[EDIT: haven’t tested these extensively, but it seems like the scripts shared on this page could make everything work just fine, for Windows users at least. Thanks to the authors]
I’ll give you an example from my workflow that might illuminate where I’m coming from. Here’s some objects that I want to show up in 2D but not in 3d:
- Items that will be demo’ed or relocated. These objects should show up in some 2d plans (existing conditions, demo plan), but I rarely want to see them in 3d, so it would be ideal if they default to off in 3d
- Elevation or Perspective Annotations in the model space. I realize that some may prefer to annotate in layout space, but I’ve found it to be more difficult, especially when there’s nothing good to snap to and Scale Factor must be set manually. It also creates fewer problems when dimensions are added earlier in the design process and you want them to follow drawings that may be moved on layouts later in the design process to accomodate evolving documentation needs. As far as I know, it’s impossible to accurately dimension an object in a perspective view using Layout space dimensions. Potential workaround: creating a new Display Mode that hides the offending objects and leaving it on in the perspective view.
- I’m curious to know if @jespizua has any other examples
Either way, it seems like one of the less painful papercuts, so probably a low priority, but clearly a lot of people have been feeling some version of it, judging by this and other forum topics.