Detail Display

Module(s): Detailing

You can use Detail Display to alter how element details are displayed. Details can be displayed either in detailing windows only, in the original drawing only, or in both. This property is set when the detailing window is created. The property can also be set using the Show in Detailing Window Only on/off attribute on the Special toolbar. You can use this tool to modify the assigned property retroactively.

To alter how element details are displayed

1. Click Detail Display (How).
   

   Activate Detail Display Mode in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Change Engineering Views, Details Detailing

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following module(s):

   Detailing

2. In the Input options, select the status you want to assign to the elements:
   • Normal: displays elements in both; any assignments are revoked.
   • Detail: displays elements in detailing windows only.
   • Orig: displays elements in the original fileset only.
3. Select the elements whose status you want to change.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

Note: Using Show in Detailing Window Only on/off (on the Special toolbar) you can configure the system to draw new elements in the detailing window only.