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Overall conduit length, end to end including fittings???

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Message 1 of 45
mike.gustus
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Overall conduit length, end to end including fittings???

Is there an easy way to do this? I would like to be able to "Select connected branch" on a conduit and have it give me an end to end length.

Thanks.
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Message 21 of 45

Awesome Martin YOU DA MAN!!  THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! It seems writing code just comes so naturally for you.  I LIKE THAT!!!

 

Since it seems you have already taken the time to write this do you think this could/will be incorporated into MEP?  We in the electrical industry would really appreciate it.  The program you wrote takes us a step closer to what M&P can do.  Couple your program with some of the suggestions here along with a vision and you have a super powerhouse program that would allow you to estimate, fabricate & build just as your detailing. 

 

I'm excited to see your program implemented.  Seems you know what we are looking for, but if I could provide any insight, just let me know.

 

Smiley Very Happy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message 22 of 45

Nice Job Martin!!

With the "ConduitRunLengthAll" command,  Is there any way to match the different runs to the output of the command?

For instance how do I know which conduit run is "Run: 4CF88"

When selecting the run, or a part of it, I don't see anything in properties anywhere.

 

Thank you Martin, your the electrcal contractors hero!

Message 23 of 45

You can do something like:

 


Command: z ZOOM
Specify corner of window, enter a scale factor (nX or nXP), or
[All/Center/Dynamic/Extents/Previous/Scale/Window/Object] <real time>: ob

Select objects: (handent "121B6")
<Entity name: 7ffff77d4e0>
1 found

 



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 24 of 45
wethead
in reply to: Martin__Schmid

This is exactly what I have been looking for, except for use measuring piping runs.

 

Is there already a mechanism for doing that?

 

Can this app be altere to measure pipe and fittings?

 

Thanks

Message 25 of 45
Martin__Schmid
in reply to: wethead

I've made some minor modifications which should make this work for pipe, duct, and cable tray as well.  The commands have been changed to simply:

RunLength

RunLengthAll

 

 



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 26 of 45

Note that only length for conduit elbows are computed... duct, pipe, and cable tray runs exclude the lengths along the elbows (or other fittings such as flanges, etc., along the run).



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 27 of 45
wethead
in reply to: Martin__Schmid

Martin,

 

Thank you so much.

 

This is definitely a timesaver.

 

Not to be greedy, but how hard would it be to have the output calculation return in feet?

 

I see someone expressed this desire earlier.

 

Regards,

 

Wethead

Message 28 of 45
Martin__Schmid
in reply to: wethead

it would be fairly easy to do, assuming all users are using Imperial (just divide the result by 12)... but I wouldn't make that assumption... so it gets a little more complex to react to multiple users' preferences... i.e., most imperial users would likely want feet, but metric users would sometimes want mm, other times m (in either case, the solution is *not* dividing by 12... and therefore, is a bit more complex considering all 'types' of users).

 



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 29 of 45
wethead
in reply to: optimus_said_what

Next on my wish list is a property set definition that gives the result of the runlength command.

 

Perhaps there is already a way to do this.

 

I would like to be able to schedule the total length of a pipe run.  Is there already a prop set definition or other method to accomplish this?

 

Thanks,

 

Wethead

Message 30 of 45

Well done Martin.

Ran first time right out of the box

conduit stays highlighted after command-I regen to complete or lose highlighting...is there a better way?

Message 31 of 45

Try OBJRELUPDATE <enter, for all>, at the command line while they are highlighted?



Joshua Benoist, PE
Senior Premium Services Specialist
Global Services
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 32 of 45

HI Dave... the highlighting is intentional, just to show you what it picked up as the run.  You can do a simple redraw (RE) to remove it.



Martin Schmid
Product Line Manager
Mechanical Detailing and Electrical Design
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 33 of 45
plot1
in reply to: Martin__Schmid

Got it

Thank you!

Message 34 of 45
ward6176
in reply to: plot1

This is a great tool.

I just found it and the runlength command works great but I am getting a 'unknown command' for the runlengthall command. I have miles of conduit and selecting 1 at a time is not an option; I need to be able to select all. But I am not complaining my friend, just sayin.

I am currently running MEP 2012 and 2013. I tried this on 2012.

 

Any chance this makes it into a official release? and scheduled?

Message 35 of 45
g808lee
in reply to: mike.gustus

Thank You Martin,

 

This is an awesome tool for a electrician learning to be a detailer!

Message 36 of 45
filso
in reply to: Martin__Schmid

I don't get the RunLenght option in the command line using Autocad 2014 Smiley Sad

 

autocad line.jpg

 

 

Message 37 of 45
Tom_Eitelbach
in reply to: filso

I works great for my AMEP 2014. I don't think it can work for ACAD of any year.

Message 38 of 45
M4SSIV3CAD
in reply to: Martin__Schmid

HELLO MARTIN!

 

hope you are doing well!

 

i was wondering if your RUNLENGTHALL program works in AC 2016 MEP?

 

When i load your program it is asking for a start and end entity just like the built in RUNLENGTH command. my problem is that my runs are long and my "end entity" is off screen. i cant find my "end entity" by doing a "show connected run" or "select custom branches" because the selection doesnt feed into the RUNLENGTHALL program, unless i am doing something wrong.

 

i have so many runs, its like spaghetti, and some times i cant even find the end entity without doing a "show connected run" or "select custom branches"

 

please help me if you can! i need a way to figure out specific run lengths  for my boss!

 

thank you!   .

Message 39 of 45
ward6176
in reply to: M4SSIV3CAD

Use the autocad MEP command
BOMTABLES

Thank you.

Jeffrey A. Ward
John A. Penney Co., Inc.
617-547-7744
Message 40 of 45
M4SSIV3CAD
in reply to: ward6176

as far as i know BOMTABLES produces a schedule listing all runs, but can it tell me the length of specific runs?

 

in that case i would have to label all of the runs, correct?

 

and it would output the length of the run next to the run name in the schedule, right?

 

im not familiar with naming runs in a way that could be output to a schedule, is it in the properties?

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