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Bruce · 2025-03-21

Is there a way to extract / query the name of the Surface used in a Surface Fill? One can query the fill name or BMAT name of all fill types (Drafting, Cut, Cover, Building Material), but one cannot query the Surface of a Surface type fill. Any clues...

Bruce · 2024-12-16

When walls have their plan display set to Outlines Only, they use a cover fill to ensure their display is opaque. My question is: where is this fill set? I've looked in the wall settings, Work Environment settings, and Project Preference settings. I ...

Bruce · 2024-09-29

Once you have restructured a schedule, is there a way to revert it back to being not restructured? The only way I can see to achieve this is to delete the placed schedule, and put another one in its stead. Operating system used: Windows 11

Bruce · 2024-07-26

When selecting a linked change for a Change cloud, the pop-up dialog crops the change descriptions...unless you 'tweak' the size of the dialog. Then it recalculates to fit properly. You have to do this every time you open the dialog. Can this be fixe...

Bruce · 2024-07-03

This is a bug (well, a feature that doesn't quite work right): the dashed slab separation line between slabs will use the correct linetype, and correct pen colour (Hidden Line settings)...but NOT the correct pen weight. It will inherit the pen weight...

Bruce · 2025-03-30

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Bruce · 2025-03-29

Yes. That will return the fill name. I'm after the surface name. n = REQUEST{2}("MATERIAL_INFO", name_or_index, param_name, value_or_values) will return what I'm after IF I can retrieve the "name_or_index" of the fill to which the label is attached.....

Bruce · 2025-03-29

Looks good Jaime. However, the usage I'm after is for when surface fills are used in details / worksheets.

Bruce · 2024-12-16

Barry - yes, that's what I had concluded years ago. What threw me for a spin was recently creating an object from walls set to Outlines Only, and getting a created Fill parameter set to an obscure fill. It was created from the Solid fill being used a...

Bruce · 2024-05-25

That's an interesting solution.

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