Reference Planes Organisation

[Anonymous]

Hi all. I am using some reference planes for work in progress in a separate view.

I don't want this reference planes to mess with all views etc..

Which is the best way to keep them under control and organised?

Thanks in advance.

[constantin.stroescu · Accepted solution]

I use two way of control for Reference Planes:

•  I create Subcategories of Reference Planes
•  I use Named Reference Planes

[dferreira-blackwell]

What I prefer is make a workset just for ref. plane turn off the workset globally from workset Dialogue box. Open the view you are working in press vv/vg-->Worksets tab-->override the ref plane workset from global to show in this view.

[Anonymous]

@dferreira-blackwell @constantin.stroescu 

Do you see any conflict using subcategories for the reference planes and at the same time putting them in a workset?

Thanks in advance.

[dferreira-blackwell]

I don't see any conflict in that approach.

[Anonymous]

@constantin.stroescu 

how do you template/filter the reference planes once they are in a different subcategory?

Once in filters you can chose reference planes but not subcategories..?

Thanks

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

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@dferreira-blackwell wrote:

What I prefer is make a workset just for ref. plane turn off the workset globally from workset Dialogue box. Open the view you are working in press vv/vg-->Worksets tab-->override the ref plane workset from global to show in this view.

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I would avoid using worksets for visibility. They are user assigned. Subcategories and a good naming convention is a much better option.

[Anonymous]

@RobDraw @constantin.stroescu 

the problem with subcategories is that you can filter them if they are all organised in subcategories, but what happens if you have reference planes that have no subcategory?

Help appreciated.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You don't need filters for subcategories. Just go to VG of the views or the view templates and turn them off.

[Anonymous]

@ToanDN @RobDraw 

how do you turn off a reference plane that is not in a subcategory without turning them all off?

Please see my attachment regarding VG/anno ..

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

@ToanDN @RobDraw 

how do you turn off a reference plane that is not in a subcategory without turning them all off?

Please see my attachment regarding VG/anno ..

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What are you trying to show with the screenshot?

[Anonymous]

@ToanDN See attached now

What I am trying to say regarding VG is that subcategories come under reference planes, if you have ref planes that dont belong to any subcatgories you cannot turn them off without turning all of them off..

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

What I am trying to say regarding VG is that subcategories come under reference planes, if you have ref planes that dont belong to any subcatgories you cannot turn them off without turning all of them off..

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Put them on a subcategory of their own.