Advance Steel custom commands-share your ideas

[acbsdesign]

Hello,

It will be nice to learn more about custom commands / combination of Autocad and Advance Steel commands improving productivity. 

To colleagues willing to share-Thank you.

Here is a tiny example:

"Hide parts with identical numbers"-used when parts are detailed using drawings styles.

^C^C_AstM5equalpartsMarkSame \;AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects ;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

And another one:

"Hide Similar Advance Steel Objects":

^C^C_SelectSimilar \;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

Regards, 

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

Should be this command:
_AstM4CommModelSelection;HAVEDETAILS;1;1;0;_AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects;_AstM4SwitchReprMode;off;

The part with "HAVEDETAILS" had to be replaced with the name of the querry which you save.

[Matrix-Software · Accepted solution]

Thanks Sebastian,
I changed it to _AstM4CommModelSelection; HAVEDETAILS;1;1;0;_AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects;_AstM10ViewSelObjects HIDEASSEMBLY;
And it works as it should be.

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

What we forgot: maybe an "unmark" would be good. because if we use the hide commands, the marking will be there, this could be a problem for the next commands.
So I would add: _AstM4CommUnmarkObjects

[acbsdesign]

Hi, To summarize the 3 latest posts:

Isolate Assemblies to be detailed (or hide detailed assemblies):

ASSEMBLIESTOBEDETAILED entered as a name in queries:

_AstM4CommModelSelection;ASSEMBLIESTOBEDETAILED;1;1;0;_AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects;_AstM10ViewSelObjects HIDEASSEMBLY;_AstM4CommUnmarkObjects;graphscr;redraw;

Thank you @Sebastian_Eiche  and @Matrix-Software 

[bigcarl5000kg]

great stuff 🤘

[acbsdesign]

@bigcarl5000kg  Nothing can beat the power of users when working together. 

[bigcarl5000kg]

one-for-all, all-for-one 

[Yogesh.Indalkar]

@acbsdesign @Sebastian_Eiche 

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Hello experts, 

When I save this custom command in my CUI. 

I found that whenever I press control +S ( save ) my cad drawing gets close. 

Is there any way to use this command for detail drawings only not for CAD model file. ? 

[Yogesh.Indalkar]

Hello all AS  experts here, 

I have created few custom commands in my Ribbon & tool pallet. 

Now I want to add those commands into my right mouse button shortcut. 

Is there any way to do so?? 

[Matrix-Software]

You van do it for instance here:

[Yogesh.Indalkar]

@Matrix-Software Thank you for your prompt reply.

I have attached one snap in which one cad model is open & 8 panel drawings are open.

Whenever I close any detail drawing then it ask me YES or No to save it.

I want to save it by default whenever I close any drawing without any popup.

Thanks in advance.

[Yogesh.Indalkar]

Hello all AS  experts here, 

I have created few custom commands in my Ribbon & tool pallet. 

Now I want to replicate them in my other Team-mates Computer systems. 

Is there any quick way to do so?? 

Refer attached snap.

[acbsdesign]

Something that may help users who have the same problem as I do: when shear plates and stiffeners have the same geometry on both sides of a beam, only the N/S gets labeled.

So I did change their representation in Beam Front View for N/S to be Visible only, and left the F/S to be visible Hidden

Labeling Strategy for F/S-I use the old method:

This is for N/S (per Area):

And the result is:

Happy Friday.

[livewirefabrication]

Hello all,

I was watching a video on youtube by EIRCAD (Adrian Mangan) and he referenced a compiled list of the custom commands the brilliant minds here have amassed amidst all of these posts. Can anyone please drop a link to this compiled list so I can start customizing my workspace and maximizing my output?

Thanks,

Eric S-K

[Jonathan3891]

Look through this thread and you'll find them.

[acbsdesign]

@livewirefabrication 

The above-referenced person is all "copy and paste" piece of work.

He should not be allowed to do that, but it is what it is. 

The world sucks anyway, another $ucker does not make a huge difference.

There are a few posts with summarized commands, but best if you go through all.

Have a great day.

[livewirefabrication]

Ok! thank you!

[bigcarl5000kg · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,

one LISP for opening a group before editing / closing a group after editing, if someone uses standard AutoCAD groups in Advance Steel, or for editing such groups in eg. more complex Advance Steel object templates (drawing BOMs, etc.).

Command: GG (or individual after change of the LISP content)

It changes the value of PICKSTYLE between 1 and 0 and allows editing of individual objects in the group.

Have a nice weekend

[dave_conibear]

All.........good afternoon

I am trying to create a custom command that will essentially select and show only AS objects (ie no construction lines etc etc)......It's a combination of select all AS objects 

show only selected items

This is my command line that doesn't work

Could someone help with a correction please

thanks

[markhubrich]

Does anyone happen to have a custom command to select all bolts and make them solid representation? Same for anchors. Quite often bolts and anchors will go into "stick figure" for no apparent reason.