Itchy Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Trying to get a label on the structural member (SM) just like the Framing member (FM), ideally for it to pull the profile size direct from the object but I can't seem to find out how to? FM just selected Label text and I would then write in the size. With the SM there is a member ID, but then not sure how this gets displayed? I tried the ID label tool but it doesn't seem to pull any info from the SM? Quote Link to comment
BG Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Can anyone confirm if this is possible please? Also, how do you show the structural member as a single line - like you could with the framing member? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 I gave up on the SM, and even the FM notations as it was limited in what i could do. I ended up having separate text boxes so that I could control the class and rotation of the note. I did notice that you could change the object rotation and the structural rotation to put the text at a 45° angle - but when exporting to IFC the structural rotation isnt taken into acount all my columns where off by 45°, another limitation on the IFC was the bevels and mitres don't come through... Quote Link to comment
BG Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 That's disappointing hearing that the bevels and mitres do not transfer through to the IFC model. Let's hope that gets fixed soon. And also the ability to add a text label. Quote Link to comment
twk Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 This is crazy! Trying to use the structural member tool in a real world project and just realised we can't show labels on the drawing! Oh the promise.. 2 years ago. Surely this is a simple thing that doesnt need to be wishlisted!? Maybe release it for a SP? Anyone else using the structural member tool to an advantage? 1 Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 11 hours ago, twk said: This is crazy! Trying to use the structural member tool in a real world project and just realised we can't show labels on the drawing! Oh the promise.. 2 years ago. Surely this is a simple thing that doesnt need to be wishlisted!? Maybe release it for a SP? Anyone else using the structural member tool to an advantage? I'd be surprised if you couldn't label it with the new Data Tag tool in VW2019. Kevin 2 Quote Link to comment
leecalisti Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 @Kevin McAllister Years later, your note helped. But after reading it, it seemed so obvious. Thanks. 3 Quote Link to comment
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