Interactive schedule and Library part parameter

[Anonymous]

Can the interactive schedule distinguish library objects based on their parameter settings. I have made some 2D electrical symbols for lights, switches and outlets and want to generate a schedule based on what symbols have been placed on the drawing. If each symbol was a separate library part this would certainly work, but I have created a single library part with parameter scrips to switch between different 2D symbols. What I would like the interactive schedule to be able to do is distinguish the placed symbols based on the parameter script selected for any given object, and display the associated symbol. Am I dreaming?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Mike wrote:
Can the interactive schedule distinguish library objects based on their parameter settings. I have made some 2D electrical symbols for lights, switches and outlets and want to generate a schedule based on what symbols have been placed on the drawing. If each symbol was a separate library part this would certainly work, but I have created a single library part with parameter scrips to switch between different 2D symbols. What I would like the interactive schedule to be able to do is distinguish the placed symbols based on the parameter script selected for any given object, and display the associated symbol. Am I dreaming?

Nope. Not dreaming. 😉 See attached screenshots.

First part is a one-line object that simply displays the 2D view of another object (you type the name of the other object as a parameter to 'multi-object'). It's not quite correct, but demonstrates what you're talking about.

I placed 5 copies of the multi-object in plan, setting the parameters for 4 of them to unique trees from the 2D symbol lib.

The second shot shows the IS settings to display the lib part name, the parameter (what will really be displayed) and the 2D symbol.

Final shot shows the placed (badly formatted) schedule.

Yes, you can filter, and show, any parameter of any object.

Yes, the unique 2D symbol for each placed object as determined by its parameters will be displayed. You must, however, set up enough fields to break out all of your unique 2D representations, though.

If for example, I remove the parameter "Object to display?" [strObject] from the list of fields, then I only get one line in my schedule ... there is nothing to distinguish one multi-object from another ... and the 2D symbol that is displayed is indeterminate: it will be ONE of the symbols, but you can't know which one will actually appear.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Thanks Karl. You gave me a lot to think about. What is interesting is that my current elec symbol parts were a single library part with multiple if then statements to describe the different 2D symbols. The interactive schedule would not distinguish between symbols that were placed in the plan with different parameters selected. The schedule would only list all of the available parameters. Your method clearly allows only those symbols with a "selected" parameter to show up in the schedule, which is what I was after. I still have a ways to go to get it usable, but it might be worth the effort.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Glad that helped. Mike. If you get to a roadblock, you can PM me with the object.

Karl