Does anyone know of an easy and efficient way to count the doors and windows in a drawing? We have come to a point that we need to be able to generate a report(s) that would include the doors and window sizes as well as the quantity of each. I have been toying around with the door and window labeler macros, located in the toolbox, but have run into a couple of issues. 1. Did these macros come standard with DataCAD or were they something I purchased as an add on and just forgot about? 2. Can the color of the “tags” be changed? When I insert one in the drawing they are always white. Also, when the “tag” is inserted in the drawing, it comes in as a symbol and I can’t “explode” it. I like the report that is generated when using this macro, but would like to be able to manipulate the color of the tag and font, and the tag size.
I also toyed around with creating a “tag” using the room labels macro located in the DCAD_AEC toolbox. I liked this option because the “tag” could be easily manipulated and then saved as a symbol. The only problem I had then was generating a report with the information I wanted. I’m not quite sure how to edit the “Fields” of the symbol or edit the Report Forms so that the two still communicate correctly. Any information on modifying these reports and fields would be helpful. I’m open to suggestions if you know of any easier way to generating a door and window report.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I also toyed around with creating a “tag” using the room labels macro located in the DCAD_AEC toolbox. I liked this option because the “tag” could be easily manipulated and then saved as a symbol. The only problem I had then was generating a report with the information I wanted. I’m not quite sure how to edit the “Fields” of the symbol or edit the Report Forms so that the two still communicate correctly. Any information on modifying these reports and fields would be helpful. I’m open to suggestions if you know of any easier way to generating a door and window report.
Thanks in advance for your help.
R. Scott Yount
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