Stage deck 2D symbol with height info

[MartinBlomberg]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to show my stage decks-heights on a sheet layer, but adding a linked text from a record doesn't work as far as I understand. 

I tried to use the "Text Option" dialogue box -> activate Height, but that makes the text too small and doesn't align with the riser. 

 

Any tip on how I can do this better?

 

Thanks!

[markdd]

A Data Tag is the way to do it. If you don't have one that's suitable, select a Stage Deck object and run the Create Data Tag command from the Tools menu. It's a fairly simple process that will go a long way to creating a finished Data tag that shows height.

[MartinBlomberg]

15 minutes ago, markdd said:

A Data Tag is the way to do it. If you don't have one that's suitable, select a Stage Deck object and run the Create Data Tag command from the Tools menu. It's a fairly simple process that will go a long way to creating a finished Data tag that shows height.

Thank you! Can I batch-do this with every stage deck in the drawing, or do I have to make them one by one? I'd like this feature to be default and for the Data tags to be on a specific layer as well. Can I implement this at the time of putting the decks on the drawing?

 

Many thanks! Martin

[markdd]

Yes. It makes a data tag that is now available in the resource manager. Just add it to the stage deck objects in the sheet layer viewport.

[MartinBlomberg]

6 minutes ago, markdd said:

Yes. It makes a data tag that is now available in the resource manager. Just add it to the stage deck objects in the sheet layer viewport.

I must do something wrong because I only get a (!)-symbol... Any clue why this is?

[markdd]

Are you adding the tag to the annotation section of the sheet layer viewport?

[Kevin Allen]

couldn't you also use a Dara Visualization,and make all the 24" decks green and the 36" tall decks red?

[Josh Schulman]

You could make a symbol for 1’ deck, 2’ deck, 3’ deck  and have the deck height on the symbol. Or you could make those symbols and have a data tag report back the symbol name. 

[MartinBlomberg]

21 hours ago, markdd said:

Are you adding the tag to the annotation section of the sheet layer viewport?

Yes I am..

[MartinBlomberg]

19 hours ago, Kevin Allen said:

couldn't you also use a Dara Visualization,and make all the 24" decks green and the 36" tall decks red?

I've thought about that, but I want to have it super clear what each risers' height is. I might end up doing both of them in the end 😃 Color and height info.

[MartinBlomberg]

18 hours ago, Josh Schulman said:

You could make a symbol for 1’ deck, 2’ deck, 3’ deck  and have the deck height on the symbol. Or you could make those symbols and have a data tag report back the symbol name. 

If I create a symbol I can't use the stage deck tool any more right? I thought about that as well, but had second thoughts since I'd need a lot of symbols for different heights and combinations...

[MartinBlomberg]

I found this out as well. You need to have the class you want to use for data tags active when adding data tags. In my case I had another riser class active and it pasted the risers from that class onto my sheet, which I didn't want. Took some time to figure this one out....