ARCHICAD allows you to fit your work environment to the tasks and skills required for the current phase of the project development. This means that you can choose a dedicated Work Environment Profile (Layouting), which concentrates only on the features that you currently need for constructing the layout book.
When a Layout window is active, only the relevant menu commands and tools are available.
Note for ARCHICAD 9 users: ARCHICAD 9 included PlotMaker as a stand-alone application to handle layouts and documentation. As of ARCHICAD 10, these functions are all integrated into ARCHICAD.
You may wish to activate the Layouts and Drawings toolbar (from Window > Toolbars) to have quick access to frequently used commands.
When the Layout Book is active, you can assign a separate pen set applicable to the Layout Book only. When defining these attributes, the Options > Pens and Colors command indicates that these attributes apply to elements placed on layouts in the Layout Book, rather than for the project’s Model Views.
There is a single Layer set for the entire Virtual Building, but you can define separate layer settings for the Layout Book and for Model views.
Note: Layer settings for the Layout Book serve to show/hide elements directly placed on layouts, such as lines, texts and drawings as a whole. Layout Book layers do not affect the drawing content, which is determined by the layers of its associated view.