nrkuhl Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is it possible to create custom reference markers to be used with the reference marker tool? None of the pre-defined markers are even close to what we typically use, and I'm trying to get my office away from using copy-pasted groups from old files. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Hi, If using them at an office for all the staff to use it is best to set up a "Workgroup folder" for the office and direct all the VW stations to it. VW program looks in order of Workgroup folders then User Folder and then the Program folders for the reference files. So if you have in your workgroup folder "Section-Markers". So you create your custom markers and save this folder in this location and when you go to you tool set and open Section-Elevation you will see your marker. HTH I an office environment it is best to set up all your special items and put in the workgroup folder that way when you get upgrades the program wont overwrite them. you can do this for all the folders, See attached where only our office wall styles show up. Edited November 13, 2015 by Alan Woodwell Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 That helps, but part of what I'm struggling with is figuring out how to point that reference marker tool towards a certain file, and figuring out how the things in that file are interpreted by the reference marker tool. Quote Link to comment
jwouie Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) I think I have a similar question as the original poster here: My new office uses the section marker as shown in the attached screen shot. The problem is that this marker has 3 text fields instead of the usual 2. Top number and bottom right are drawing and sheet number respectively -- normal. The bottom left number refers to the sheet number that the drawing is from (ie., the sheet that the floor plan is on) -- weird to me, but not my call. Ideally, I would like to be able to use this marker with automatic coordination but have not yet figured out a way to do this. The closest I have gotten is by doing the following: 1) In the Section Markers file, created a new symbol that looks like this. Inside this symbol, I added a text field that is linked to a record that pulls the sheet number (using _SN suffix). 2) In my drawing file, I go to my section viewport and turn on the section line instance on for the Plan drawing. The section line appears on the plan and I select my new marker symbol as the marker style. I then have to uncheck the “Text Auto-Fill” box and then manually enter in a bunch of spaces in front of the Sheet Number (EX201) so it is scooted over to the right instead of being center aligned with the drawing number (5). So this is really clunky and is only semi-coordinated (only works if I keep text auto-fill checked until I am positive about the layout of my sheets, then go back and uncheck them all.) Plus, if I use the marker at a different scale, the font sizes don't match up. Is there another way to accomplish this? I thought another way to do this might be to create a marker symbol with fields that automatically refer to the appropriate viewport (in addition to the field that refers to the current sheet number). Then just insert it a symbol and skip the Section Line altogether. But I haven't been able to figure out how to make the fields that refer to the drawing number and sheet number of a specific viewport. Any suggestions/ideas appreciated! Edited July 20, 2016 by jwouie Quote Link to comment
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