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Mtext custom field in SSM

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:15:04 GMT

Hi everyone,

My name is Amit. I am an Architect. I am new to this place and this is my first post here.

I consider myself a moderate level user of AutoCAD. Most of my drawings related issues have been taken care by me till date with the help of online forums etc. but recently I have stumbled upon a unique issue which I could not find a solution. I am trying to create a custom sheet set property named "00 general notes". While all other custom properties are normal (typically a single line length), the general notes custom property intended to be multi-line with its own formattings (auto-numbering, paragraphs indents etc)

the idea is that the general notes of the entire sheet set can be updated in one go. I have no idea how it is possible?

I have attached the sheet set DST file here for reference. any help is highly appreciated.

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

natasha.l — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:42:31 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

Thank you for posting & welcome to the forums. 🙂

When you get a sec can you please send a screenshot of what exactly you are referring too or explain further after watching this video. Maybe you are trying to create a "general notes" template with fields?

Please try to etransmit your Sheet Set, the .dst file only provides limited information a skeleton of the sheet set package.

Please "Accept Solution" if a reply or replies have helped resolve the issue or answered your question, to help others in the community.

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

JTBWorld — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:29:05 GMT

So far Sheet Set Manager properties are not supporting special formatting.

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:50:41 GMT

thank you Natasha & JTBworld for such quick response.

I think JTBworld has understood what I was trying to achieve and has pretty much confirmed what I was already expecting.

JTBworld - I have admired your contribution to the AutoCAD and your attempt to the feature enhancement within AutoCAD. I especially loved your plugin SSMpropeditor. maybe you can do something about the issue I raised in your future release of the plugin. 😉

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

JTBWorld — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:56:52 GMT

Good to hear. What issue did you have in mind?

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:18:57 GMT

Making Sheet Set Manager properties supporting special formatting.

Re: Mtext custom field in SSM

JTBWorld — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:02:20 GMT

Got it. Unfortunately only Autodesk themselves can add this specific feature to the Sheet Set Manager as it would involve things that a 3rd party developer can't modify or improve upon.