way that they display
03:59
so that they're not quite so prominent in the view.
04:02
So to do this, I'll go to the view ribbon tab and from the graphics panel here,
04:06
we'll click visibility, graphics
04:09
and now we'll swap to the annotation categories here
04:13
and we can start to scroll down the list of categories.
04:17
And here we can see grids.
04:19
Now, I won't uncheck the visibility.
04:21
I'll go across to the columns here and I'll check the option for half time
04:26
and now we'll click OK to close down the visibility settings.
04:30
And we can see now that those grid lines have faded
04:32
by 50% which is the effect that the half tone has
04:35
and they're now not so prominent within the view.
00:03
We're currently looking at the floor to floor plan view.
00:07
And in this view, all of the model categories are visible.
00:10
So we can see all of the walls, doors,
00:12
furniture and other equipment that have been placed in the model.
00:17
We need to make a view that we can add some dimensions to
00:20
and therefore we need to hide the furniture and equipment in that view.
00:25
So first to create a new view, we'll go to the view, ribbon type
00:29
and from the create panel here, we'll click the duplicate view, drop down
00:34
and then choose duplicate view.
00:36
Now that we have that copied view in the project browser,
00:39
we'll right click over it and choose rename
00:42
and we'll set the name to be floor two dimensions.
00:49
So now zoom in in a little, we can see we have the furniture objects here.
00:53
And if I pick on this table,
00:55
we can go to the properties pallet
00:57
and just beneath the type selector here,
00:58
we can see we have one object selected and
01:01
it's of the category furniture we can see here.
01:04
It's that desk family.
01:06
If I select this object here
01:09
and go back to the same location we can see this belongs to the casework category.
01:15
And if I select the refrigerator next to it,
01:17
we can see this belongs to the speciality equipment category.
01:22
And finally, at the other end of the plan here, at the other end of the building,
01:26
if I select one of the showers,
01:27
we can see that belongs to the plumbing fixtures category.
01:31
So these are the categories that we need to turn off in this view
01:34
to leave us with just the walls and doors that we need for the dimensions.
01:38
So we'll do this via the visibility graphic overrides.
01:42
And we can access this through two methods.
01:45
We can go to the view ribbon tab and from the graphics panel,
01:48
we see we have the button here for visibility, graphic overrides.
01:52
Alternatively,
01:53
we can go to the properties of the view and here
01:55
we can see we have an edit button next to visibility,
01:58
graphic overrides.
01:59
So I'll click this
02:00
to open up the settings.
02:03
Now, in here,
02:03
we can see we have tabs and we're currently looking at the model categories tabs
02:08
and we have them for annotation categories. The analytical model
02:12
imported categories from cad drawings, et cetera
02:16
and also for filters,
02:17
I'll swap back to the model categories
02:20
and looking at the first column here, we can see it's titled visibility.
02:23
And beneath this, we have all of the different model categories listed
02:27
and we also have a check box here to toggle their visibility.
02:31
So looking at that list, I can see casework near the top here.
02:34
So let's uncheck that because we know we need to switch that one off.
02:38
And now as the list is quite long, we'll go up to the top here and
02:42
we can search for the category name. So as I start to type in furniture,
02:46
we can see the list get filtered
02:49
and now we can just uncheck
02:50
the visibility toggle next to furniture.
02:53
So now I'll go back to the search box here and start to type in plumbing.
02:57
Once again, we can see that this filtered.
02:59
So we'll uncheck the visibility of the plumbing fixtures.
03:03
Now we'll click, OK, to close the visibility graphic overrides.
03:08
And now in the view, we can see that the furniture
03:11
and the plumbing fixtures and also the casework has been switched off.
03:15
However, we didn't uncheck the speciality equipment. So
03:18
an alternative way of doing that
03:20
is to select it in the view here.
03:22
And now from the right click menu, we can choose hide in view
03:26
and then category
03:28
and that has the same effect as uncheck in the visibility toggle
03:32
in the visibility graphic overrides.
03:34
So zoom in out,
03:36
I can see that we also have a section marker in the view
03:38
and we want to switch that off. So
03:40
I'll select it
03:42
and from the right click menu,
03:43
if we go to the top here, we can see we can repeat the hide category command.
03:47
So we'll pick this
03:49
and the category of section markers will be switched off.
03:53
Now, zooming in closer to the model, we can see we have the grid lines here
03:57
and we'd like to change the way that they display
03:59
so that they're not quite so prominent in the view.
04:02
So to do this, I'll go to the view ribbon tab and from the graphics panel here,
04:06
we'll click visibility, graphics
04:09
and now we'll swap to the annotation categories here
04:13
and we can start to scroll down the list of categories.
04:17
And here we can see grids.
04:19
Now, I won't uncheck the visibility.
04:21
I'll go across to the columns here and I'll check the option for half time
04:26
and now we'll click OK to close down the visibility settings.
04:30
And we can see now that those grid lines have faded
04:32
by 50% which is the effect that the half tone has
04:35
and they're now not so prominent within the view.
