sfatelier Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Is there a way to format the General Notes to organize them into columns of a specific width? Thanks Dean Quote Link to comment
Robert Anderson Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Yes. Are you using VW11? Quote Link to comment
Ramon PG Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 quote: Originally posted by sfatelier: Is there a way to format the General Notes to organize them into columns of a specific width? Thanks Dean In VW 11.5 just grab the right side middle handle and resize. Quote Link to comment
sfatelier Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 Yes, I have v11. When I resize, all I get is a really long column. I'd like to break it into multiple columns at a certain width...such as 3-06" wide x6" high columns instead of one 6" wide by 18" long column. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
mikatoa Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 In vw11. 5 You will have to break the note into 3. Duplicate and edit each note ie remove using obj. info. To get the required width also on the obj info wich has a width option. As for the length - no luck 1 Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 One of these days NNA will break down and buy a standard multi-functional text editor/page layout module ... and then possibily ... maybe ... a state of the art Spreadsheet module. It's on my wishlist for v20 Quote Link to comment
sfatelier Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Yes EJ, Sounds like a simple request huh? Anyone out there listening? Thanks for the confirmation anyway. Quote Link to comment
jnr Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'll second that about the spreadsheet. One of my pet peeves. The worksheet function has not really changed since I started with Mini Cad 7. Has anyone posted this to the wish list? word wrap word wrap word wrap word wrap. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Text wrapping is included in the updated spreadsheet capability - page 20 of the What's New in 12 PDF document. A swag of other formatting options have also been included. Quote Link to comment
Kimcz Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I too wonder why we have not got a text editor. Islandmon mentioned this. Having to zoom in and out all the time whilst editing notes is tediom to the extreme. If we were able to have the whole drawing on screen, click on a note, which launches a text editor panel, would seem to be essential. I don't see this mentioned in the v12 upgrade. Why not? When is it coming? Surely not v20. I might be dead by then. Or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment
Ramon PG Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 May I digress a bit? Why is it that annotating should be done inside Viewports in Sheet Layers, but notes are imposiblle to use inside Viewports? Doesn't seem to make sense separating them. Where, meaning which Layer, do you folks put notes? Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Kimcz, Please see: http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=16;t=001703 Ramon, I place my General Notes directly on the Sheet layer. . .they are, after all, General notes. Virtually all other notes are handled as Callouts which are placed in Annotations. See above reference. I second HEARTILY the request that General Notes have the ability to run in multiple columns. Our General Notes typically take up two full Sheet Layers and whatever revisions are required for the specific project then require layout editing. I suppose we could be doing General Notes in a wordprocessor and then placing a PDf. Hmm. . .will have to think about that while we're waiting for Armstrong's v20. Good luck all, [ 11-01-2005, 07:36 PM: Message edited by: Travis ] Quote Link to comment
Ramon PG Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Travis: I have tried just that, but after placing callouts as Viewport annotations I don't see the Notes anywhere. After I exit the annotations I find the notes are on top of the Sheet Layer separate from the annotations mode or area. Is this normal? I think it's weird. There is no way to put them both together. Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Ramon, Please note that the Callout tool can either place "local" notes (which stay in the viewport) or can place references to a list of notes: a true call-out. I suspect the thinking was that all call-outs on a Sheet would be numbered and tracked to a single list of notes. . .thus they have to reside outside any one viewport. HTH Quote Link to comment
powerpaul Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I've been following this discussion and was wondering how you add numbers to the general notes after they have been split into two or more columns. Each column automatically starts renumbering with "1" after you delete the unused notes. Do you need to just use the text tools for each additional column? Any insight is appreciated. Paul 1 Quote Link to comment
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