topic Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules in Collaboration with other software

Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:52:49 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to add information to the zone interactive schedule and I can highlight the cell but cannot type any information in the cell? Or does one have to add the information directly in the zone tool for each zone individually and if so where is the best place to add remarks?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:16:42 GMT

In the screenshot it says: item selected in schedule is locked.
Try to unlock it and then it should work, unless there is some other problem.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:30:15 GMT

Hi Laszlo,

Thanks for the assistance. I don't seem to be able to see where to unlock the item? Is this somehow done in the the schedule settings or in the zone part itself? Thanks,

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:00:17 GMT

I suppose you could just select the Zones in the Floor Plan Window and use the Edit\Locking\Unlock menu command on them.
Or maybe their Layer is locked and you would need to unlock that in the Layer Settings Dialog.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:34:01 GMT

Thanks for the tips however I checked and all the layers are unlocked and I still can't add info to the column. None of the columns seem editable.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:46:09 GMT

Can you show me the Fields panel of the Scheme Settings Dialog for this Schedule?
I am curious which Zone parameters are scheduled here.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:38:41 GMT

It seems unlikely but check to make sure the zones themselves are not locked. Individual elements can be locked independently of the layers. This is under the edit menu and in the right click context menu.

It is also possible that the particular parameters are not editable. They may be locked in the library part script itself.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:54:59 GMT

Sorry Laszlo I have been slacking off and cruising over the New Year period. I attached a shot of the settings. Thanks for your assistance.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:56:13 GMT

I assume it is the custom text you are trying to edit. That should work. (The area and such are calculated fields and would be read only.)

Are you in Teamwork? If they are not in your workspace they would be locked.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:52:46 GMT

Hi Matthew I am not in Teamwork. What I am trying to do is provide a printout of the zones in my project to my client with some notes as you correctly assumed. I want a printout of all the zones, rooms sizes, which should happen automatically with remarks about each zone in the customised text column.

I have tried this before without success and had to put all the data in XCell spreadsheets which is time consuming and should be available in ArchiCAD straight from the model. If not the schedules are not very useful for me.

Regards,

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:53:18 GMT

I use schedules for data entry all the time. It's a great way to check and correct large projects. It should work. I can't think of any more reasons why it wouldn't. The reference in the dialog to the items being locked has to be the key. Just for chuckles you could try copy/pasting them into a new blank project. Whether that works or not it's still one more data point.

I'm not at my desk now. If I get a chance I'll try scheduling some zones tomorrow.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:43:44 GMT

Good idea Matthew. I pasted the zones into a blank project and the schedules worked and could be adjusted! I noticed that zones in the new AC16 project were Zones 16 and the zones in the existing project which has grown over the years was a Zone_01 tool.

Is there any way of changing the zones in my project to the current zones 16? Assistance gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:22:33 GMT

I loaded the newer zone stamp and some zones can have text added but not all?

I have many items on the zone schedule at the start of the list of rooms and areas and I don't know what they are? I will keep working through it.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:08:18 GMT

In the Options... Element Attributes... zone Categories Dialog you can modify the Zone Stamp object assigned to each Cetegory. Of course the Zone Stamp object must be in loaded libraries (or you can load them from the Dialog using the button showing the used Zone Stamp name.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:27:44 GMT

Thanks Laszlo. It got me a bit further but the zones still don't allow changes/notes in the interactive schedule. The only way I can get it to work is have a AC16 PLN running parallel with the main model and I place all the zones on the new PLN which lists the zones correctly. A little cumbersome but quick to make lists to without the other model information taking time.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:55:29 GMT

This sound like the issue is file-specific if it works fine in a new ArchiCAD file.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:06:39 GMT

I made it in "Element" interactive schedule and it works. Details can be added to the custom text column. I was trying to do it in "Component" which doesn't work.

thanks,

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:29:34 GMT

Yes, that must have been the problem.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

zarmenas — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:49:10 GMT

Hello all. I believe I found out the problem

In schedule settings:

If you put Zone Name, Zone Number fields into "Schedule Fields" from "Global" (they are shown with an arrow instead of zone symbol), then you can NOT edit them in the schedule.
If you take the same fields from "Zone" in available parameters section, the fields are fully editable

If in the "Schedule fields" section of settings they are blue, you can edit them, I guess.

Re: Adding Information To Zone Interactive Schedules

Pertti Paasky — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:04:02 GMT

Also if the layer is not visible, you can't edit parameters in an interactive schedule...