Joe_Carrick

Are you 100% sure?

Jeff, Some superscript (special) characters can be used by pressing the Alt Key and then entering the ASCII code. Chief also provides some built-in macros for that purpose.

AFAIK, it can't be done. It can only be cropped or masked.

Johnny, The key to using tables in RT is to use a fixed font (Courier New). Within Macros, I use the .ljust(nplaces) and .rjust(nplaces) methods for each column.

To make a CAD Mask, first create a Closed Polyline with a solid white fill. Then add a hole to the Polyline and shape the hole. It's just that simple.

Labels by default are simply Text. OTOH, any RTB can have macros and text formatted, colored, filled, etc.

RT for almost everything

Kate, Have you tried contacting the furniture mfr to see if they have a 3D file?

I think the key is to look at the cursor coordinates (3D) vs the line coordinates (2D) in a left or right side Elevation View. But then, take a section view at a 45 degree angle and look at those coordinates. I'm not sure there's really a good way to reconcile the 2D CAD to a 3D Coordinate system.

That is 100% correct. jpegs and pngs are not 3D so there's no way to import them as symbols. OTOH, you can use them as "Images"placed in the model.

Chief's lines and arcs are 2D CAD - they don't have 3D coordinates. They only exist in the x/y coordinate system of the view - but there could be a point made that when in a Elevation/Section view the vertical direction should be "z". For sure the x coordinate of a line in an Elevation/Section view has no coordination with the x/y coordinate system of the Plan View. I think the reality is that when using 2D CAD you have to look at the coordinates relative to the screen, not the 3D model space.

Dave, When you modify the Floor Elevation you also have to take into account the Room Ceiling Height. I find it's best to start from the top of the structure and work down, making sure I have all the relationships correct - including the floor structures.

AFAIK there's no such appliance. I'm not talking about a symbol - that could be done but I don't know of any appliance manufacturer that makes a 36" over the range microwave. 30" is the max.

What's the outside source? Do you have a 3D file such as SKP or 3DS?

Joe to the rescue ;) It's a piece of cake just relying on the correct macros.

As I thought - as well as my experience - it''s almost totally random. So any solution to automate the calculation needs to be very flexible.

I have been told that in some jurisdictions the Garage is included in the FAR and in some jurisdictions it isn't. I've also been told that some jurisdictions only include the Living Area while some count everything including unfinished basements. What do you have to include and what can you exclude?

Only way that's going to happen with Chief's built-in macros is to have a different one for each. btw, I can do it as a user preference. ;)

I got it - I'm out of town and will respond on Monday afternoon.

Lew, Until CA decides to actually ask what the output should be - and has the resources to provide custom programing............ They won't know what to fix or how to fix it. This particular item is a matter of rounding to 7 decimal places. That's obviously way to many - but how many places should it be 0,1,2,3 ? I would bet there are as many who will say 3 as will say 0 as will say 2.

Sorry, not for Slabs or Countertops but check this

BTW, some Polyline based objects (Roads, Driveways, Sidewalks, Slabs, Countertops, etc) have Default Labels that you can assign a macro to so that any time you create one of those objects it is automatically labeled. All of those have the area attribute.

only if you wanted to perform additional calculations. A macro returns the value of the last line. So if you wanted to multiply by some other value you could do this: x = area.round(0) x/3 which would display 1/3 of the area but that wouldn't be rounded. If you wanted the result rounded you would change it to: x = area (x/3).round(0) or you could write the macro as (area/3).round(0)

Scott, You might want to look at the June2016 Macro of the Month - Area_Perimeter_Volume since it already does all three (2 decimal places)

Here are pics.