I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my first
reply.
What I was trying to say was that you can do a
couple of things to count the devices in the drawing.
a. You can set up schedule tables that count your
devices and have them presented in your drawing. If you just want them for
reference you can just delete them after you have used them.
b. Or you can run a script that I put together that
creates a txt file which lists all the devices in the dwg.
I'll try and describe the procedures as detailed as
possible, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
commands to write on the command line in
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a.
While it may look like big task to set up the
schedule tables it's quite easy and you can later on reuse these settings in
other dwg's by just copying the property sets and schedule table styles to every
new drawing, or save them in your template dwg.
1. aecstylemanager, look for Property Set
Definitions in the left pane, right-click and select NEW. Name it to something
appropriate such as Device.
2. Select the new Property set in the right pane,
right-click and select Edit
3. Select the tab Applies To, Click Clear all,
scroll down in the all objects list and select Device
4. Change too Definition Tab, Click on Add
Automatic.... Select Style and Click OK, Click on Add Automatic...
again Select System and Click OK
5. Click OK, (We have now created a property set
that can be attached to devices)
6. Still in the Style Manager, look for Schedule
Table Styles, Right-Click and select New and name it to something appropriate
such as Device Schedule.
7. Right-Click on the New Style and select
Edit...
8. Select the
tab Applies To, Click Clear all, scroll down in the all objects list and select
Device
9. Select the Columns Tab and Select the Include
Quantity Column.
10. Click Add Column...
select Style (probably selected by default) in the left hand side and
click OK, then Click Add Column... again and select System and Click
OK.
11. Click OK. (We have now created the schedule
style which includes Quantity, Style and System on devices)
12. Return to your dwg (select ok to exit the style
manager.)
13. Select all devices (for ex use Ctrl+a,
and right-click and choose quick select, select device in the dropdown
and hit ok.
14. When you have all devices selected;
right-click and select Device Properties.
15. In the General Tab Click Property Sets...,
Click Add... (you should now see the name of the Property Set you created) make
sure your property set is selected and click ok, then ok and ok.
We have now Attached the property sets to our
devices (you will have to add property sets to every additional device you
insert to the drawing but you can always select all devices and add again to
make sure you have added them to all devices)
16. tableadd, Select your Schedule table
style and select the Add New objects automatically and Automatic Update.
OK.
17. Select the whole dwg surface, Place The
schedule.
If you save this dwg, you can through the
aecstylemanager copy and paste the table style and Property set
definitions into other dwg's.
b.
1. Get my ElecCount.zip file from the
autodesk.autocad.customer-files (Under DEVICE COUNT header) unzip it and save
the ElecCount.dvb file somewhere.
2. vbaload, browse to the file and load
it. (if a question comes up about running macros select Enable
Macros)
3. vbarun, Run.
4. Select Save As.. and navigate somewhere
where you want to save the txt file.
5. Quit the Script and look at the txt file.
If you rather would like to have the # of devices
presented in a dialog box or something let me know and I'll see what I can
do.
Thanks
/Hakan
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Not
to sound ignorant, I just started using "Building Systems" and I have no idea
how to do what you are sugesting, but it sounds like there is no easy way to
count devices in a drawing. I dont need to put this info into a table, but I
need it to get a basic count for reference. The only other way that I know of
is to print out the drawing and count each individual device. This can take
hours and there is the possibility of missing a
couple.
