Listing layout elements

Module(s): Layout

You can use the List Layout Elements tool to display a list with information about the documents already placed in the layout. You can modify the properties of the documents, alter the sequence in which the documents print, replace and copy documents or remove documents from the layout.

To list the documents placed in a layout

1. Click List Layout Elements (How).
   

   Activate List Layout Elements in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Change Layout

   • Toolbar: Basic Tools Layout flyout
   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following module(s):

   Layout

2. Select the documents you want to list.
   

   • 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: If you have selected individual documents only, you can also show and hide the documents you have not selected using the Show all layout elements option. Note, however, that you cannot edit the documents you have not selected explicitly.
   Double-click with the right mouse button in the workspace to list all the documents of the current layout.

3. Information on the selected documents is listed in the dialog box.
   

   Allplan displays the following information. You can modify some data.

   • Drawing file number or number of the NDW file and document type
   • Drawing file name or path of the NDW file
   • Associated layout window
   • Scale and angle used for placing the elements in the layout
   • Print set and drawing type
   • Font factor
   • Superordinate pen, line and color defined
   • Display of surface elements
   • Text direction

   Every document created as a layout element is listed separately. When you have selected the Sequence as in layout option, the sequence reflects the one in which the documents were added. In other words, the document at the top prints last and hides the other documents.
   For more information on the printing sequence, see Sequence in which elements print.

4. If necessary, edit the layout elements, and click OK to confirm the settings.

What do you want to do?

Modify the properties of documents

Change the sequence in which documents print

Replace documents

Copy documents

Remove documents from layouts