Redline tool

[BillW]

I need to edit the way the Redline Tool works.

I want to change the colour of a Redline when the "Picked Up" checkbox is clicked. At the moment it is forced to pen Yellow.

Is there a setting somewhere or is it hard coded to Yellow.

I checked for a class but the "Redlines" class is the only one I found and it doesnt seem to matter what colours are set - always RED for unpicked up and Yellow for picked up.

I had a look for something in VWA preferences - nothing

I looked in the Redline tool script "Strings" - nothing

Any help would be appreciated

Bill Wood

[Pat Stanford]

It looks like it is hard coded and not accessible. I think you are out of luck.

Sorry,

Pat

[BillW]

Thanks Pat - just what I thought.

How long do you reckon it would take to write the Red Line tool from scratch with the same functionality?

I wish NNA would make their tools open source - as back in the old days of MiniCAD. There would be benefits as NNA users could customise how they want tools to work not how NNA assumes they should work.

Bill Wood

[Pat Stanford]

Well, I can typically program about 20 lines per hour (on average). My guess is that a red line script will end up being between 600 and 1000 lines long. So for me to do it will probably take 30 to 50 hours of time. Depending on your programming skills, it may take more or less time.

Pat