Hello,
The list of new MSP features in v12 is pretty impressive, and if you are not already using them, you should give 'em a try!
Select the MSP details by clicking on them, and then move them (helps especially if there a lot of details and/or if the names are too cryptic)
See the detail name what scale they are set for by hovering over them (the detail in question is shown with a heavy outline!)
Use Control-Right Click on each detail to:
Pen Tables can be set up to change for different plot scales -- so the same color line can be plotted at different widths.
And the "biggie": Bind One sheet or Bind All MSP sheets to a new layer, which you can then export to DWG. The new layer gets named what the sheet is named, and each detail is made into a symbol; each of which has just the layers that are used in the detail, and any Clip Cube is duplicated as a Symbol Clip.
And don't forget about the "old" features in MSP: use custom insertion points (with or without the grid) to precisely align a row/column of details, and if you use self-references (or XRef's) you can overlay details on the plans or sections, and only have to add the new text, etc. You save having to draft something more than once -- and your drawings will be more accurate, because you are clipping out a piece of the overall building. This helps especially if the main drawings get changed -- the changes will show up in the detail, too!
The list of new MSP features in v12 is pretty impressive, and if you are not already using them, you should give 'em a try!
Select the MSP details by clicking on them, and then move them (helps especially if there a lot of details and/or if the names are too cryptic)
See the detail name what scale they are set for by hovering over them (the detail in question is shown with a heavy outline!)
Use Control-Right Click on each detail to:
- *Rename
*Update (it to the current view)
*Make Curr(ent view -- this makes the detail act like a GTV, which can help in old drawings)
*Rotate
*Pen Table (each detail can have it own Pen Table; by scale or custom)
Pen Tables can be set up to change for different plot scales -- so the same color line can be plotted at different widths.
And the "biggie": Bind One sheet or Bind All MSP sheets to a new layer, which you can then export to DWG. The new layer gets named what the sheet is named, and each detail is made into a symbol; each of which has just the layers that are used in the detail, and any Clip Cube is duplicated as a Symbol Clip.
And don't forget about the "old" features in MSP: use custom insertion points (with or without the grid) to precisely align a row/column of details, and if you use self-references (or XRef's) you can overlay details on the plans or sections, and only have to add the new text, etc. You save having to draft something more than once -- and your drawings will be more accurate, because you are clipping out a piece of the overall building. This helps especially if the main drawings get changed -- the changes will show up in the detail, too!