shasta Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 When the ID tags are displayed, the lines undere them are much longer than the tags themselves. If the tag is '6.00 IDE' for instance, which may take 4' in scale (1/2") the horizontal line under it on the leader line is something like 10' (1"+) in scale, much more than is needed. This makes getting tags into tight places difficult. I can't seem to change this with the polygon edit tool, just its placement. Is there a way to change the segment length? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted February 20, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 20, 2003 Are you talking about the ID tool or the ID tags on the Plant object (VWL 10)? The latter is self-scaling and is what we recommend for labelling plants. The former is based on a symbol and will not scale to the text. Quote Link to comment
shasta Posted February 21, 2003 Author Share Posted February 21, 2003 I'm talking about the plants tags that automatically generate using the plant placement tool. I think the proper name of the line part is the 'shoulder.' I can see that when using the ID tool you can change the shoulder length. Is there a way to do it with the other kind? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted February 21, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 21, 2003 The tags that are contained in the Plant object have a shoulder length that can be set by the user. Here's how: 1. Open the "Create Plug-in" command from the Organize menu. 2. Scroll the list to "Plant" and select it. 3. Click on the "Strings..." button. 4. Click on the list entry, "4000-Numeric Strings". 5. Click on the Edit button. 6. Click on string 4002. 7. Click on the Edit button. 8. Enter a value that is your desired shoulder length in inches. 9. Click OK several times to exit the command. Quote Link to comment
shasta Posted February 21, 2003 Author Share Posted February 21, 2003 When will that be available for online download? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted February 21, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 21, 2003 I'm told late today or Monday. Quote Link to comment
shasta Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 Thanks so much. They said it couldn't be done, but it worked. Now if there was only a way to eliminate the '4.00 BKO' decimal problem on these labels.... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted February 22, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 22, 2003 This is a reason to update to 10.1, as the counts are integral (not decimal). In other words, this has been fixed. Quote Link to comment
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