AE_Drafting Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I use a fixture schedule with labels to call out the specifics of each fixture. Something that would be really useful is if I could get a "New" or "Existing" included into the label that is referenced in the schedule. So the label would read something like, "New A11". I have been trying to use "%comment% A" in the Label Prefix under Label Text in the Label settings for the schedule (where my comment says "New" or "Existing"), but it is not recognizing the macro. My main goal is to have the "New" or "Existing" show up as part of the label on the plans rather than just in the schedule as it is a pain for the building departments and contractors to reference the schedule a billion times to figure out what is changing. See screenshots below for further clarification. Any help would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Place the macro in the 'label' field of the fixture, "object specific" not the label field of the schedule...USE OBJECT INFORMATION TO CREATE ANY CUSTOM FIELD YOU WANT BY RE-NAMING ANY FIELD IN THE SCHEDULE DBX, MOVE UP MOVE DOWN ETC. CAPS SORRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AE_Drafting Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @HumbleChief That just changes the label of the fixture in the schedule rather than the Number on the plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Here's one way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Here's another - and use and field any way you choose in the schedule dbx. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robdyck Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Someone will show you how; but it's redundant. The schedule is there so they'll look at it. Adding more info to the label keeps trades and suppliers from referring to the schedule. Just a thought (maybe not one that's well formed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AE_Drafting Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @HumbleChief The last way you posted works perfectly! I had to rearrange my schedule a bit in my template, but it totally works! The only downside is that it gets rid of my label callouts, but I can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AE_Drafting Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @robdyck I've had several building departments ask for it labeled on the item in the plans rather than in the schedule. I agree it is a bit lazy on their part and redundant on mine, but if it helps clarify my scope of work I guess I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, AE_Drafting said: @robdyck I've had several building departments ask for it labeled on the item in the plans rather than in the schedule. I agree it is a bit lazy on their part and redundant on mine, but if it helps clarify my scope of work I guess I understand. I hear you. And deal with the same kind of thing in different areas. Nice to see a solution was found. I'll be referring back to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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