Joe_Carrick

Here's the Template I use for all my macros.  It provides for error trapping and an explanation of the code.

I hate to have a macro fail with #evaluation error# so I trap errors and return an explanation of the error.

I also liberally place comments in the script so I know what each section is supposed to do.

#############################################
# YODA'S MACROS - X15 CERTIFIED ON 11-25-2022
#  Copywrite By Joseph P. Carrick
#############################################
# Macro Name & Description
#  <Name>
#  <Description>
#############################################

# Set Context and initialize result.
# Make valid for Referenced or Owner Object
#############################################
referenced ? obj= referenced : obj=owner
result = ""

#############################################
# Trap errors and provide an explanation
#   begin / rescue / end    &   if / elsif / else / end
# sequences can be nested any number of 
# levels as needed.
#############################################
begin
  # Conditional processing where an error
  # might occur.  This code must define the 
  # value for result.

  result = <ruby code using object NVPs>
rescue
  # explanation of error
  result = <Error occured because .....>

    -or-

  result = default value (what you want to use as a default)
end

#############################################
# Display result
#############################################

result

Here's the Notepad++ "rb" file for editing with Ruby Language formatting.

MacroTemplate.rb

Thanks Robert

Does anyone have such a fixture?

I need one that will connect to a switch or is automatic per occupancy sensor.  

1 hour ago, robdyck said:

It works this way so that if you choose to re-organize the drawings on the layout page (which would then require re-numbering those views in layout) then all the callouts will auto-update and remain correct.

Correct, but there's currently no way to automate the Callout number on the Layout.  That has to be done manually in the Layout Box Label.

I've been asking for some NVPs so that my macro system can handle that automatically and coordinate with the Plan Callouts.

Hopefully CA will be able to understand what I want when I see them next week.  

I've been to Cave Creek several times.  It can get pretty cold in the winter and pretty hot in the summer.  Use the best possible R rating that will fit.  Definitely better than what REScheck recommends but if you can go higher - do it.

I have a project that the city is asking for more detailed MEP than I would normally provide.  Do you have any consultants you use to do plumbing diagrams and electrical panel circuit layouts?

Or, are there some standard details you use?

In reality, Chief should automatically adjust the CAD Block.  We shouldn't have to deal with it.  The 3D is automatically rotated to the correct angle.  If we manually do that then "Rebuild 2D Block" will adjust the CAD Block.  

CA just needs to make it work.

Create the railing wall separately (offset), "set as no room definition" and then move into the doorway.

2 hours ago, MPDesign said:

I just tested the solar panel in the bonus MEP No.1 Energy Sources. It works as it should.

It follows the pitch, the size in plan view and cross section are correct. 

 

 

 

This is not correct.  In Plan View the 66" dimension should be 46.662".  It's the projected size that is needed.  Otherwise panels will overlap in Plan View.

11 hours ago, ChiefUserBigRob said:

This is a really bad detail from a structural standpoint.  Relying on "blocking" to resist the loads on the cantilevered gable is silly.

Why not just push CA to make the Solar Panels automatically adjust to match the roof slope?  I've been asking them to do that for at least 10 years.  If more users would send that feature request in (actually IMO it's a bug) then maybe it'll get done.

This should be reported to Chief Support or Chief Content as a bug.  Such hardware should automatically be handled as Rene's 1st method.

I don't think you need to draw the truss base in X15.  It should be automatic for Truss Framing.

5 hours ago, KristjanM said:

Carpenter and superintendent for 35 years. Always called them lookouts. Designer for the last 10 years. Always called them lookouts.

I've been an Architect for 54 years.

I've always called them "outlookers" just like:

• Websters Dictionary
• Encyclopedia Britanica
• Cambridge Dictionary

"Time-Saver Standards" & "Graphic Standards" are totally silent on them except for a couple of details in "Graphic Standards" that labeled them as "outriggers".  Those Details were hand lettered.

7 minutes ago, CAmichael240114 said:

"MiTek" (standard terminology)

MiTek Outriggers.pdf 61.98 kB · 2 downloads

So you're saying that because another company used the wrong terminology that it's "Standard" now?

2 wrongs don't make a right.

Ok this is another case of using incorrect terminology:

• outrigger - a type of canoe  (Rob wants to float the roof )
• lookout - the guy with the binoculars (CA's trying to rob the Bank )

Correct terminology:

• outlooker - canitlever support for gable roof eaves. (Standard terminology)

Didn't we go thru something similar with "Tray Ceilings"?

2 minutes ago, TeaTime said:

What's always bugged me though is that the layer and components don't change when a different Role is selected - it really feels like that should be tied together.

Absolutely !!!

The simple answer is csv's have some control characters which:

• Rich Text understands correctly.
• Standard Text doesn't.

in your case it's probably a control character that standard text thinks is a backspace.

It's for that reason that I use txt files which I can read and display in either.

btw, Rich Text is almost superfluous for macro output since it can only apply to the entire string (every line).  IOW, you will just get one text style.

31 minutes ago, DefinedDesign said:

Thanks for the macro, could not get this to work.  I went ahead and sent to the HVAC trade and told him the room volume was not accurate. 

Sorry Lisa,

In the Room Schedule you should just use %interior_area%.

The key is that you are already specifying the room.

-Joe

4 hours ago, DefinedDesign said:

I tried using %room.area.interior% but it doesn't return any value.

Try %room.interior_area%

You must have saved that plan as a template and set it to be the default template for "New Plans" in Preferences.

BTW, you should post questions in the Q&A Forum.  

"Tips & Techniques" is for sharing how you do something that might help someone else.

Use "Saved Plan Views" in the Plan with unique Layersets.  Then when you send to Layout it's all taken care of.

Use Layout Layersets only to control the border, grids, etc.

2 hours ago, DRDesign said:

 

I do not use live views for my sections and details. I use the "CAD detail from view" tool as a starting point when a new detail is required. 

That eliminates some automatic labeling of objects using their NVPs.  CAD Details are unfortunately without intelligence.

Lisa,

If you have X15 there's a "Volume" Colum. 

But it appears you are still using X12.

Add a Custom Field named "Volume"