Callout tool problem

[Ted W]

I can see from other posts that people do have problems with the call-out tool. Mine is a little different. In some, but not all drawings, I get an error message when I attempt to label with the callout tool;

An attempt to define a Plug-in Object named "Callout" failed because Symbol Definition with that name already exists in the current document. The entire operation is cancel

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks

[mike m oz]

Anything with the same name as a PIO will result in a message like this. It might be a symbol, a hatch etc. or even a Layer or Class name. Rename the offender and the Callout tool will work again.

[Ted W]

Many thanks.

Could not locate any PIO labelled "callout" but by selecting and pasting the drawing as a new file I sorted out the problem.

TW

[Jeffrey W Ouellette]

Ted,

The Callout tool is in the Basic palette.

[Ted W]

Jeffrey,

Thanks but problem arises when I use the Callout tool. If I understand Mike correctly the error message is telling me that the word 'callout' is somewhere in that drawing file so I need to rename it, but I cannot find anything with that name.

The problem may be because I exported the file as a dwg, emailed it to a ACAD colleague who emailed it back (as a dwg) with some work added. It was then that the problem arose. Even by deleting all of the classes (except none and dimension) the callout tool would still not work!

TW

[Kevin McAllister]

Ted,

If you delete most of the items out of a test file, the conflict is most likely in a symbol. When you do the round trip from Vectorworks to Autocad and back, many things come back in a symbols often nested in other symbols. I suspect you'll probably find your conflict somewhere in the Resource Browser items.

Kevin

[Ted W]

Kevin,

Exactly right, many thanks.

I discovered that all the ACAD labels were labelled 'Callout 1',2,3.....

Once deleted or renamed the problem was solved.

Thanks again

Ted

[Kevin McAllister]

Glad to hear I was able to help.

Cheers,

Kevin