Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Dept. of Subtle - Edit Sub-Discipline

I was working with Scott Johnson and several of his co-workers today and he pointed out this very subtle bugger. This involves projects using the Sub-Discipline parameter (and potentially other View assigned parameters. This means RME primarily unless you also choose to add this to your RAC or RST projects. In RME a few of the templates have a Project Parameter called Sub-Discipline that is associated with the Views category. It is intended to permit us to sort the Project Browser further than just by the Disciplines: Architecture Structure, Mechanical, Electrical and Coordination.

The rub is that if you create a view that has annotation, such as a section view, you can't edit the parameter when you select the annotation and choose Right-Click > Element Properties or the Instance Properties button. The value is not enabled (gray). If you edit the Properties through the view itself or the listed view name in the Project Browser you can. Odd quirk. I posted a VIDEO of this and you can listen and watch it now if you like.


3 comments:

Erik said...

I noticed that for the first time just yesterday. Weird...

Peter Tranberg said...

Hi Steve. In your Video your Floor Plan Type is Structural.. Haw is that possible, did you originaly create this demofile in RST?

Steve said...

Why its magic! I think it was just the parameters I was using to sort the browser.