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Displaying Layout Views

other views that use it, not necessarily
using the Layout Box Layers edit
tool. the selected layout view alone.
4. Alternatively, you can select a different
• In addition, Dynamic and Semi-Dynamic
views’ layer settings can be modified by layer set for the layout view from the
opening the original view. See “Opening Layer Set drop-down list.
Layout Views” on page 1305. 5. Be sure to Save your changes in the
• Static views cannot be changed. Simi- plan file before closing the layout.
larly, even in Dynamic views, some fea-
tures are static and cannot be altered. Layout Box Borders and Labels

The layer set referenced by a Dynamic layout A border will display around each layout box
view is saved with the plan rather than the when the “Layout Box Borders” layer is set
layout file. to display in the Layout Page Display
Options dialog. See “Layout Page Display
Do not delete layer sets that are used in Options” on page 1286.
layouts.
Layout boxes can also display labels when
the “Layout Box Labels” layer is set to
To use the Layout Box Layers tool display. See “Object Labels” on page 681.

1. Select a layout view. Automatic layout box labels display basic
information about the original view in the
2. Click the Layout Box Layers edit plan. For example, floor plan view sent to
button to open the Layer Display layout from Floor 1 will have an automatic
Options dialog for the selected view. label that says, “1st Floor”. A camera view
See “Layer Display Options Dialog” on sent to layout will have a label that states the
page 190. camera’s name. Layout box labels have their
• If this edit button is not available, the own edit handles and can be customized to
view is not dynamic. include text as well as Object Specific Text
• The layer set for the layout view dis- Macros. See “Text Macros” on page 522.
plays at the top of the dialog.
• The settings for the currently selected Missing Layout Views
layer display below. If a view on the layout page can be selected
3. You can make changes to settings of the but cannot be seen, its link to the plan from
current layer set. which it was sent may have been broken. See
“Managing Layout Links” on page 1305.
Changes made to this layer set affect all

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