Bruce Kieffer Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Is there a way to apply Data Tags to individual objects inside symbols? Here's a VP layout of doors I'm going to build for our kitchen. Part ID records are attached to the individual parts of the stiles, rails, and center panels. Each different door is a symbol. My worksheets do pick up the individual parts and their part IDs, but the Data Tag tool only works on the individual parts if they are not in a symbol. I converted the top left door from a symbol to a group and that way the individual objects can be tagged with the Data Tag tool. Needing to convert the symbols to groups defeats the purpose of a symbol's ability to be modified and then update all of its instances in the drawing. Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 The only way is to place the Data Tag inside the symbol definition. See Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 I see I am not alone with this request. I tried adding Data Tags to the components inside the symbol, that works but then the Tags show on all the instances. I have an idea I will try next. Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, Bruce Kieffer said: I have an idea I will try next. You know what to do from your other post: class the geometry/text inside the tag + turn it on + off as needed in the VPs. Added benefit: you can override attributes as well if desired. Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tom W. said: You know what to do from your other post: class the geometry/text inside the tag + turn it on + off as needed in the VPs. Added benefit: you can override attributes as well if desired. Yep, that's what I'm going to try. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Works perfect. Thanks @Tom W.. I added a class Door-Data Tags. I assigned that class to the Tag definition, so the class is assigned when the tag is associated. 1 Quote Link to comment
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