Modifying Project Browser Organization

Modifying Project Browser Organization
12/18/09 1:45-2:00pm

In a typical project, you often produce multiple packages of related drawings. These drawings and sheets can become so numerous that navigating a lengthy Project Browser list can be cumbersome. To organize the views and sheets into sets of deliverables, you can use the Project Browser settings to instantly modify how the Project Browser groups and sorts.

In this exercise, you modify the Project Browser organization and create methods of grouping and sorting the views and sheets.

Organize the Project Browser by views

1. In the Project Browser, expand Views (all), expand Floor Plans, and expand 3D Views.

   Notice that the views are listed alphabetically.

2. In the Project Browser, expand Sheets (all).

   Notice that the sheets are listed alphanumerically based on the sheet number.

3. Open each of the 3D views in the following order, and notice the progression of each view:
   • Main Bldg - Phase 1-Structure
   • East Wing - Phase 2-Structure
   • West Wing - Phase 3-Structure
   • Completed Project-Structure
   • Completed Structure w/ Roof&Floors
   • Completed Project

   Each of the 3D views varies by phase and discipline.

4. Click View tab, then Windows panel, then User Interface drop-down, then Browser Organization.
5. On the Views tab of the Browser Organization dialog, select Discipline, and click OK.
   In the Project Browser, notice that Views are divided into Architectural and Structural disciplines.
6. In the Project Browser, expand both the Architectural and Structural views.
7. On the Windows panel, click User Interface drop-down, then Browser Organization.
8. Select Phase, and click Apply.
   In the Project Browser, notice that views are grouped by phase.
9. In the Browser Organization dialog, select Type/Discipline, and click OK.
10. In the Project Browser, expand each view type, and notice that each is grouped by discipline.