Using properties for specifications and keynote in AC 20

[alemanda]

Did anybody implemented a way to use properties for specifications and keynoting purpose?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Yeo, ever since the IFC label was introduced.

Create property field for Keynote Number and another for Keynote Text.
Create Schedule that only shows those items, export to Excel and fill the text and import back or just fill in the regular schedule. Main problem with this is that description is not tied to the Keynote Number so you have to keep track of it.

If a Label was able to limit the characters it showed it might be easier since you would write the keynote number (XXX-YY) and the description in the same field and then you would limit the label to only show the first 6 characters of that field.

[alemanda]

Thanks
Actually the properties miss a well thought and built-in keynoting/specification functionality.

[Anonymous]

alemanda wrote:
Thanks
Actually the properties miss a well thought and built-in keynoting/specification functionality.

Have you thought of using descriptor lists and a label that will read the attached property object code?

[alemanda]

Can you give an example?
Descriptor list? What do you mean?

[Anonymous]

alemanda wrote:
Can you give an example?
Descriptor list? What do you mean?

Make database with your keynotes give them

Key based on category of information
Code for id
Description

Make a label that reads the code of the attached property on an element or object

Make a list component list scheme that shows key, code, description

Attach properties by criteria

Label objects and elements with the label tool


The keynote schedule will be made before you label objects just by attaching properties to criteria

Then you will label the objects and elements on the drawing

[Anonymous]

alemanda wrote:
Descriptor list? What do you mean?

I mean component list that shows only descriptors keys and codes

[Anonymous]

to make a database of descriptors

You will need an excel file three columns key, code, descriptor

And a macro that Erik Wilk provides with the book Archicad quantity surveying

The schedule itself is not difficult to define in the define list scheme dialog

The label can be made easily with GDL

[Aaron Bourgoin]

ispyridis wrote:
to make a database of descriptors

You will need an excel file three columns key, code, descriptor

And a macro that Erik Wilk provides with the book Archicad quantity surveying

The schedule itself is not difficult to define in the define list scheme dialog

The label can be made easily with GDL

Can you reference Eric's Macro. I have his book. On what page is the macro you're referring to found?

[Anonymous]

Aaron wrote:

ispyridis wrote:
to make a database of descriptors

You will need an excel file three columns key, code, descriptor

And a macro that Erik Wilk provides with the book Archicad quantity surveying

The schedule itself is not difficult to define in the define list scheme dialog

The label can be made easily with GDL

Can you reference Eric's Macro. I have his book. On what page is the macro you're referring to found?

You can find the macro in the website forum
There is a package you can download with examples, a quantity surveying library, and the macros.

I'm trying to work on the label. The example provided with the gdl guide on request assocel_properties retrieves only one of the composites defined in the associated property object. I need to retrieve only the one that comes from the keynote database