Wall Schedule Question

[ACADuser]

My units are in inches for the plan work but the Wall Schedule also displays in inches for the lengths.

I changed the DBX using the NUMBER STYLE button in the DBX bit that length did not update to Feet & inches.

So do users have any control of the number format in the schedules?

 

[robdyck]

Yes and No. Read the first sentence of the number style dbx. It doesn't do what you'd assume it does

I believe you need a macro to control the dimension display in schedules.

[robdyck]

[ACADuser]

That's too bad.

 

I did not see a way to insert custom fields in that schedule so a macro would not be possible?

 

[Alaskan_Son]

  On 3/20/2020 at 5:37 PM, ACADuser said:

That's too bad.

 

I did not see a way to insert custom fields in that schedule so a macro would not be possible?

 

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You don't insert custom fields in the schedule.  You insert them in the wall.  You only display those columns in the schedule.

[ACADuser]

OK, thanks for the clarification.

 

I was able to add this:

begin
	wlength = (owner.length / 12.0).round(2)
	wlength.to_s
	rescue
	"Error"
	end

 

But it displays as "10.2 in" and needs to be feet.

What causes the "in" to display at all?

 

[Alaskan_Son]

  On 3/20/2020 at 7:25 PM, ACADuser said:

OK, thanks for the clarification.

 

I was able to add this:

begin
	wlength = (owner.length / 12.0).round(2)
	wlength.to_s
	rescue
	"Error"
	end

 

But it displays as "10.2 in" and needs to be feet.

What causes the "in" to display at all?

 

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It's because length is a Measurement.  Either convert it to a float first with something like length.to_f or use the Measurement class to your advantage with something like length.to_ft

[ACADuser]

Great, Thanks

And the .to_ft does the division for you!

 

 

begin
     wlength = owner.length.to_ft.round(2)
     wlength.to_s
rescue
  "Error"
end