Cabinet # 2.skp (650.1 KB)
The scene menu in the attached skp show which scenes I want to have tag colors on correctly. But when I click on the individual scenes, some show up with tag colors on that are supposed to be tag colors off. Is this a work order problem or a technical glitch?
Which scenes do you want to show color by tag?
Good morning, DaveR. Just the first scene should have tag colors activated.
It did when I opened the file. I also changed the style to the Color by Tag style for one of the other scenes and it also shows that when I click away from it and go back.
I did not know that there was a style called “color by tag.” When I click on update style, it must be making some of the ones that I don’t want with colors activated. Should my work order be going through each scene and check out the style?
It’s actually called “Woodworking Style” but it’s the one with the thumbnail showing as red. The red indicates you updated the style to show color by tag.
By the way, you really shouldn’t need a tag for every object in your model and it’s not a great idea to string the model out over such a large distance. It’s 85 feet from the top to the bottom. With tag visibility control you can keep the exploded views condensed and show just one sub assembly or another in each scene. This will help get around some potential graphics issues which can affect things like your leader text.
You can go through the scenes and see which ones show the desired style and which need updating. If they do, select the correct style from the In Model styles and then update the scene. Rinse and repeat until they all show the way you want.
If you edit a style that has been applied to scenes and update the style, it will impact those scenes.
That is what I should try. I just don’t have confidence that I can get tag visibilty to work the way you describe. When I add text boxes, how do I keep them from being jumbled up?
Can you say why?
Give the leader text tags as well. I would maybe create a single tag to give to all of the drawer components, for example. And then create a tag for the labels you want to add to the drawer components in the exploded view. You can turn off all other tags for the scene showing the exploded view of the drawer. Do the same thing for the cases and the door.
For example, here’s a model of a Shaker-style hanging cabinet by Christian Becksvoort. You can see there’s an assembled copy at the origin. Then over to the right a little bit and behind is the exploded version.
The exploded version looks pretty messy here but for the exploded view of the drawer all the other tags are turned off so it looks like this:
I need to practice tagging text leaders. That is something I just haven’t tried. That way I won’t have to copy and spread things out so much. Maybe I should start with a simpler model until I have the work order steps figured out. When muscle memory is there, maybe my self-confidence will improve.
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Starting with a simpler model would make good sense.
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