Multi corridor surface

[Anonymous]

Can I add different corridors to a corridor
surface?

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[Anonymous]

Paste them together in a new surface.

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[Anonymous]

Thanks. So no dynamic surface?

[Anonymous]

If you had everything set to auto rebuild it would be. No?

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[castled071049]

Changes made to any child surface will update the parent surface at each rebuild of the parent. This is probably the best way to build a surface from multiple sources (corridors, other surfaces, etc.)
Just remember that the last surface pasted in wins out over any previously pasted in and underlying surfaces.

[Anonymous]

Oh I never realized that worked like that. I
assumed once pasted it became static. So I can paste surfaces together and edit
the parent and be current. That is great news.

Thanks,

[castled071049]

In re-reading my post, I think I used the words "child" and "parent" backwards, although your conclusion is correct despite my miswording. In summary, any changes made to individual surfaces that are pasted into a larger "composite" surface will update the composite surface on the next rebuild of the composite. Changes made to the composite surface will not, of course, reflect back to the smaller individual surfaces.
Note that if the individual smaller surfaces are pasted in from a data shortcut, then any changes to the individual surfaces will have to be saved and synchronized in the composite surface drawing file in order to take effect.

[BrianHailey]

> {quote:title=castled071049 wrote:}{quote}
> Changes made to the composite surface will not, of course, reflect back to the smaller individual surfaces.
Actually, with the new tools in the Subscription Advantage Pack, it can sort of do this. You can create a cropped surface. This is a piece of a surface in a new drawing that uses the larger surface as a data source. Changing the large surface will update the small surface but changing the cropped surface will not change the larger surface. Come to think of it, it works just the opposite of pasting surfaces.

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