automated scheduling of CAD DMS info

[Brady33]

Project export and screen shots

 

Good day,

 

I'm a builder and draft my own work.  I'm trying to streamline getting the data for my site work of laying out foundations.  I use a theodolite with DMS and a tape to lay out the footings and then pin the block corners for my masons.  Assembling the data to do this is cumbersome. 

 

On the foundation layer I use a CAD line to draw from XY 0,0 to all the corners of the foundation block.  A CAD line easily presents the distance and angle but doesn't seem to have information that can extrapolated to a schedule.  The first question is:  Can that be done?  Can I build a schedule to get CAD Line's information?  

 

I've tried using a general framing member and can get the formatted distance into the schedule but I can't figure out the macro to get angle into the schedule.  There is clearly Angle information for general framing members (as seen in the screen shot), but if I run a Object Properties macro on the framing member, there is no "angle" macro.  Object Properties on a CAD line results in evaluation error.

 

I've included the pictures and .caproj in the link as it's too large to upload directly.

 

Thanks for your time and consideration.

 

 

 

[DBCooper]

You might be able to get what you want easier using a "room divider" instead of a cad line or framing member.  I just made some room dividers and marked them as "no room def" and then put the length and angle in the label.

 

 

 

[Brady33]

Thanks Coop.  We also figured out sprinklers work.  

 

Fun fact:  8yo Brian Ingram, the kid that found some of DB Cooper's cash in 1980, lives in the same town as me, Mena, AR.  He's doing well, lays flooring for a living and still gets contracted to go to events and show off a few burnt bills the FBI let him keep.

[Brady33]

Update.

 

I still can't get the Angle information into a schedule unless it's on a 2D Symbol.  Then the line is so small you can't see the angle on it.  You can't use a Room Divider as it's snap and connects to a wall.  The line needs to snap to a foundation/block corner to give correct length and DMS.

[Renerabbitt]

1 hour ago, Brady33 said:

I still can't get the Angle information into a schedule unless it's on a 2D Symbol. 

You can use notes, they publish their xy position, then interpolate length and angle with macros