Send to back/bring to front feature?

[RogerTE]

If you have furniture (e.g. tables, chairs, bookcases etc) in a room, then add a carpet, the 2D view shows only the carpet, whereas the furniture and carpet are displayed correctly in 3D view.

I know that in many cases you can simulate this by having the furniture elevation starting at the height of the carpet, but I have a specific case where the furniture legs fit into cutouts of the carpets and mats, so both carpets/mats and furniture have an elevation of 0.00.

To show the furniture in the 2D view you need to remove them and then add them again after the carpet.

I know it is a program for 3D display, but has the ability to print the 2D view is extremely useful. However the 2D view/plan not showing the furniture is of limited use. Therefore would it be possible to have a feature to allow send backwards/bring forwards in the 2D view?

Not to worry if not possible.

Thanks

[hansmex]

Select the item that should be visible
Do CTRL-X, then CTRL-C

The selected item is now on top.

H

[RogerTE]

Thanks for the reply (but shouldn't it be Ctrl-X, Ctrl-Y?).

However when items are completely under a carpet/mat, you have to move the mat out of the way, select all the items, Ctrl-X, then replace the carpet/mat then Ctrl-Y.

Just thought that selecting mat and clicking a send-to-back link would be easier.

Cheers

Roger

[dorin]

Not necessarily.
On the left panel with furniture list, unchecked the visibility of furniture which are over Your desire piece, or simply select them on this panel, right click -> Cut, then right click Paste.
Ctrl+x(c); Ctrl+v is the standard for a standard keyboard (US) for all OS.

[Puybaret]

Yes, Hans made a typo and should have written Crtl+X then Ctrl+V (Ctrl+C is the shortcut for Copy). Ctrl+Y is the shortcut for Redo under Windows and Linux.

[okh]

Actually - even with Ctrl-x / Ctrl-v, messing with the furniture list and all the other workarounds - bring-to-back is not a bad idea; useful for quick editing (especially carpets). We have probably all been there - having to move something to re-stack stuff. Whether it should be a priority with everything else proposed, I would not say. But it is a good user observation from RogerTE worth a note on the pad [:)] ok

[okh]

Ctrl+Y is the shortcut for Redo ..

Totally off topic: Yes, redo, of course. But also a tell-tale sign of emacs users where ctrl-y is indeed 'yank'... [:)] ok