Bpatt Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 HOW DO YOU CUSTOMIZE A DETAIL CALL OUT? I AM TRYING TO UTILIZE THE CREATE DETAIL VIEWPORT HOWEVER I NEED THE DETAIL CALL OUT TO LOOK LIKE OUR OFFICE STANDARD. CAN ANYONE HELP? THANKS, BARBIE Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted January 26, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 26, 2014 Open the file: [VW directory]/Libraries/Defaults/Detail Callout-Marker/Detail Markers.VWX ..and create a symbol in it so that matches your office standard. It might be best to start by duplicating one of the existing symbols in that file, then modifying it. And, an unsolicited observation: Please don't use ALL CAPS in your posts. Hard on the eyes, and looks like shouting. 1 Quote Link to comment
Emily Lena Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hello, I am interested in creating a custom detail callout for our office. Your post above gave me a start, but instead of changing the geometry of the tag, I would like to change the text the Tag displays. I want to create a tag that allows me to only display the reference to a sheet number without referencing a drawing number (though I still want the tag to be able to be linked to drawing number). The default tag allows for Drawing Number Only display, but not Sheet Number Only. I found how to add 'Sheet Number Only' to the drop down menu in the plug in settings for the detail callouts, but I can't find where to tell the file what 'sheet number only' means. Thanks for any help you might be able to offer! 1 Quote Link to comment
Sean Hufnagel Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 @Robert Anderson , I'm looking to do an office standard modification to the standard detail callout marker as shown in the attached image. How can I change the box to an arrow leader and add a linked drawing title? Possible? I've created a data tag but can't figure out how to make it dynamically linked to a viewport on another sheet or for the shoulder line to play along with the drawing title length. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted May 10, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 10, 2019 Sean, I'm trying to understand the workflow you are trying for. The Detail Callout by definition is a region (polyline, if you will) of a drawing that is linked to the crop of a viewport. So not having a region seems to be kind of beside the point. What is your arrowhead pointing at? Quote Link to comment
Sean Hufnagel Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I am trying to create a detail marker that points to objects/lines/areas that have a corresponding LINKED detail. Take the net post example below. I'm looking to create the label that creates dynamic text from the linked viewport drawing label, sheet number, and detail number. That way as details are added, reshuffled, or renamed, all stays up to date. Quote Link to comment
milezee Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 @Robert Anderson is there a way to customise and save a drawing label, and reference marker in the same way as the detail callout ? tia Quote Link to comment
mMurrey Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 @Sean Hufnagel did you ever figure this out? I am trying to get the same functionality. A leader that points to an object that you can assign a correlating detail to. Thanks, Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, mMurrey said: @Sean Hufnagel did you ever figure this out? I am trying to get the same functionality. A leader that points to an object that you can assign a correlating detail to. Thanks, Detail callouts and other marker objects were revamped for 2021, adding additional functionality such as this. Are you on 2021, or 2019 as per your signature? Quote Link to comment
mMurrey Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 @Andy Broomell I am on 2020. I should probably go ahead and switch over. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment
Sean Hufnagel Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 @mMurreyAs Andy mentioned, checking out the 2021 features myself. Quote Link to comment
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