- Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:34 pm
#43248
I'll go with the must have vote. I really miss that feature from Autocad.
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TomWaltz wrote:"Publishing to Modules" is a lot faster than individually "Saving Selection to Module."this might apply to when the module is your entire floor, but I need to create several modules for small repeating elements (non object elements) such as a typical kitchens, typical balconies, certain repeating portions of the exterior wall, etc.. all these are a combination of different elements on different layers and as far as I know there is no way to publish a selection not a view (is there?)
LiHigh wrote:I thought in-place editing already is possible in Archicad!This is sort of true, but if you modify and save an instance other than the original, the location of all others will be offset by the difference.
Just unlink the placed module, edit as desired. Then, Save Selection as Module from the Modules & XREFs menu with Change the Hotlink to the saved file box checked.
By checking the Change the Hotlink to the saved file box, you can immediately replace the selected elements with the contents of the module, without having to go through the usual process.
Djordje wrote:Who takes care of what module is edited in place and who has the right to do it? I clearly see a situation where two people are editing the same module in place. Which one gets saved? Each to a new file? belies the purpose of a module.Well you could take ownership of the hotlinked modules during the sign in process just as you do with layers, etc.
Matthew Lohden wrote:This is sort of true, but if you modify and save an instance other than the original, the location of all others will be offset by the difference.Seems like an easy fix to add a button that says 'Preserve Origin of Source' or something, to enable 'editing in place'. Now how would AC know how to preserve the source origin? Would the user have to define it? Or would it save ALL hotlinks to have an x,y of 0,0 from the lower-leftmost corner of the hotlink? And if one was working on a 90 degree rotated instance and saved in place, one could expect all the non-rotated instances to rotate - needs some thinking through....let's start with X.Y, but not forget Z either.