Create a group, let's say an arrangement of furniture. Move the group's insertion point to a known location.. like the corne of a room or in this case, the corner of the fireplace. (The insertion point is the little x/y axis that shows up when you select the group.. it's dragable).
Then delete the group! Yep.. just hit delete. (it stores in the project, trust me)
Now, create another group.. with another furniture arrangement. Move this new group's insertion point to the same location as the first group.
Now you are ready for the magic. Simply select the group and swap it out (in the properties dialog box) for the other one. BAM. Works like a champ. The insertion point holds the group's location. So for a quick design decision.. you don't have to set up Design Options if you don't want to.
There seems to only be a couple drawbacks. You can't set up a view where one of the groups is visible and another view where the other 'swapped out' group is visible. So it's a manual process. The other drawback is that the groups, when swapped out, don't retain any visual overrides.
Other than that.. this is the way to go!
2 comments:
you could set up a copy of the view and see both options if you
use annotation instead of model lines... not ideal, of course, but
you could put in the actual furniture once the decision is made...
Good Comment.
The idea is to NOT slow down the design process while trying to make a decision.
Don't get hung up on 'the right' way to do it.. because things change so fast in design.. we gotta keep the ball rolling.
Any solution that quickly informs the team to help make a decision and move forward it a good solution.
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