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[ouroborus]

What's the fastest way to designate, say, a 10x10x99 volume?

[smjjames]

What do you want to designate with? AFAIK, only burrows can be designated accross multiple levels.

[ouroborus]

Dig mostly.

Stairs would be nice, but since that can be done quickly in (and usually only needs) single-square columns with a combination of the mouse and keyboard, it's not so bad.

I'm aware of the macro stuff. I was just hoping there was an option or something that allowed multi-level designations. I thought I had seen something like that, but I guess it was burrows, as you mentioned.

[Akivara]

One shift+arrow moves the cursor ten spaces, making 11 spaces total, and if you right-click a spot, it'll instantly move the designation cursor there, so you can use a combo of right-click and enter to designate big squares quickly.

But yeah, no multiple-level designations :<

[doctorspoof]

...burrows can be designated accross multiple levels.

Wait, what?
/facepalm.

[Arekis]

Use macros.  Here's how I would designate a 3x3 up/down staircase:

1. open the designate menu
2. position the cursor
3. hit ctrl-r to begin recording
4. designate your 3x3 region for up/down staircase
5. return cursor to original position
6. go down one z-level
7. ctrl-r to stop recording
8. ctrl-s to save the macro

Now, to do 98 more levels of that, just open the designation menu, position where you would like to paste that macro and hit ctrl-p (I think).  It'll paste the stairs and advance you down one level.  Spam as much as needed.  Use ctrl-l to load different macros.

There are likely more efficient ways of doing the macroing, but this is the fastest that I've found.

[Vulcanius]

Are the macros saved on a per-fortress basis? Or can I create a macro while playing one fortress, switch to another, and use the same macro again?

[Mini]

It would look like they are saves in data/init/macros, so yes you can use them cross-fort.

[Tokeli]

Download QuickFort. Make a spreadsheet for what you want, and just set the repeat to 99 and go make a sandwich or something, because it'll take a few minutes for something that huge. I use it for quickly making my bedroom levels or circles.