Changing Marker Type

You can change the type of an already placed marker, so long as all the Marker references point to items that originate with a Marker tool.

To change a linked marker to a source marker:

  1. Select the marker.
  2. Open the marker’s Settings dialog box and choose the Source Marker option

The linked marker becomes the source marker, while the original source marker becomes a linked marker.

This function is available for:

  • Linked markers which are linked to a viewpoint/view/drawing that is located within the current project. The linked marker must have been placed using the same tool as the item to which it was linked (e.g. a Section marker linked to a Section viewpoint).
    Note: A viewpoint’s cut/model attributes are defined by its source marker. If a linked marker becomes the source of a section, that marker’s cut/model attributes are now applied to the viewpoint.
    Note: If you change a linked detail marker into a source detail marker, the viewpoint’s defining polygon will change to reflect the new source detail marker’s polygon.
  • Linked markers linked to an independent viewpoint of the same type.

    The independent viewpoint is deleted and replaced by a source viewpoint. (If the original linked marker had no boundary, the source will take on a default boundary value.)

Markers linked to an external drawing cannot be changed to a source marker.

To change a source marker to a linked marker:

  1. Select the marker.
  2. Open the marker’s Settings dialog box and choose the Linked Marker option

The original source marker becomes a linked marker containing the same reference information as before.