nomadic2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hi guys, First time post so please be gentle ;-) Is there a quick way to do this which would apply to all sub-groups and symbols etc.? It's to do with how different teams of our company exports to Artlantis: one of us assigns materials my class, the other by pen line colour (yes, I know we should all use the same process but there's too many legacy files now). We've tried using the custom selection tool but this doesn't seem to penetrate groups etc. Any help would be very much appreciated, a god send actually. Thanks in advance, hope yer all well. Nick. Quote Link to comment
gentlegiant67 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm gentle... class is the first and only choice in our office: it applies to all subgroups and symbols and first of all: the name of the class appears in artlantis: "concrete" in vector works stays "concrete" in artlantis. that was the question? Quote Link to comment
nomadic2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hey, thanks for the quick reply. When we receive files that are all of the same class (usually 'None'), is there a way to quickly class the entire file up by designating a class to each of their different pen colours? I know that it's possible the other way round in the Class Editor. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
nomadic2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Anyone :-) Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 The only possiblity I see is creating a script for this. And I would suggest using classes from now on to avoid this in the future. Quote Link to comment
nomadic2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Yeah, I'm thinking that you're right. Thanks or the advice. I might scout around the internet to see if a script has already been created. That failing, I'll dive in and attempt to create one myself- time permitting. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 A worksheet might be easier than a script. Create a worksheet showing all objects and give it columns for Pen Color and Class. Make sure the database criteria setting include objects in PIOs, Groups and Symbols. Sort the resulting database by Pen Color. Select the first line for each pen color and give it the proper class. Copy that class, select the Class cells for all the other objects with the same Pen Color and Paste. Repeat for the other Pen Colors. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I knew worksheets are bidirectional, but I thought not all info could be set through worksheets. Real handy tip pat! Quote Link to comment
nomadic2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Thanks guys, can't wait to give this a go- getting hammered at work at the moment! But thanks again, so much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
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