joey_martin Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Almost 17 years with Chief and still can't simply get the length of a board to show as feet - inches. Anyone know why this aspect is so far behind? Is there a macro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:29 PM, joey_martin said: Anyone know why this aspect is so far behind? Is there a macro? Expand Do you have the number formatter macro? It can be used to create a macro for this display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 I don't have it. I know nothing of Ruby or macros other than the OOB macros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Thanks to Eric @solver for giving out this macro as a starting point! Here are a few I frequently use. You can place these in a label, or in a Custom Object Field which will allow them to be added to a schedule. ft_in_height.jsonFetching info... ft_in_length.jsonFetching info... ft_in_width.jsonFetching info... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 You may contact @Alaskan_Son for more number formatting macros. I have some that he kindly offered for free on the forum quite a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:41 PM, joey_martin said: I don't have it. I know nothing of Ruby or macros other than the OOB macros. Expand What do you do for garage door labels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Thank you Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archnot-Boltz Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 How difficult would that have been to have the programmers include it as a toggle or option in the label's dbx? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:24 PM, Archnot-Boltz said: How difficult would that have been to have the programmers include it as a toggle or option in the label's dbx? Expand It's obviously extremely difficult. What other explanation could there be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archnot-Boltz Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:29 PM, robdyck said: It's obviously extremely difficult. What other explanation could there be? Expand The're holding out until my stubborn arse learns how to do a macro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:36 PM, Archnot-Boltz said: The're holding out until my stubborn arse learns how to do a macro! Expand There's gotta be some stubbornness somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZLehman Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 There has got to be a simple way to do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:44 PM, robdyck said: Thanks to Eric @solver for giving out this macro as a starting point! Here are a few I frequently use. You can place these in a label, or in a Custom Object Field which will allow them to be added to a schedule. ft_in_height.json 619 B · 14 downloads ft_in_length.json 615 B · 14 downloads ft_in_width.json 617 B · 14 downloads Expand Thanks Robert....... And Eric of course :) M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:44 PM, robdyck said: Thanks to Eric @solver for giving out this macro as a starting point! Here are a few I frequently use. You can place these in a label, or in a Custom Object Field which will allow them to be added to a schedule. ft_in_height.json 619 B · 20 downloads ft_in_length.json 615 B · 19 downloads ft_in_width.json 617 B · 20 downloads Expand On 6/16/2022 at 7:46 PM, robdyck said: You may contact @Alaskan_Son for more number formatting macros. I have some that he kindly offered for free on the forum quite a while back. Expand Thanks for the plug Robert. Actually, the first 3 you posted were all created using one of my macros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:24 PM, Archnot-Boltz said: How difficult would that have been to have the programmers include it as a toggle or option in the label's dbx? Expand To give everyone what they want, the label dialog would have to look identical to the Format tab of the dimension dialog and each and every part of a label would need to have access to those settings as well since any given portion of a label might need to be formatted differently. I think building this type of behavior into the label would be totally unreasonable if not entirely unworkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZLehman Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 How do you format it to get it to round it to the nearest whole inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:44 PM, robdyck said: Here are a few I frequently use. You can place these in a label, or in a Custom Object Field which will allow them to be added to a schedule. ft_in_height.json 619 B · 22 downloads ft_in_length.json 615 B · 22 downloads ft_in_width.json 617 B · 22 downloads Expand I wrote that several years ago prior to Chief creating the NumberFormatter class, so there are currently more robust ways; however, here's a very special improved version of that same older system you're already using set up in such a way that you can use a single macro anywhere you want for all 3 scenarios plus others. Simply import the attached macro and then in your label, place the following: If you want feet and inches; %macros.my_nf.ft_in(number, rounding precision)% If you want inches only; %macros.my_nf.ft_in(number, rounding precision)% So, for @joey_martin's example, if he wanted the framing member length displayed in feet and inches rounded to the nearest 1/8", he would put %macros.my_nf.ft_in(length, 8)% For @MZLehman's example, he would put %macros.my_nf.ft_in(length, 1)% And for @robdyck's 3 examples he would put %macros.my_nf.ft_in(height, 8)%, %macros.my_nf.ft_in(length, 8)%, and %macros.my_nf.ft_in(width, 8)% Again, the NumberFormatter class is more robust and a similar system could be set up for that class as well, but this is a pretty simple and easy to use solution for simple feet and fractional inch formatting on the fly and it doesn't require placing any initiating macros into your views. I'll leave it here for free for a bit: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZLehman Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 @solver & @Alaskan_SonThank you! I was able to get the format I wanted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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