topic Re: Dimension Maker Favourites in Libraries & objects

Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:03:20 GMT

Can Dimention Maker settings be saved as Favourites?

I would be nice to be able to assign a predefined Dimension Maker to every new window or door. Now it takes me more time to refefine the Maker than the window.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

David Larrew — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:24:52 GMT

The D/W Marker settings are saved with the Door/Window Favorite.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:35:25 GMT

That's what I found too! Which means if you open a new window, especially a custom made one, you should start customizind the Dimention Maker from scratch!

I would be nice to be able to copy/paste setting from one Marker to another like with the Alt key, wouldn't it?

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Link — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:57:07 GMT

You could use the syringe inside the Window Settings dialog to help ease your pain.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:24:58 GMT

This how I work, Link!

For a new custom window first I take a Window Ribbon from my favorites, then change its size to the size of the custom window and place it on plan. Then select it, open it and Ctrl+Alt click the custom window.

Shall I make a poll for this?

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

David Larrew — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:17:01 GMT

You can open the Marker object in the Library Part Editor and set all of your preferred parameters. Once you save and close the Object, the Marker settings will default to your saved configuration.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:43:53 GMT

Thank you, David! Great tip!

I still think it should be better to have favourites for the Marker too!

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Rex Maximilian — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:08:32 GMT

kliment wrote:
Thank you, David! Great tip!

I still think it should be better to have favourites for the Marker too!

You could use the label tool instead to mark your doors and windows. Using the "Label Objects" command they remain associative and can be saved as favorites on their own separately from the doors or windows. Plus, they have layer control which the internal ones do not.

I can't think of a reason to use the internal markers rather than the label tool. Much more flexibility.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:05:43 GMT

Rex, I cannot find a way to fully substitute the door marker with label. I payed with it and actually found out some features I didn't know. The best result is shown in fugire "1". But the way we describe doors and windows in my country is shown in fugure "2".

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Rex Maximilian — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:27:09 GMT

kliment wrote:
Rex, I cannot find a way to fully substitute the door marker with label. I payed with it and actually found out some features I didn't know. The best result is shown in fugire "1". But the way we describe doors and windows in my country is shown in fugure "2".

Maybe you can extract that symbol from the macro that the doors and windows use for dimension and save it with a label library subtype. Then it would be available to use with the label tool.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:50:02 GMT

Rex, I am sure there is a great potential in using Label tool as Win/Door marker, but it is beyond my knowledge to make it!

Right now David's suggestion works fine for me. I have customized it and saved it with another name. I do not need layers for the marker as you can switch the markers off in Model View Options.

It would be interesting to see a Label Win/Door Marker though!

I had played a lot with GDL in earlier versions when it was a pretty simple programing language. It was enough to understand this was not my area of expertise! Code cracking and programing are just the opposite of that I do best - drawing and modelling. That is why I decided to learn several different CAD and 3D applications just to avoid scripting!

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Link — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:40:32 GMT

David wrote:
You can open the Marker object in the Library Part Editor and set all of your preferred parameters. Once you save and close the Object, the Marker settings will default to your saved configuration.

David what effect does this have on any other markers you've already placed in this or other projects? Will they change now? And does the marker have to be saved out into a separate library?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:29:02 GMT

Link wrote:
David wrote:
You can open the Marker object in the Library Part Editor and set all of your preferred parameters. Once you save and close the Object, the Marker settings will default to your saved configuration.
David what effect does this have on any other markers you've already placed in this or other projects? Will they change now? And does the marker have to be saved out into a separate library?

Cheers,
Link.

Just changing the defaults won't alter existing instances (you can still turn that on if so desired - though it is very dangerous to do so). Of course, altering the code in any way will affect all instances of the part in all files where it has been used.

Re: Dimension Maker Favourites

Link — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:27:03 GMT

Matthew wrote:
Of course, altering the code in any way will affect all instances of the part in all files where it has been used.

Of course, this is what I meant.

Cheers,
Link.