ACA: Layer Keys

[@ausacadotblogspot]

Good Video Jeremy. Good to see so many good teaching video's on ACA. Hopefully I can add to the pot.

[@kaismash2652]

THANK YOU SO MUCH JEREMY. VERY HELPFUL.THUMBS UP.

[@jeremytf77]

You can - just select the wall and put it on whatever layer you want. Unless I don't understand the question.

[@Archzed]

Thank you soooo much this means alot to me really helped me

[@ALFURQONTAWABI]

nice sir thank u

[@TheSateef]

Hi, would I create more layers or a multistory house? like A-Wall-1, A-Wall-2, A-Wall-attic for example. i'm just not sure how to do multilevel designs with ACA and i've looked at all the videos, thanks

[@jeremyfranklin2631]

Create a separate file for each level with consistent layer naming and then XREF the levels into another file to assemble a combined model of all levels.

[@TheSateef]

thanks, that sounds complex, and it looks like Revit handles multilevel and foundation design all build in. i think that maybe the better tool for me.

[@jeremyfranklin2631]

Yep, that is true. Revit is much easier straight out of the box. The ACA set up I mentioned is also easy to setup but harder to manage the graphics aspect.

[@roman2011]

Why can't one assign a an existing layer to the wall style without having to create a layer key style?

[@jeremyfranklin2631]

you can rename the wall layer or move the walls to a different layer. But if you want future walls to be inserted on a specific layer, you have to tell ACA which layer that is. You're not creating a layer key, just modifying the existing one to refer to whatever layer you want ACA to use.