Create or Delete or Rename Stories
Use Story Settings (Design > Story Settings) to create and delete stories.
Story Settings and story-related commands are also available:
•from the context menu if you have selected a Story in the Navigator’s Project Map or View Map.
•from the Mini-Navigator.
See Story Shortcuts in Mini-Navigator.
Delete a Story
Use the Navigator or Story Settings (as described above) to delete a story.
Warning: If you delete a Story, all elements that had that story as their Home Story will also be deleted!
1.Go to Design > Story Settings.
2.Click “Insert Above” or “Insert Below” to insert a new story above or below the story name selected in the dialog box list.
Alternatively:
1.Select a Story in the Navigator’s Project Map.
2.Use the context menu’s “Create New Story” command.
3.In the appearing dialog box, type a name for the new story.
4.Click an option for where the new story should be placed in the project structure:
•Insert Above: The story will be inserted above the currently selected story (in Story Settings or the Navigator).
•Insert Below: The story will be inserted below the currently selected story (in Story Settings or the Navigator).
5.Click OK. The new story appears above or below the selected story. The numbering is automatically updated.
There is no limit to the number of stories.
See also Story Settings Dialog Box.
Create New Story from the Mini-Navigator Toolbar
If you choose the Mini-Navigator toolbar’s Go up a Story/Go Down a Story command, and that story does not exist, the Create New Story dialog box appears, where you can add “Name”, “Elevation” and “Height to Next” values for the new story.
See also Create New Story Dialog Box.
1.Go to Design > Story Settings.
2.Click the name of the story you wish to rename, and type the new name.
Alternatively:
1.Right-click the story name in the Navigator, and choose the Rename Story command.
Copy/Move Elements Between Stories
When creating a new Story, you may wish to copy elements onto it which already exist on another Story.
Go to Edit > Move > Edit Elements by Stories, or right-click a Story in the Navigator Project Map. (If this command is not available, use the Work Environment Menu Customization controls to add the command to any menu.)
In the appearing dialog box, use the commands to Cut, Copy, and/or Paste all elements or selected element types from one story to another.
For more information, see Edit Elements by Stories Dialog Box.