HetrickDesign Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Hi, I'm looking for some good user macros to make things easier for me, and am willing to consider buying some from anyone selling them. I need to be able to show area calculations of the building, site LOD, ect. Also need good stair labels. I may want others if I see what they can do. I don't want to be wasting my time going down a rabbit hole learning Ruby just yet, as I have very limited free time. Let me know what macros you have and your price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Joe Carrick and Michael (AlaskanSon) , both have Libraries available for purchase , Joe has a Post here listing some of his library..... let me see if I can find it... Found some of Joes Posts , not sure if Michael has a similar one? https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/12673-joes-macros-complete-list/#comment-109086 https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/6595-joes-macro-a-month-subscription-service/#comment-59212 @JoeCarrick @Alaskan_Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetrickDesign Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Thanks Mick. I asked Joe before but never got a response, so I thought I'd ask others. I saw Joe's post you are talking about, and I thought his seemed really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Just now, nVisionTEKBIM said: I asked Joe before but never got a response I'd put that down to the internet...doesn't sound like Joe to me .....nor is it good business I tagged them so at some point they should both drop in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Kbird1 said: I'd put that down to the internet...doesn't sound like Joe to me .....nor is it good business I tagged them so at some point they should both drop in.... I sent Joe a PM about a week ago and He hasn't got back to me. I hope he is ok! Its unlike him not to respond. I'm looking for some macros also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, builtright3 said: I sent Joe a PM about a week ago and He hasn't got back to me. I hope he is ok! Its unlike him not to respond. I'm looking for some macros also. Spring Break? Or Perhaps he is having to update the Marcos for X11 and doesn't want any pressure from you fellas , JJ , but doesn't sound like Joe to me either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, builtright3 said: I sent Joe a PM about a week ago and He hasn't got back to me. I hope he is ok! Its unlike him not to respond. I'm looking for some macros also. Joe goes out of town sometimes, I use some of his macro's but I don't think he had to update for X11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I have been very busy updating my entire set of macros for X11. Most of them still worked but some of the new capabilities of X11 pushed me to redo a lot of them. I will be done with this effort in another week and will post an update to the Macro list and be ready to sell them. ps: We've also been preparing our house for sale and the clean-up / de-clutter has consumed a tremendous amount of my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetrickDesign Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Your macro's seem pretty sought after, Joe. It's good to hear you'll have them for sale again soon. I'm surprised Chief doesn't have any macros on the SSA download page. They are pretty essential. I always want to avoid having to manually type in an area or stair info since I fear it'll be incorrect if something gets moved in the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 18 hours ago, nVisionTEKBIM said: Your macro's seem pretty sought after, Joe B/C he's just so damn good at them. I will share a .plan that has a bunch of macros I've written including site area analysis....it is rudimentary in comparison to Joe's, mine simply uses poly lines.. also I have not gotten around to putting in instructions like Joe always does in his macros. I believe this plan includes his dimension formatting macros which he gave away a while ago. You will have to reverse engineer a few things....start in the ___jobInfo macro and it will get you very far...just requires user input download: EXAMPLE-N.plan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetrickDesign Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 I appreciate that Rene! I'll take a look at it when I get a chance. I also use Revit LT, and had full Revit for a short period of time. Full Revit uses Dynamo which is really powerful visual programming plugin and is used for some crazy commercial design projects. As I was searching for solutions to simple things, I would read on Revit forums that you have to use Dynamo. I tried it before, but it's sooo complicated and pretty much made for computer wizards. I felt like, there's no way in heck I am going down the rabbit hole of learning to use that thing for such a simple task. That's how I feel with Ruby in Chief at this point, but slowly I'll learn a little at at time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 5 hours ago, nVisionTEKBIM said: I don't want to be wasting my time going down a rabbit hole Rene, didn't you listen to what Dustin Said!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Renerabbitt said: I believe this plan includes his dimension formatting macros which he gave away a while ago. Those formatting macros in your plan are actually a combination of Chief's and mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: Those formatting macros in your plan are actually a combination of Chief's and mine. Agh really, free ones or paid?...do I need to strip that out? I thought Joe was the one that used “arr” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I use Michael’s macros and they are simple easy Peasy to use. I am not even sure they are “his” macros anymore. I used his simple approach to get areas. FARs , coverages, attic areas and required number of vents etc. Part of my method involves a macro naming system that is easy enough to remember. I have been asking for this for 15 years and finally Michael was able to help me out. I have said from from day one that CA”s living area is essentially useless for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 16 hours ago, glennw said: Rene, didn't you listen to what Dustin Said!! this took me 16 hours to get the joke, but I got it finally! so good...so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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