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Anonymous
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‎06-11-2003 02:41 AM
‎06-11-2003 02:41 AM

Scheduling from multiple drawings

Any advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple drawings??? When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we generaly have a seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes even a seperate one for the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety precausion & it make it easier to have more than one person working on a project at a time.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎06-11-2003 03:04 AM
‎06-11-2003 03:04 AM

In release 3 and I assume it's the same in 2004 you
could xref the drawing sheets into your schedule sheet and then run the schedule
tables

here is what is says in the help menu in
r3

When adding a schedule table that must scan Xrefs or blocks,
use a layer filter that includes both the name of the layer that the Xref or
block is on, and the name of the layer of the object inside the Xref or block.
You can separate multiple layer wildcards with a comma.


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Any
advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple drawings???
When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we generaly have a
seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes even a seperate one for
the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety precausion & it make it easier
to have more than one person working on a project at a
time.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎06-11-2003 10:20 PM
‎06-11-2003 10:20 PM

The process you describe is correct. However, there
are some new enhancements to the scheduling functionality.

 

For example, you can now schedule an external dwg
file.  In other words, instead of Xrefing the dwg sheets into the schedule
sheet, you can simply xref them together into their own dwg. You can then place
the schedule where ever you want it (seperate sheet?) and tell it to schedule
the contents of the other dwg file without needing to xref.

 

Also, you can use the classification filter to
specify which devices need to be scheduled instead of relying on
layers.

 

Cheers,

 

Julian

 

 


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In release 3 and I assume it's the same in 2004
you could xref the drawing sheets into your schedule sheet and then run the
schedule tables

here is what is says in the help menu in
r3

When adding a schedule table that must scan Xrefs or
blocks, use a layer filter that includes both the name of the layer that the
Xref or block is on, and the name of the layer of the object inside the Xref
or block. You can separate multiple layer wildcards with a comma.


name="" nid="8">

 



style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Any
advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple
drawings??? When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we generaly
have a seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes even a seperate
one for the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety precausion & it make
it easier to have more than one person working on a project at a
time.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎06-11-2003 11:18 PM
‎06-11-2003 11:18 PM

Thanks Julian

Is there anything written(brain dump) that explains
the whole property set, classification and scheduling process for
2004


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

The process you describe is correct. However,
there are some new enhancements to the scheduling functionality.

 

For example, you can now schedule an external dwg
file.  In other words, instead of Xrefing the dwg sheets into the
schedule sheet, you can simply xref them together into their own dwg. You can
then place the schedule where ever you want it (seperate sheet?) and tell it
to schedule the contents of the other dwg file without needing to
xref.

 

Also, you can use the classification filter to
specify which devices need to be scheduled instead of relying on
layers.

 

Cheers,

 

Julian

 

 


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

In release 3 and I assume it's the same in 2004
you could xref the drawing sheets into your schedule sheet and then run the
schedule tables

here is what is says in the help menu in
r3

When adding a schedule table that must scan Xrefs or
blocks, use a layer filter that includes both the name of the layer that the
Xref or block is on, and the name of the layer of the object inside the Xref
or block. You can separate multiple layer wildcards with a comma.


name="" nid="8">

 



style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Any
advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple
drawings??? When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we
generaly have a seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes even
a seperate one for the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety precausion
& it make it easier to have more than one person working on a project
at a time.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎06-11-2003 11:58 PM
‎06-11-2003 11:58 PM

Hmm...I'm not sure...I know that Scott Arvin posted
a brain dump on Scheduling but it may have been focused on the new Formula
Property Definitions.  It's posted on the
autodesk.aec.arch-desktop.customer-gallery newsgroup.

 

You should aslo take a look in the help file as it
is very robust in the 2004 releases and try searching the arch-desktop2004
newsgroup as well since this is a feature common to both ADT &
ABS.

 

Of course, you can always post questions to the
newsgroup and we'll all be answering.

 

Cheers,

 

Julian


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Thanks Julian

Is there anything written(brain dump) that
explains the whole property set, classification and scheduling process for
2004


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

The process you describe is correct. However,
there are some new enhancements to the scheduling functionality.

 

For example, you can now schedule an external
dwg file.  In other words, instead of Xrefing the dwg sheets into the
schedule sheet, you can simply xref them together into their own dwg. You
can then place the schedule where ever you want it (seperate sheet?) and
tell it to schedule the contents of the other dwg file without needing to
xref.

 

Also, you can use the classification filter to
specify which devices need to be scheduled instead of relying on
layers.

 

Cheers,

 

Julian

 

 


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

In release 3 and I assume it's the same in
2004 you could xref the drawing sheets into your schedule sheet and then
run the schedule tables

here is what is says in the help menu in
r3

When adding a schedule table that must scan Xrefs or
blocks, use a layer filter that includes both the name of the layer that
the Xref or block is on, and the name of the layer of the object inside
the Xref or block. You can separate multiple layer wildcards with a comma.


 



style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Any
advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple
drawings??? When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we
generaly have a seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes
even a seperate one for the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety
precausion & it make it easier to have more than one person working
on a project at a
time.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎06-15-2003 06:20 PM
‎06-15-2003 06:20 PM

Hi John,

 

There is one feature regarding classification,
specific to ABS, that may be useful for you. When objects like MvParts, Device
or Fittings are added to the drawing they are automatically classified; a device
is for instance classified with the device type on the style. Insert a
device, edit the style and go to the classification page to see device type.
This classification can be used in the display configuration (to show or hide
different device types) or when creating a schedule (you can configure a
schedule table style to only apply to devices of a certain device
type).

 

 

 

/Bosse

 


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Thanks Julian

Is there anything written(brain dump) that
explains the whole property set, classification and scheduling process for
2004


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

The process you describe is correct. However,
there are some new enhancements to the scheduling functionality.

 

For example, you can now schedule an external
dwg file.  In other words, instead of Xrefing the dwg sheets into the
schedule sheet, you can simply xref them together into their own dwg. You
can then place the schedule where ever you want it (seperate sheet?) and
tell it to schedule the contents of the other dwg file without needing to
xref.

 

Also, you can use the classification filter to
specify which devices need to be scheduled instead of relying on
layers.

 

Cheers,

 

Julian

 

 


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

In release 3 and I assume it's the same in
2004 you could xref the drawing sheets into your schedule sheet and then
run the schedule tables

here is what is says in the help menu in
r3

When adding a schedule table that must scan Xrefs or
blocks, use a layer filter that includes both the name of the layer that
the Xref or block is on, and the name of the layer of the object inside
the Xref or block. You can separate multiple layer wildcards with a comma.


 



style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Any
advice on creating one schedule for equipment located on multiple
drawings??? When designing a system for a multi-floor building, we
generaly have a seperate drawing file for each floor, & sometimes
even a seperate one for the schedule sheet. We do this as a safety
precausion & it make it easier to have more than one person working
on a project at a
time.
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