https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/REF-COMPONENT-Property-Script-Follow-Up/m-p/46845#M4303 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I have been expanding on a previous question using the REF COMPONANT command. I have a part for roof purlins that creates purlins at a roof slope and spaces them according to a variable "spacing" Is it possible to use a variable, not a global variable, in the REF COMPONANT command? See Below:<BR /> <BR /> <B>IF beam_sizes="6x6" THEN<BR /> REF COMPONENT "X60060600" , "300" , ((SYMB_A_SIZE*3.2808)/spacing)<BR /> ENDIF</B><BR /> <BR /> I have been able to get the part to return the global variable but the calculation isn't correct. The script runs OK, there aren't any errors but the calculation isn't right. I shouldn't need to multiply by 3.2808 since the number is aleady in feet and inches. Any Ideas? Thanks.<BR /> <BR /> Barry</R></DIV> Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:30:48 GMT Anonymous 2005-03-19T00:30:48Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/REF-COMPONENT-Property-Script-Follow-Up/m-p/46845#M4303 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I have been expanding on a previous question using the REF COMPONANT command. I have a part for roof purlins that creates purlins at a roof slope and spaces them according to a variable "spacing" Is it possible to use a variable, not a global variable, in the REF COMPONANT command? See Below:<BR /> <BR /> <B>IF beam_sizes="6x6" THEN<BR /> REF COMPONENT "X60060600" , "300" , ((SYMB_A_SIZE*3.2808)/spacing)<BR /> ENDIF</B><BR /> <BR /> I have been able to get the part to return the global variable but the calculation isn't correct. The script runs OK, there aren't any errors but the calculation isn't right. I shouldn't need to multiply by 3.2808 since the number is aleady in feet and inches. Any Ideas? Thanks.<BR /> <BR /> Barry</R></DIV> Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:30:48 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/REF-COMPONENT-Property-Script-Follow-Up/m-p/46845#M4303 Anonymous 2005-03-19T00:30:48Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/REF-COMPONENT-Property-Script-Follow-Up/m-p/46846#M4304 Sorry guys, I hate to answer my own questions but here is what I came up with. It is possible to use a variable in the REF COMPONANT command. I had a bad formula in my head. See Below:<BR /> <BR /> <B>IF beam_sizes="CUSTOM" THEN<BR /> REF COMPONENT "X60060600" , "300" , ((SYMB_B_SIZE*3.2808)*(SYMB_A_SIZE/spacing))<BR /> ENDIF</B><BR /> <BR /> The formula works better but first estimates are that the number returned is about 25% low, might be another math error. Thanks.<BR /> <BR /> Barry Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:58:47 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/REF-COMPONENT-Property-Script-Follow-Up/m-p/46846#M4304 Anonymous 2005-03-19T00:58:47Z