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Plan View Styles

Where can I find this command?
Keyboard:
vaPlanViewStyles
Icon:
Plan View right click [left click]
Documentation toolbar:
VisualARQ Documentation Tools Toolbar
Menu:
VisualARQ > 2D Views > Plan View Styles
Shortcut key:
Select a plan view object > (Alt, Shift or Ctrl) + double left click

Plan view styles define the attributes of plan views.

After running the vaPlanViewStyles command, the Plan view Style Manager dialog box will appear. All plan view styles are created and edited from this dialog.

Plan View Styles
Plan view Style Manager dialog box

New Plan view style:

You can create new styles and duplicate existing ones from the Plan View Style Manager dialog box.

Delete a Plan view style:

You can delete Plan view styles from the Plan view Style Manager dialog box. You can only delete those styles that are not being used by any existing Plan view in the model.

General style editing
You can use the vaPlanViewStyles command or, alternatively,
  • Use the vaStyleProperties command, then select a Plan view and press Enter, or
  • Right click on vaStyleProperties (right click), then select a Plan view and press Enter, or
  • Select a Plan view and open the context menu by pressing the right mouse button for a while then select Plan View > Style Properties, or
  • Press Alt, Shift or Ctrl then double click on a Plan view object.
The changes applied to a style are applied to all elements with that style.

Edit a Plan view style:

Select the plan view style from the top left panel and edit its different parameters from the tabs that appear in the right panel.

Attributes

This tab lets you change the attributes of the Plan view title and boundary for display and print purposes. The valid attributes are:

  • Layer, Visibility, Text style, Dimension style, Color, Linetype, Line print width and Line print color.

The Pattern attributes in this tab have no effect on plan views.

View Overrides

These attributes let you override the projection and section attributes assigned to the geometry in the plan view. When an attribute is set to "No override", the projection and section attribute assigned to the geometry directly (by Object or by Style) will prevail in the plan view.

Plan views using different styles
Plan views using different styles

Parameters

In this tab you can create custom parameters by style and assign values by style.

These values can be overwritten by object, from the Parameters section Parameters icon , in the Rhino Properties panel Rhino properties icon.