Interior Elevation Tag

[.chad]

i am trying to put together blocks for our drawings (hooray for finally getting some standardization :Puffy:) and have got most of them together, but im having some trouble with an interior elevation tag. yes, i know there are some OOTB, but i havent convinced my boss to make the switch over to those yet. the block needs to be able to be configurable for 1 to 4 elevations, i think it could be done with visibility states, but that would be cumbersome to have all the permutations of the 4 sides. is there a more elegant solution to this that i dont know about?

edit - attached the drawing.

[Chris.N]

i am trying to put together blocks for our drawings (hooray for finally getting some standardization :Puffy:) and have got most of them together, but im having some trouble with an interior elevation tag. yes, i know there are some OOTB, but i havent convinced my boss to make the switch over to those yet. the block needs to be able to be configurable for 1 to 4 elevations, i think it could be done with visibility states, but that would be cumbersome to have all the permutations of the 4 sides. is there a more elegant solution to this that i dont know about?

edit - attached the drawing.i would help you with this issue, but it's specifically a part of the atp course i'm writing. if you can wait.... sign up!!

have you searched the 'Sharing' thread?

[.chad]

i would help you with this issue, but it's specifically a part of the atp course i'm writing. if you can wait.... sign up!!

have you searched the 'Sharing' thread?ack! when's the course start?

[thomas.stright]

ack! when's the course start?Same thing I was thinking.....

[Rico]

i am trying to put together blocks for our drawings (hooray for finally getting some standardization :Puffy:) and have got most of them together, but im having some trouble with an interior elevation tag. yes, i know there are some OOTB, but i havent convinced my boss to make the switch over to those yet. the block needs to be able to be configurable for 1 to 4 elevations, i think it could be done with visibility states, but that would be cumbersome to have all the permutations of the 4 sides. is there a more elegant solution to this that i dont know about?

edit - attached the drawing.

i would help you with this issue, but it's specifically a part of the atp course i'm writing. if you can wait.... sign up!!

have you searched the 'Sharing' thread?
Sigh.

Chris - Until you finish your ATP thing, I'm gonna feel like I'm stepping on toes by giving the answer.

Chad - Check the Sharing thread. Both Chris and I have posted blocks like this. And once you take a look and dissect how it was done, you'll find it isn't so hard.

[Chris.N]

click 'ATP' in my sig line for jump to the ATP area....

[Chris.N]

Sigh.

Chris - Until you finish your ATP thing, I'm gonna feel like I'm stepping on toes by giving the answer.

Chad - Check the Sharing thread. Both Chris and I have posted blocks like this. And once you take a look and dissect how it was done, you'll find it isn't so hard.what do you mean, 'till you finish'.... yer always tap dancing on my tootsies.... ;)

[Rico]

what do you mean, 'till you finish'.... yer always tap dancing on my tootsies.... ;)
My first dance was the "chicken dance" .... ever see a latino guy flap his wings? not pretty. :lol:

sorry man. I'm collecting thunder and you're in the way! ;)

[.chad]

does the order attributes and paramaters are created affect how things work? i found one of the ones you guys posted, and have gotten about half the results i want from it, so im still plugging away. im also getting some odd results with hatching and vis. states, any ideas?

[Rico]

does the order attributes and paramaters are created affect how things work? i found one of the ones you guys posted, and have gotten about half the results i want from it, so im still plugging away.no, the order doesn't really matter. what matters more is what actions trigger what. Start from the most basic action - STRETCH. Then include other actions (Rotate, Scale etc) and work up. A complex DB can be broken down if you go from basic action to most complex.

If you start from the most complex spot, your head will turn.

As for your hatching problems, I've found that text can make good hatches go bad. Change the layer and turn them off or move them away with a basepoint first. Then hatch and one that's done, return the text to where it's supposed to go. Make sure that your hatching is associative and you're golden.

[Chris.N]

does the order attributes and paramaters are created affect how things work? i found one of the ones you guys posted, and have gotten about half the results i want from it, so im still plugging away. im also getting some odd results with hatching and vis. states, any ideas?in the BE, you can r.click an attribute to bring up a dialog box to re-order them if needed.