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Schedule objects on a layout

derekjackson — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:02:51 GMT

Hi,
we've written a marker object (the Drawing Symbol subtype) which will be placed on layouts.

We've just tried scheduling it and it's not being picked up - is it possible for schedules to look at layouts?

Thanks.

Re: Schedule objects on a layout

Erwin Edel — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:27:37 GMT

I think only Project Indexes can do something with layouts.

Re: Schedule objects on a layout

Steve Jepson — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:54:57 GMT

derekjackson wrote:
Hi,
we've written a marker object (the Drawing Symbol subtype) which will be placed on layouts.

We've just tried scheduling it and it's not being picked up - is it possible for schedules to look at layouts?

Thanks.

just curious, What is the marker supposed to indicate and what is it from that marker you want to schedule? What is a Drawing Symbol ?

Re: Schedule objects on a layout

derekjackson — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:20:45 GMT

We want an object that can be used as a marker to flag H&S hazards on the building site. For various reasons it would be better to have it on the layout rather than in the model, but need a way of getting the content of them into a schedule.

The Drawing Symbol thing is a class of object defined in a custom object, that suggests how it will be used.

Re: Schedule objects on a layout

Steve Jepson — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:25:48 GMT

Since you can't schedule things in a Layout, the work- arround is not too bad at all.

In Layout, place the objects where you want to see them -
Copy and paste them to any location in a plan view -
Save that view and drag it into the layout
https://www.screencast.com/t/fifJCUq31