Duct Tag Issue

[robw1031]

We found a top of duct and bottom of duct tag in content builder that we would like to use. However; we need to change the properties of the text. Attached, is the tag in action and a sample of what we need to do.

These tags are big mystery to me.


Thx rob W

[clffcooper]

I believe the tag is using text on the "standard" style of text. Therefore, change the font associated with this style to match your needs. I think this is what you need. I hope this helps...

[buzz]

You can either edit the block "Aecb_Duct_Top_Bottom_Tag" directly to change that or you can create a new one and drag/drop that one into your tool palette. I think that creating a new tag is probably better.

Here are the steps to create a new one:

1. Explode the AutoCAD version (you will have to explode it three times)
It should change to:
T= DUCTOBJECT:TOPOFDUCTCALC
B= DUCTOBJECT:BOTTOMOFDUCTCALC

2. Edit the "T=" and "B=" to be what you want
3. Change the text widths, height, etc. to be what you want
4. Modify the box size as needed
5. Click Menu > Format > Define Schedule Tag, select the objects
6. Either use a new name or the original name ("Aecb_Duct_Top_Bottom_Tag")

See how that works, let me know...

-Buzz

[buzz]

For clarification, I made a quick movie of how to do this...

http://www.geniusoftllc.com/mvparts/videos/tag.asp

In my previous post, I forgot to mention step 7: Buy Buzz a Beer (http://www.geniusoftllc.com/beer4buzz)

-Buzz

[robw1031]

THX BUZZ THAT WORKED LIKE A CHARM

[finney13]

Can you do this if using Annotative Text?

[buzz]

Ryan,

Yes, I am using annotative text and it works, you just have to scale it down when creating it...

-Buzz

[finney13]

So if I want my text to be 3/32" in Paper Space, I need to scale that down by 4.5 to 0.02083?

I know I am making this more difficult than this really has to be. I remember trying to work with tags before and having this simialr problem, which is why I started to use labels instead.

[buzz]

Honestly, I trial-and-error'd it until it worked. The value of the scale factor did not quite make sense for the annotative scaling, so I am not exactly sure what is causing this issue. I am in the middle of an internal debate in my mind on whether to continue using the annotative scale feature... it seems to have more problems than solutions.

-Buzz

[finney13]

I somewhat agree, but it is nice to be able to use the same button/block for multiple scales, and not have to create an 1/8" block and a 1/4" scale block.