Showing Section Markers in Elevations in ARCHICAD
Earlier this week I published an article on BIM Engine that discussed the basics of Marker tools in ARCHICAD. In it I discuss the difference between a Source Marker and a Linked Marker; why certain Marker references are better than others; why the lesser Marker reference options exist; and a bunch of other things. It’s definitely worth a read.
The first person to comment mentioned the struggles of showing section markers in elevations. And just like happened with my comment-turned-video regarding footings and foundations in ARCHICAD, I realized I should just do a quick video.
Below is a video showing the fastest way to get your sections to show up in your elevations. Remember this technique works for Section, Elevation, Detail, and Worksheet Markers. And it you can place any of these Markers in any type of graphic Viewpoint (plan, section, elevation, 3D document, etc.). Once you have this trick down, use it to fill your drawings with all the markers you need.
Again, I highly recommend reading the accompanying blog post: Introduction to ARCHICAD Markers. I’m assuming anyone who is watching this video knows the difference between a Source Marker and a Linked Marker, and the different types of Marker references.
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Graeme
Nice one Jared, I must admit for years I’ve been drawing linked markers in Elevs and Sections but had not thought to just copy n’ paste em from the plan!
One request could you invest in a better microphone, you sound like an old AM radio transmission from the 50’s, or is that the style you are going for? 🙂
Here’s one of my tutorial videos as an example of what is possible plus you get Miles Davis as a bonus in the background
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/399074/sites/trapdoor/008%20wall%20pt3-desktop.m4v
Jared Banks
I’ll be getting a new computer in a few months. Hopefully that will fix my ever decreasing audio quality.
Carlos Puello
This is great. I works my projects the sam way.
One recomendation is sometime archicad will created each of this markers as an independent sections or elevations. If you want to keep yo model clean, you can delete them from the model view, thus way the markers stay in yours plans.
Tony Salamone
This is incredibly helpful for keeping your project and view maps organized, thank you! If you delete the independent sections in the Project Map the markers will stay on the elevations and sections.
Chuck Kottka
I just recently stumbled across this, as I was about to explain to someone that you CAN’T put Section Markers in a Section/Elevation, and would have to use a funky Detail Marker… but lo and behold! It worked! Not sure how far back it was that this was NOT an option, but that was the last time I tried (AC12?). Anyway, thanks for making it even easier to use!
Doug Godfrey
It’s really not obvious that there is difference between “selected view” and “viewpoint”. Now that I know there is a difference it makes the process of putting linked sections into elevations and sections a step easier. Before I had to select corresponding view with each marker, then I would reference those markers and put them in whatever section or elevation I needed. Also use linked section markers for details sometimes, because of its versatility with graphic styles.
Daniel Hunt
Jared, How are you able to get window and door markers to show up in elevation view? Thank you.
Jared Banks
David, those are Labels linked to the Windows/Doors. Download my template. The elevations in the example file have them placed AND there is a Favorite for them as well.