cberg Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) I am trying to set up a 3d grid on the project and was wondering if the Data Tag tool could help me out. Let me explain. I set up a grid, and made a series of rectangles 3d which will be cut in section, and display as column grid lines. I also linked my 3d rectangles to a record format in which I can enter in a field value for each column grid number for each of these rectangles. However, I can't seem to figure out the Data Tag tool. My hope was that I could somehow link the record value to the Data Tag (since it works in annotation space) However I can't seem to do this. Does anyone know of a way that this can be done? Test Example.vwx Edited November 14, 2018 by cberg Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, cberg said: Does anyone know of a way that this can be done? Yes, it can. Here is a tag that links to the data record you set up. To change how text is linked you need to edit the Tag in the Resource Manager, click on the Edit Tag Layout button at the bottom of the dialog, select the text and click on the Define Tag Field button at the bottom of the OIP. You can also edit the tag by choosing Edit Style from the style menu while an existing tag is selected. Kevin Test Example_KM.vwx Edited November 14, 2018 by Kevin McAllister 1 Quote Link to comment
cberg Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 That's terrific! Thank you!!! I need to learn this tool better, but this will really help me stay coordinated. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 20 minutes ago, cberg said: That's terrific! Thank you!!! I need to learn this tool better, but this will really help me stay coordinated. I don't think there's a tutorial video yet for the Data Tag tool, only the marketing one. ( @Jim Wilson is there one coming soon? ) I figured it out mostly by trial and error. Kevin Quote Link to comment
cberg Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 OK. So close to getting this to work. But this tool is quirky. It appears that the data tag tool doesn't appear to identify objects that are cut in section, in the annotations of a sheet viewport. I can get the lines in red to be selected using the data tag tool, but the cut lines in gray are not able to be selected. Data Tag Question.vwx Quote Link to comment
cberg Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Bump. Any ideas as to why the data tag tool will find some of the 3d rectangles and not others? Quote Link to comment
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