Alaskan_Son

Beats me. ...actually, just through testing things out. I'm usually pretty determined to force things to do what I want one way or another. And when I see something work in one instance and then not in another, I typically don't walk away till I figure out why. Yes. You have to trick the arc into becoming a polyline one way or another. There are various ways to do so, but placing a break and then clicking Simply Polyline is one of the quickest and easiest.

Ya, those seem to be a little tricky. I think you have to attach the leader line before you add arrows to the polyline.

...also, you can always just use a text box with an line/arrow and a referenced context macro. Just turn the line/arrow layer off or change the line style to invisible. That way you can format the text independently of everything else.

That is correct. Those General CAD default are view specific, but when I say "view", I mean plan view vs. an elevation view vs. a CAD Detail. You only get one default in plan view unfortunately. P.S. You can also convert to a Rope Light, remove the molding profile, and adjust the settings so the lights are basically non-existent, and then you can use the Electrical, Labels layer.

Good idea, but no. Chief hasn't given us access to the current file name anywhere except in layout boxes where they've given us access to the referenced file.

Prior to X10 I think it was, those object id's were not persistent and couldn't reliably be used for much of anything. They basically changed with any changes to the model. They are now semi-persistent and don't change very often. Just beware that they still do change sometimes...most notably during undo/redo operations.

Just a guess here, but I'd bet that your problem is this... You're using the job_info macro to set a bunch of global variables but that macro isn't actually getting executed anywhere onscreen. What you probably need to do is place that macro somewhere onscreen so that it actually executes whenever you open your plan, and just make the last line "" so that it doesn't actually show up. I usually place macros like this in the title line of an appropriate schedule or list. ...again, just a guess.

You set the number style in your General CAD Defaults for that particular view.

You can convert to a molding polyline (no molding assigned) which gives you one additional layer to work with. Or you can also use a more complex macro scheme that only displays labels in specific layer sets.

Custom macro in the label of a polyline arc with arrows on each end.

Turn the smoothing angle down to something like 40...

Its because the ceilings are set to Use Room Ceiling Finish and the rooms have 2 totally different ceiling finishes defined. That setting is one of the very first places I would recommend people look when having issues with manually drawn ceiling planes.

That's a weird one for sure. You can leave it as concrete too but you have to change the material definition on the Materials List tab to something other than concrete. Probably best to just create a new material for that. On a side note, I'm curious if the structural definitions are actually correct. Around here we would typically pour that inside the wall which would mean placing the concrete in the Floor Finish definition.

I’ll answer your question with a question. What is it that you are telling Ruby to round in that last example?

...or at the least, valuable time and expertise. The first of which you can of course spend freely...in order to arrive at the second if you should so choose to do so. Or, if your time is valuable enough to you, yes, you can just pay one of us (with money) to set something up for you or perhaps to coach you so you can start writing your own.

Yes. That’s essentially the method I utilized. In a nutshell, my method for this particular use case was to first convert the file path to a string, then to break that string up into an array of values to represent drive, directory, subdirectories, and file, and then to display only the first 3 of the last 4 values in the array.

Well, I'm a little disappointed. The way you worded your post sounded like you had a super extremely cool secret to share. I kinda feel like it was false advertising and that you owe me an extremely cool secret Chief trick now.

Ah, that's what I meant then when I said that it "doesn't seem to do anything unexpected". Holding down the control key to override snaps is a pretty common and standard practice and it matters not what handle, what tool, or what mode you're drawing in. The control key just overrides all snaps.

You're probably missing out. Makes it super fast to draw a building perimeter or trace things.

That's the functionality we were talking about with the first 2 posts and like I said in the second post, it only requires the alt key or right mouse button. What Rene was talking about was something different.

Still not sure what the "arrow handle" is. And what you described is simply continuous draw mode. it works that way with lines, arcs, splines, walls, etc. but doesn't require the control key. It simply requires that you start drawing with the right mouse button or while holding the alt key. Still not sure what exactly you guys are talking about with the "arrow handle" and holding both Control and Alt.

What do you mean by the "arrow handle"? And what's it supposed to do good sir? Doesn't seem to do anything unexpected on my end with ANY of the edit handles.

Alt key or right mouse button

No. I typically draw that with a second wall reshaped in elevation or with a polyline solid depending on the situation. A wall is usually necessary though in order for the railing above to behave and display properly.

Not totally sure, but they really are pretty good about getting us the ones we need when we request them.