Frank
The below is a walkthrough that I generated to explain how to customize the
AEC content.
I hope you find it of some use. It is long so bear with it.
Enjoy
Rob
AEC Product Support Americas
WW Support & Services, Autodesk
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[Notes]
1. It is easiest to produce new AEC Content from existing content.
2. A clear convention is needed when naming blocks and mvblocks. In this
instance I have chosen to use lower case for the block and UPPER for the
mvblock.
3. Property Set Definitions need to be named as one word.
4. The block does not need to contain entries for each field in the Property
Set definition.
5. The format for an attribute to read a property set definition field is
PropertySetDefinition:PropertyName
6. To apply property set definition data, we need to use a tag that attaches
to an entity in the drawing
[Solution]
Open the drawing \.\Schedules\Room & Finish Tags\Space Tag.dwg.
Save the drawing as \.\Schedules\Room & Finish Tags\Room Use Tag.dwg
Creating the Property Set Definition.
1. From Documentation, Schedule Data, Property Set Definitions, select New
and call it RoomUse.
2. Edit the RoomUse definition. On the Applies To tab, set it to Block
Reference.
3. In the Definition tab, create all the required fields.
E.g. Name Description Auto Type
NAME Room Occupant No Text
WKSTN Workstation number No Text
TEL Telephone number No Text etc.
Complete this for all data to be associated with the tag. When done click
OK to return to the main Property Set Definitions dialog box.
4. Once the Property Set Definition is complete is needs to be exported to
the file PropertySetDefs.dwg Click Import/Export and then click Open and
browse to \..\Schedules\PropertySetDefs.dwg. Select RoomUse from Current
drawing and click Export. Click Ok, and yes to save changes.
Creating the Room Use Tag block.
1. Explode the Space Tag block
2. Ddedit the attribute NAME:OBJECTSTYLE to read RoomUse:NAME. Also change
the prompt and default setting.
3. Do likewise for the SPACE:NETFLOORAREA attribute, and produce the third
attribute from it.
4. The remaining entities, such as SPACE:LENGTH, can be deleted.
5. Note: Attributes for the non-visible entities will not be needed.
6. Create a block named "roomuse" selecting the required geometry and
attributes. Select the attributes in the order in which you would like them
presented.
7. From Design, Design Content, select Define Multi-View Block. Click
Purge. Select OK to purge Aec_Space_Tag
8. Back at the Define Multi-View Block dialog box, click new and name it
ROOMUSE
9. Click Edit. Descriptive information may be added if required. Click
View Blocks, select General, click Add and select the block "roomuse".
Check that only the required views are selected., e.g. Top.
10. Click Ok to confirm back out to the command prompt.
11. Purge the block Aec_Space_Tag_P from the drawing.
12. Save the drawing. Close it.
13. Open the drawing with the Read-Only button checked.
Creating the Room Use Tag as AEC Content.
1. From Design, Design Content select Create AEC Content.
2. Set content type to Custom Command.
3. Select "ROOMUSE" and click Add.
4. The command string should read as:
_AecAnnoScheduleTagAdd PropertySetDefs.dwg _Symbol ROOMUSE _Leader None
_Dimstyle Current
Select Next.
5. In the next screen, select the layer key, e.g. ROOMNO. For the scale,
select annotation scaling,. The "Content Creation - Scaling" section of
AutoCAD's online help has more information on this. Select Next.
6. For the filename, browse to the \Schedules\ Room & Finish Tags\ folder
and save Room Use Tag.dwg. Enter any description that you might wish to see
in Design Center. To set the correct icon for the tag, click Default Icon.
Click Finish.
Creating a Room Block
1. Create a new drawing from scratch.
2. Create a layer RU.
3. Set the color and linetype of the layer to suit your taste. Check the
plotter icon such that it appears with a no access icon, indicating that it
will not print. Set the layer current.
4. Draw a circle of radius ½", centered at 0,0. (This is a suggested value,
to be unobtrusive. A larger value may be desired for clarity on screen)
5. Create a block, called RU, of the circle. (RU for Room Use)
6. From Design, Design Content select Create AEC Content.
7. Set content type to Block. Select the block RU. Click Next twice.
(There is nothing to do on the second tab.)
8. Set the file name as .\Schedules\ Room & Finish Tags\RU.dwg. Click
Finish.
9. Close the drawing.
Testing the content
1. Start a new drawing.
2. From Documentation, Schedule Tags, Room & Finish, the Design Center
dialog box opens.
3. Select the RU block and drag it into the drawing.
4. Select the Room Use Tag, and drag it into the drawing.
5. Pick the RU block that was just inserted.
6. Enter the data as required.
7. (Verify that the RU block component resides on the ZRU layer, by freezing
it)
If everything is functioning correctly;
Creating the Room Use Tag Schedule Table.
1. Continue using the drawing from the previous section, add several Room
Use Tags.
2. From Document, Schedule Tables, Schedule Table Styles, choose New. Enter
the name Room Use.
3. Choose Edit. Within the General Tab, enter a description if desired.
4. On the Applies To tab, choose Clear All and select Multi-View Block
Reference
5. The Columns Tab allows you to setup and arrange the layout of the table
as desired.
6. The Sorting, Layout and Display Props tabs enable you to control the
finer points of the generation of the schedule table.
Content Creation - Scaling
Defines the scale factor applied to custom AEC content as it is inserted.
Only one of the options may be selected at any time. The default XYZ scale
is 1,1,1. The default Additional Scaling is None.
Three types of scaling are used to scale AEC content. The first type of
scaling, ADT Unit scaling, scales content based on the drawing units defined
by the Set Drawing Scale command. No setting for scale is required when the
drawing units of the content and target drawing match. This scaling can be
turned off through the Create AEC Content dialog box. To avoid duplicate
unit scaling, AEC content drawings should set AutoCAD DesignCenter Insert
Units to the value Unitless. This setting is governed by the new system
variable INSUNITS.
Note: Architectural Desktop unit scaling scales block and dictionary
definitions, not block references. AEC content requires this type of
scaling. It does not work with AutoCAD DesignCenter Insert Unit scaling,
which scales only block references.
The second type of scale is a content-specific XYZ scale factor defined with
each AEC content item. The default is 1,1,1 and is specified in the Create
AEC Content dialog box.
The third type of scale specifies whether the Drawing Scale or the
Annotation Scale of the target drawing should be uniformly applied to each
content item. These last two scales work together and are used to define the
scale of the content reference in the target drawing. (The content
definition is scaled by Architectural Desktop unit scaling when it is added
to the target drawing.)
Drawing scale is specified by the Set Drawing Scale command. A typical
imperial Drawing Scale is 1/8" = 1'-0", which results in a scale factor of
96. A typical metric drawing scale is 1:100, which results in a scale factor
of 100. Unit conversion must be defined and turned on for drawings using
Drawing Scale.
The annotation scale is used for content that must appear on a plotted sheet
whose size is set by Annotation Plot Size. Annotation Plot Size is also
specified by the Set Drawing Scale command. This scaling converts one unit
in the content drawing to Annotation Plot Size units on the plotted sheet.
This scale consists of Annotation Plot Size units times the Drawing Scale
factor. For example, content inserted in a drawing with Annotation Plot Size
of ¼" and Drawing Scale of 1/8" = 1'-0" is created at a height of 24" (¼" *
96 = 24"). Note that unit conversion must be turned off for drawings using
Annotation Scale.
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