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sippel26

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I am having problems displaying the primary option set in the main model.  I have seperate views for each option with the visibility set to reflect intended option.  I have a base floor plan that is intended to show which options are to used based on what option is set to primary.  The visibility setting in the base floor plan is set to show all, which I figure shows the designated "primary" design option of the option sets.  When I switch between different options or make different options primary the main model doesn''t show the intended change.  I thought the main model was suppose to reflect what is designated as primary, am I wrong?  I'm trying to show optional bath layouts, optional closest, things like that which I figure wasn't to hard to do in design options but I cant seem to get the main model to show what options are being chosen.

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You should control your design options through your VG settings.

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Thanks, that worked.  I guess I'm confused now why do I have the option to make a design option "primary" under the design options tab but also have the ability to do it in the VG settings?  I'm a bit confused.

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Nevermind I figured it all out through the VG settings, thanks.  Not sure why my post duplicated.

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You can set your VG for a specified view to any option in any option set or you can set it to what is currently activated.  Obviously, to control the project, you are better off to fix the view to a particular DO and name the view appropriately. If all DO sets are set to "Automatic", then unless a DO in that set is being edited, then the "Primary" DO will be displayed by default.

The BASE option is all elements not in a DO. 

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