Post it Note *

[BCrouse]

It would be great to have a Post it Note capability. Everyone knows how Post it Notes work, you us it as a quick note to reference and etc.

This could be used as an aid when someone is working in a dwg and you find a problem with the drawing. You have the Post it Note work similar like the new Palettes. You can have set to be somewhat transparent. You can make quick references to the Post it Note. The post it note can be e-mailed to another person working on the same project. So that person knows what you found in the dwg.

It could be used as a to do List. Take a look at the attachment for my example.


Thank you,

Brad

[BCrouse]

I have been using another down load to do this and it works good. So I think that something like this could be useful to the everyday AutoCAD user in any discipline.

[JASONM30395]

And that download would be???, so the rest of us can use it until ADESK gets off there butts.

[BCrouse]

You may go here for this down load. You can set the settings of the sticky note to be always on top so it will appear on the screen over AutoCAD. Make sure that you set the Opacity so that you can see through it.

This is what I am wishing that AutoDesk to be added to AutoCAD!!!!

http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/

[BCrouse]

Now hopefully that some off you have downloaded it to you computer. How do you like it? Have you change the setting to always be on top so it can show on top of CAD? Now you can see what I have been wishing.

[robert.1.hall72202]

Why would you need to add this to AutoCad???
Third part application is just fine.

[Wanderer]

Why would you need to add this to AutoCad???
Third part application is just fine.
just one more thing to install... rebuild your machine... gotta remember the add-ins and misc applications...

[BCrouse]

just one more thing to install... rebuild your machine... gotta remember the add-ins and misc applications...

If you have it as a third party software and you may forget to install. If it was added in with AutoCAD. Then there would be no need for a third part software.

[JASONM30395]

works great but yeah could see some possibilities if it was build it.

If the "post-it" could be "attached" to a drawing so that when the drawing got opened it would pop up you could use it to tell other people who go into the drawing a few things without needing to use a no-plot layer. (eg. what ctb/stb file to use)

[BCrouse]

works great but yeah could see some possibilities if it was build it.

If the "post-it" could be "attached" to a drawing so that when the drawing got opened it would pop up you could use it to tell other people who go into the drawing a few things without needing to use a no-plot layer. (eg. what ctb/stb file to use)

What I use it for is to keep track of what is changed in the drawing and task to be completed. After the project is completed it helps me to complete the revision tracking.

[Rick.B]

works great but yeah could see some possibilities if it was build it.

If the "post-it" could be "attached" to a drawing so that when the drawing got opened it would pop up you could use it to tell other people who go into the drawing a few things without needing to use a no-plot layer. (eg. what ctb/stb file to use)

I'm all for the idea of saving it with the drawing. I don't know how many times I have left notes in a file and reopened it after it's been around the office once to see them frozen or worse yet deleted. Having a "sticky note" that will not effect the way drawings plot or display is a great idea. 8-)

[BCrouse]

I am just doing a follow up to the usage of the possibility of adding this wishlist item to AutoCAD. Out of all you that have viewed and possibly used the add-on, so what do you think know after using it a week?

Thank you,

Brad

[jaberwok]

I think it would be better as a Windows wish-list item. It's good but does little that a non-plotting layer can't do and it would remain in AutoCAD only. As a general Windows tool, it would be far more flexible.

My tuppence worth.

[BCrouse]

I think it would be better as a Windows wish-list item. It's good but does little that a non-plotting layer can't do and it would remain in AutoCAD only. As a general Windows tool, it would be far more flexible.

My tuppence worth.

Even though that it could be a windows wishlist item. The non-plot layer is nice, but I think that it would make the dwg file when opened look cluttered. Also it makes the file increase in size if someone is trying to keep the size of the file down.

[lcamara]

Under File>Document Properties:

The "Summary" tab has a "Comments" area. You could also try the custom fields.

The good thing about that is that not many people know it's there (so they probably won't delete your comments), but then not many people know it's there (so they probably won't read your comments. :)

I do think that a "todo" list (that you can check off) would be nice, too, but it should probably be implemented at the project level (for example: "update plans to latest architect's dwgs" would apply to multiple drawings). And an alert that pops up with important comments when the drawing opens might be helpful in certain situations. But you would have to have some kind of permissions scheme to make sure the other people using the drawing couldn't turn it off (similar to freezing or deleting non-plot layers).

[BCrouse]

Under File>Document Properties:

The "Summary" tab has a "Comments" area. You could also try the custom fields.

The good thing about that is that not many people know it's there (so they probably won't delete your comments), but then not many people know it's there (so they probably won't read your comments. :)

I do think that a "todo" list (that you can check off) would be nice, too, but it should probably be implemented at the project level (for example: "update plans to latest architect's dwgs" would apply to multiple drawings). And an alert that pops up with important comments when the drawing opens might be helpful in certain situations. But you would have to have some kind of permissions scheme to make sure the other people using the drawing couldn't turn it off (similar to freezing or deleting non-plot layers).

To go along with your comment: This can ensure that everyone knows that the capabiltiy to have to do list and important messages are the. So, I think that it will be very heplful.

[jhohman]

I think this could be a good thing to have!

[BCrouse]

I believe that this has a great deal of potential for use with any AutoCAD software.

[Virago87]

we use a note layer that does not plot in our drawings
......and we have a button to toggle it on and off....
......everyone is assigned a colour to use in that layer....
also using a layer lets you point to specific areas on the drawing if needed...
everyone is now in the habit of checking the layer for notes to them....
it works....

[Rick.B]

I am just doing a follow up to the usage of the possibility of adding this wishlist item to AutoCAD. Out of all you that have viewed and possibly used the add-on, so what do you think know after using it a week?

Thank you,

Brad


I think it would be a great plus, especially if you had an option to etransmit or link to a file you need to send to a client.

[huascarfdez]

It would be greater to add the post-it note as part of the status bar tray icons, so that when you open AutoCAD it pops up as balloon message.

Like the following illustration:

[Wanderer]

It would be greater to add the post-it note as part of the status bar tray icons, so that when you open AutoCAD it pops up as balloon message.

Like the following illustration:
nice. dig the illustration...

[CADNate]

In outlook you have something called notes, which are similar to post it notes. I use them on a regular bases and you can save them.

[JASONM30395]

In outlook you have something called notes, which are similar to post it notes. I use them on a regular bases and you can save them.
But can you associate them with a specific drawing?
(I'm thinking notes for if someone else has to go into the drawing)

[BCrouse]

I have been using this Post it Note a little more that a month now. It is great to be able to have it open and jot down what was change in the drawing. Before I would write them down on paper and it would get lost or I would make a mental not and for get it. It also helped when I was asked what was changed and if it had any problems with it.

Has anyone ever happen to you when you are working on a project?

Thank you

[BCrouse]

I have been using the Post it note for a while now and I really like it. I would like to see this as part of AutoCAD.



Thank you,

Brad

[LanceMcHatton]

I think the whole note thing is a great idea. But I think any one specific way is too limiting. I think the taskbar idea is good but maybe it should simply alert you that there are notes in the drawing and let's you "see" them or not. The big yellow post-it square is also good but only for a general type of list. You can't point to anything with a big post-it. Having the ability to point to a specific area would be fantastic but do you layer control it? color control it? etc... I think it would be best to turn that one into little flashing icons (with a no-plot OPTION). It would be very easy to see them if they were little red sirens flashing on the screen that we could turn off if too annoying. When you hover over them, a balloon expands with a note or list.

If AutoCAD could combine all three aspects listed above (taskbar notification, post-it notes, and flashing indicators) that would be fantastic.

And then, to top it all off, have the capability to produce some sort of report with all the notes.

[rclayton]

If AutoCAD could combine all three aspects listed above (taskbar notification, post-it notes, and flashing indicators) that would be fantastic.

And then, to top it all off, have the capability to produce some sort of report with all the notes.

Why stop there ... These notes should also be available to the sheet set manager to allow notes to reference more than one drawing within the set, or so that all the notes from the entire set can be reported on.

I just think that the real benefit of these types of "sticky notes" will be realized if they can be used to some degree as a project management tool.

Just a CAD Managers 2 cents ...