Rectangular to Round Takeoff

[Anonymous]

I am looking for a duct takeoff that at the main duct is rectangular and transitions to round within the fitting itself to the branch duct. It seems this is a fairly common fitting that we would probably use quite a bit. Is there a way to add this type of fitting as a takeoff option?

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I'm not sure this is what you are after but it is possible to start your
connection with a rectangular beveled tap and pull off the side of the main
duct just far enough to get the tap but no duct and then change the duct to
round before dismissing the add duct tool and you get a rect. to round
transition and round duct.

Kind Regards,

Ken Spicer

wrote in message news:5434051@discussion.autodesk.com...
I am looking for a duct takeoff that at the main duct is rectangular and
transitions to round within the fitting itself to the branch duct. It seems
this is a fairly common fitting that we would probably use quite a bit. Is
there a way to add this type of fitting as a takeoff option?

[Anonymous]

A rectangular to round loloss takeoff was posted a while back. I'll
attach a jpg to this message and a zip file containing the dwg, bmp, and
xml in a followup. I hope this works for you.

[Anonymous]

A special thanks to Simon Jones of Autodesk who originally constructed
and posted this. If I remember correctly his original was metric so
search the newsgroup if you need metric. This one is imperial.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much. You made my year...

[Anonymous]

You're welcome. Glad to help.

gduperry wrote:
> Thanks so much. You made my year...

[Anonymous]

One more issue though. When catalog regens I get this error.

ERROR: Round\Takeoffs\Rectangular to Round 45 Degree Takeoff Imperial.xml --> Catalog update failed (unable to extract minimum part entry data set)

[Anonymous]

Open the XML file in your favorite text editor and take a gander at the
``Recipe''.

I see some other errors in there, but i bet if you fix that one, you should
be good to go.



wrote in message news:5435726@discussion.autodesk.com...
One more issue though. When catalog regens I get this error.

ERROR: Round\Takeoffs\Rectangular to Round 45 Degree Takeoff
Imperial.xml --> Catalog update failed (unable to extract minimum part entry
data set)

[Anonymous]

I got it. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

No problem.


wrote in message news:5435750@discussion.autodesk.com...
I got it. Thanks.

[vicki_gish]

A coworker who builds our MvParts tried to add this part to our catalog and got this same error, but he (nor I) understand how to actually fix the error. What specifically do you mean by "take a gander at the 'Recipe' " and fix it? He opened the XML but doesn't know what to do with it.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Hello VikiBG,

Specificaly:
o Open the file with a _TEXT_ editor and change the Recipe tag.

Generaly helpfull:
o A ``Text editor'' is (See there ---->): [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editor ]
o An XML file is basicly just a text file (like an HTML file is) and you
can edit it
using a text editor.
o I have attached some files for you. These should work. I have also
included
``TakeAGander.png'' *lol* just for kicks (that's my Text Editor--[
http://www.vim.org/about.php ]).

Hope i was able to help.


wrote in message news:5455813@discussion.autodesk.com...
A coworker who builds our MvParts tried to add this part to our catalog and
got this same error, but he (nor I) understand how to actually fix the
error. What specifically do you mean by "take a gander at the 'Recipe' " and
fix it? He opened the XML but doesn't know what to do with it.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Sharing this MVPart just saved me hours of creation time.

THANK YOU !!!!

[vicki_gish]

Hello Se7en,

Thank you for your feedback. The coworker who added this part to our catalog figured out how to fix the problem. I appreciate your help.

VickiBG

[vicki_gish]

OK, I take back my last post...my coworker didn't figure out how to fix this. We understand what an xml file and text editor are, but specifically what do you mean by "change the recipe tag". Change it to what?

Thanks again for any help.

VickiBG

[Anonymous]

Viki, just go back to my last post, i gave you the corrected files.



wrote in message news:5462807@discussion.autodesk.com...
OK, I take back my last post...my coworker didn't figure out how to fix
this. We understand what an xml file and text editor are, but specifically
what do you mean by "change the recipe tag". Change it to what?

Thanks again for any help.

VickiBG

[vicki_gish]

I'm sorry, I didn't see that attachment. I will take a look. Thanks again for all your help!

VickiBG

[Anonymous]

No problem, just gald i could help.

wrote in message news:5464417@discussion.autodesk.com...
I'm sorry, I didn't see that attachment. I will take a look. Thanks again
for all your help!

VickiBG

[Anonymous]

Does this work with ABS 2007, or am I the only edit that doesn't get how to edit this file?

[minhhieu12091995]

Please help me, I using Autocad MEP 2021 Metric, How can I input this data?