bernie

ok got it sorted- the fix: for pages in my template that I dont want to include, (ie skip) you need to untick "include in layout page table" (as expected) >>> AND <<< remove from the "Label" field for those particular page sheets the "#" symbol by way of the 'layout page information' dbx. P.I.T.A. but hey, it works......phew. true auto numbering at last....sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet... (it doesnt work the way I would expect...the program is still using data from that page even though the tick box is unticked to tell it to not use it.) cheers, B

yeah ok that works. but only works if all pages wanting to display are sequentially included in the layout page table correct? what if I want to selectively NOT have some pages (in sequential order) included in the table (but still keep them in the layout template for another set of plans using SAM etc)

using x6 16.4.081x64, (latest) is this a bug? or has something changed...im sure this used to work.... 1. so I add a layout page table to page 1 of a x6 template bare new layout file, 2. I include 3 fields, title, number, and label 3. I open for editing the layout page information, and I enter "#" in the label field for the first 5 pages 4. I put something on pages 1..5 5. I turn OFF page 3 "include in layout page table" so why does the layout page show this: layout page 1 labelled "1", (correct) layout page 2 labelled "2" (correct) layout page 4 (labelled "4" (huh? why did it not label it a "3" ?????? layout page 5 (labelled '5' ..(should be a '4') ie the "label" field is showing exactly what the "number" field is displaying- it is NOT ignoring/"skippling over" a page that is designated to NOT be included in the layout page table index. im trying to have an auto sheet index which shows page numbers sequentially 1..30 and will ignore unticked layout pages from the index. watched scotts videos. seems to work for him i suspect that was an old ver. of CA. searched the forum new and old. I remember some commentary on this on the old forum when it first came out, but a quick search cannot find any useful gems of wisdom. anyone? Bernie, NZ

boiler template macros ... ok hows this for a cool idea, we have multiple external text files called "data1.txt" "data2.txt", "data3.txt" etc in the file system folder for each project. with chief and ??? (ruby?) we can supposedly read a selected file either line by line, or the whole text file, yes? now, we have some magic code that some awesome soul is going to enlighten me with that can read /import the text data, and we get this external data and copy it "inside" chief into user macro's. in this manner we can: a) create UPDATEABLE boiler plate notes. . import client data (externally) into chief c) boiler plate notes are split into multiple .plan layerset/annosets. eg say something on the floor plan page, and also say the same thing on the elevations page. without having to maintain 2 different sets of text and make sure we are not contradicting ourselves. and as a step 2: (for example) use some boolean operators... IF (foundation type) = (slab) THEN use (boiler plate notes for slab) in .plan file, anno set foundations, etc IF (foundation type) = (subfloor) THEN use (boiler plate notes for subfloor) in .plan file, annot set foundations, IF (truss) THEN (boiler plate notes for (truss) in .plan file, anno set roofs, IF (rafters) THEN (boiler plate notes for (rafters) in .plan file, anno set roofs, etc etc but as a first step keen to read an external text file into chief user macro. my aim is to significantly reduce my time per project by only having to say something once, and replicate across several other pages in my own user defined custom boiler plate note system (based on save as method (SAM) ). the underlying aim is to save typos/ ambiguities on your construction docs. once the external text file is 'inside' chief into user macro's, then that is true power... cheers, Bernie www.kiwicad.co.nz

for x6, can someone tell me if the newer Intel HD Graphics 4400 in notebooks will do "final view with shadows" dbx properly??? (my current notebook with intel 4000 wont). cheers, Bernie NZ

so have you all noticed how 2D mouse scrolling speed of say a floorplan is waaay slower in x6 than x5 and x4?

http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?66001-The-Kiwi-s-mono-slab-to-conc-stem-wall-videos cheers Scott, you're the man - buy you a beer one day when Im across !! hopefully x17 will address. please please please Dan oh holy one ruler of all ?? Bernie Hamilton New Zealand x9..x16