Joe_Carrick

Text Macro Management

5 hours ago, antoine said:

hi and thanks Joe. can't open your attachment though, but please could you keep me informed on your macro packages coming out.
i haven't got it sorted yet but hope to sort it out soon.

Did you try just importing it in a plan via TMM?

As Jim said, you just need something to house it.

• False Chimney
• Metal Sculpture
• Shade Structure
• Outdoor Kitchen
• Wind Screen
• etc.

Use your imagination

It looks to me like it's actually just selecting a pre-drawn detail and editing the labels - probably using a macro.  If that detail is a dwg it could be imported into the Chief Layout.

The last Apple I purchased was an Apple II Plus in 1980.  I bought a PC in 1984 and have never looked back.

If you want "Live Details" try this:

• Create a Cross Section (Vector Render Technique)
• Save it and rename as desired
• Open it for Edit in the Project Browser 
• Set Clip Lines (Horizontal and Vertical) and check "Display"
• In the View, move the Clip Lines to crop the Detail
• Annotate the detail - some things can use referenced labels
• send to Layout (at desired scale) and use the built-in macros to Label the Detail

When anything is changed, the Detail will automatically correspond to those changes.

You might need to play with the Defaults to get the annotation sized correctly for the scale of the Detail(s)

Here's my version of the macro.

###################################

# Macro Name: cab_label

#   OBJECT type width depth height swing

###################################

referenced ? obj = referenced : obj = owner

slabel = ""

slabel << obj.type[0].upcase.gsub("F","T")  # convert Full to Tall

slabel << obj.width.to_f.round(0).to_s

slabel << obj.depth.to_f.round(0).to_s

slabel << obj.height.to_f.round(0).to_s

slabel << obj.door_swing

Nothing else is required 

Create a Layout Template with the Border, Title Block, etc on page 0.  You can make your own arrangement & Title Block Content.

A Layout can actually have several "Template Pages" and any Layout Page can use any of those as a basis for what is displayed as the background.  But all sheets in a Layout have to be the same size.

You can use any standard page size for a Layout.  24x36 is Arch-D but there are many other sizes available and you can even define custom sizes.

Index of Files, Classes & Methods in Ruby 2.6.5 (Ruby 2.6.5) (ruby-doc.org)

should give you all the information you need.

You can use:

if

elsif

else

end

while

end

begin

rescue

end

for i = n to k

next

and a lot of other things.

Once you've created a Cross Section:

• Select "Auto Detail"
• Then use CAD Detail from View to create a new CAD Detail.
• The CAD Detail (complete cross section) can then be edited to remove the areas you don't want in the final Detail
• Annotate as needed.
• Repeat the process for each desired detail.

Here's a macro you can import and then use to check what NVPs are available for whatever object you select.  In order to use it:

• select an object
• open TMM and select the _Object_properties_expanded_sorted_wo_default macro.
• all of the NVPs for that object will be listed in the lower right panel.

This is one of the most important tools I have for creating macros.

Object Properties.json

2 hours ago, marlem2000 said:

What I'd like to do is building a plaid from the begining.

X14 provides the ability to create "Solids" with Fillets.

In X12 you would need to draw a Polyline in an Elevation View, Fillet that and then convert to a Polyline Solid.

In either case, the material would have to be applied.

USING CHIEF X9    (own X14)

STARTED WITH HD PRO 6 then CHIEF 9.5

Lew,

Your signature is incorrect.  You don't own X14.  You just own a license to use it in perpetuity.

Yes,

• Add a trimmers custom field for the doors and windows. 
• Populate that field in your doors and windows with %trimmer_count%.
• The trimmers custom field can then be added to your door and window schedules.

11 minutes ago, builtright3 said:

I have a second license that I let exspire in 2020.
Can I renew that licence and keep it under the Perpetual (lifetime) software licenses? 

Also,
I beleive I was paying 399 per year for the second license. Will it still be at the lower cost for the second licence?

 

That's my understanding but you should contact CA to verify.

9 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Yeah thats what I came up with. Hotkey for the library 2x followed up ctrl+A+Del. Ugh, annoying.

I works with the Stream Deck only because you can string together a lot of keystrokes.

29 minutes ago, ValleyGuy said:

For all those at CA fostering ulcers and sprouting grey hair, I would like to encourage you to keep your heads up. It's hard to give your all and receive harsh criticism that you don't measure up, or to provide years of service support and product improvement only to have someone belittle your efforts because they never called for help or chose to upgrade their purchase. I don't get the feeling that you are out to price gouge me any more than I am toward my customers. I believe that you are still a company that has people behind it and not some corporate board only answering to the shareholders. Keep up the good work, and THANK YOU for helping me to be successful.

Lance,

I have had excellent experience with Jason and his team.  They are top notch.  Actually, I've had almost no problems with any of the CA people.  It's a great company to work with.

16 minutes ago, lbuttery said:

Note: Chief licenses have NO resale value - they can NOT be offered for sale

 

as CA will not allow transfers anymore

 

if you have no use for Chief it is now GARBAGE

 

I should have been able to sell my X14 with current SSA for approx. $2,500

 

I feel screwed

 

Lew

Lew,

You were never able to sell your License with SSA. 

You were only able to sell your License with CA's approval in certain specific cases.  In those cases the purchaser was provided with the opportunity to purchase their own SSA.

I'm not sure you're correct about CA no longer allowing transfers.  I think that's still their option depending on the circumstances.

1 hour ago, Kiwideziner said:

Joe

it is all based on the ISO std. no seperators are used. ie 1.2m would be 1200, however with larger numbers a space between the whole m is sometimes used for clarity ie 15 200.

So, the rule would be no separator for anything less than 10000 mm and a space for anything more?

Is there any problem if a space is never used?

1 hour ago, EdEmery12 said:

Question:

 

If I buy a new/renew SSA subscription today will that keep me from having to buy a subscription plan?

Would that qualify for updates going forward?  

Yes !!!!

Just continue to pay the SSA fee each year and you will have the latest version.

You can opt out of SSA at any time in the future and have the version you had updated to at that time.

This should answer all the questions about the Perpetual License and SSA going forward.

7 minutes ago, DBCooper said:

I think it depends on the country (or language?).  I don't think there is a universal metric standard.

 

That's fine.  It's still useful information and maybe the "country or Language" would also be nice to have.

I know that the standard for metric dimensions is mm.  What I don't know is if you use a thousands separator and if so what character do you use?

• space
• comma
• period
• none

Please tell me.....

Thanks

Here are a couple of my "Room Macros" that will provide the "Secondary" output for the "internal" and "standard" areas.

This is just a sample of what is going to be in that Macro Package.

These macros can be placed in the Default Room Label - or in a Text Box placed in a Room.  Whatever the current system (Metric or Imperial) the macros will display the opposite data.

Stay tuned after the 1st of the year for a complete listing of all my macro packages.

I will be adding a similar macro to display the Secondary "Room Dimensions"

Secondary Room Areas.json

Yes,

• owner.diameter
• owner.radius

both return measurement values