New drafting symbols, Title block sheet count

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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Sheet number is correct but total number of sheets is a bit too large :slight_smile: Cheers

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Hi Phil, that looks like a point coordinate. Are you sure you’re getting the right field?

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Good point ( no pun intended) I’ll check

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CheckBlockTitle.3dm (104.2 KB)

Here is the file :slight_smile:

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That is the value in the number of sheets layout attribute text…

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is the intent to manually fill that out? if not use the NumPages field instead

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Japhy

The point data is being generated by the block as distributed by McNeel. I don’t know if the intent is to fill it out manually or not - there’s nothing from McNeel yet to say how it is supposed to work…

Best to consider it a work in progress, I think. It’s a long way from being ready to use (e.g. text fields like Company Name only allow entry of a single word from the command line).

Incidentally, the point data is instance specific, but I’ve no idea where it comes from. It differs from the insertion point.

Regards
Jeremy

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Hi -

Thanks.
→ RH-94421 Libraries: Titleblocs → title.3dm

I don’t know why that key-value pair isn’t exposed to the user when inserting that block, but, generally, this shouldn’t be any different than inserting any other file.

I’ve filed the following for getting the dialog box that one gets when inserting the block “manually”. Would that do it?
→ RH-94422 Libraries: Titleblocks: Dialog Input
-wim

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Yes, a dialogue box makes a lot more sense for data entry (although the command line would presumably allow scripting of stock values like company name which don’t change). A dialogue box with user defined defaults could address this.

Incidentally @wim, I must have slept through the lesson: just how did you get the dialogue box to show up?

Thanks
Jeremy

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Hi Jeremy -

That is standard behavior when a block is inserted that contains an annotation text object with the UserText text field.

You can create one through the text dialog:

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… which generates the following:

%<UserText(“block”,“Color”,“Provide a color”,“Red”;)>%

When that block is then inserted into the document, the following dialog pops up:

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When it’s inserted, the value can be changed from the Properties -> Attribute User Text page:

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You can use a function instead of a plain string.

You would save those in the custom Title Block file. But, yes…
-wim

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Thanks @wim, a very clear explanation.

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RH-94422 is fixed in Rhino WIP