wjmdes Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I use a simple macro for commercial as-builts to describe room info for clients (the ceiling height macro is from Joe): %room.name% %room.dimensions% %room.ceiling.finish.name% @ %ceiling_Height_Label%± %room.floor.finish.name% FLOORING Since I started using X13, if the label does not fit, I use a leader line, it appears to gather the ceiling height info from the room the block is in rather than where it is pointing to. I have been doing it this way for years. The ceiling height is supposed to be 9', but it is getting its data from the room the block is in. Hoping someone has a solution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 9:13 PM, wjmdes said: I use a simple macro for commercial as-builts to describe room info for clients (the ceiling height macro is from Joe): %room.name% %room.dimensions% %room.ceiling.finish.name% @ %ceiling_Height_Label%± %room.floor.finish.name% FLOORING Since I started using X13, if the label does not fit, I use a leader line, it appears to gather the ceiling height info from the room the block is in rather than where it is pointing to. I have been doing it this way for years. The ceiling height is supposed to be 9', but it is getting its data from the room the block is in. Hoping someone has a solution... Expand How are you "snapping" the leader-line to the Room? Does the Block need UN-Blocking to work? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmdes Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 9:22 PM, solver said: Have you asked Joe? Expand Not yet... X13 changed this behaviour so that is my first guess at the issue and will ask Joe if this does not provide me an answer to solve the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 As far as I can tell, the built in macros work just fine. Probably best to talk with Joe about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 9:13 PM, wjmdes said: Hoping someone has a solution.. Expand Are you by any chance getting an #Evaluation Error# where you are expecting the formatted ceiling height ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmdes Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 1:16 AM, Dermot said: As far as I can tell, the built in macros work just fine. Probably best to talk with Joe about this. Expand Ugghhh. I put up this post and did NOT add the image to show what it is doing. The "room label" I created works when placed in the room. When it is not in the room, it uses the ceiling height value from the room I have it located in. I will ask Joe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 6:18 PM, wjmdes said: Ugghhh. I put up this post and did NOT add the image to show what it is doing. The "room label" I created works when placed in the room. When it is not in the room, it uses the ceiling height value from the room I have it located in. I will ask Joe... Expand AFAIK, the macros need to be a Referenced Object for arrows to work, not an Owner Object Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Are you sure the arrow is actually connected to your text box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmdes Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 10:07 PM, Alaskan_Son said: Are you sure the arrow is actually connected to your text box? Expand It is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 10:28 PM, wjmdes said: It is... Expand Is it a text box or a CAD Block? If its a CAD Block, unblock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmdes Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 10:40 PM, Alaskan_Son said: Is it a text box or a CAD Block? If its a CAD Block, unblock it. Expand Not a cad block... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 10:46 PM, wjmdes said: Not a cad block... Expand Okay. Your statement was just a little confusing.... On 7/18/2021 at 9:13 PM, wjmdes said: it is getting its data from the room the block is in. Expand Are you sure your arrow is set to Attach to Other Objects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 By the way, there are other things you can do as well such as connecting the leader to another object IN that room but it should actually work without doing that. If I simply copy and paste the text from your original post into one of my plans and then connect that text box to a room with an arrow, I get the information for the neighboring room, not the room that the text box is sitting in. Dermot showed the same thing in his example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 10:58 PM, Alaskan_Son said: If I simply copy and paste the text from your original post into one of my plans and then connect that text box to a room with an arrow, I get the information for the neighboring room, not the room that the text box is sitting in. Expand There is another confusing statement..... Maybe you have a magic copy and paste ? Bill's posted example also pulls the data from the neighboring room. The problem is Joe's %ceiling_Height_Label% macro does not work the way the global macro's do. I did not see a copy of Joe's macro posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 11:56 PM, Chopsaw said: There is another confusing statement..... Maybe you have a magic copy and paste ? Bill's posted example also pulls the data from the neighboring room. The problem is Joe's %ceiling_Height_Label% macro does not work the way the global macro's do. I did not see a copy of Joe's macro posted. Expand Oh, I see. I must have misread the first time around. I didn’t realize that it was only Joe’s macro. That would obviously depend on how the macro was written. I would try connecting it to another object in the neighboring room through. Another blank text box might even do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmdes Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 11:56 PM, Chopsaw said: I did not see a copy of Joe's macro posted. Expand I posted a plan before for help and it had Joes macro in it and I was politely asked not to post his macros he sells by a third party..... BTW, it was clear to me when I wrote it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 6:16 PM, wjmdes said: On 7/21/2021 at 11:56 PM, Chopsaw said: I did not see a copy of Joe's macro posted. Expand I posted a plan before for help and it had Joes macro in it and I was politely asked not to post his macros he sells by a third party..... Expand Sorry I was not requesting that... I know the rules. It just seemed that Michael had a copy based on his comments that he later retracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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