Troy DeGroot
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Troy DeGroot
MemberDecember 19, 2024 at 11:42 am in reply to: What type of line measurement markups do you use?Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIIGreat post @DavidCutler
Each line or measurement tool has its purpose.
- Lines and Polylines are just that, no data like you said
- Perimeter measurement tool I use specifically for Wall Area, you can give the line a depth.
- PolyLength measurement is used for flat linear measurement, bonus if you add a rise/drop
- Polyline Sketch to Scale is great for drawing linear lines accurately, but it should actually be called a Perimeter Sketch to Scale because you can add a depth, but not a rise/drop. I also have a really hard time getting the Sketch to Scale PolyLength tool to stop when I’m done. You have to remain perfectly still when you double-click otherwise you get another short line segment. I don’t use these often.
As for line weight, it depends on what I’m doing. In general, I don’t use thicker than 2. But in some cases like storefront mullions and jambs, I might make them as thick as the mullion so it colors them in like a thick highlighter used in paper workflows. It all depends on the existing workflows of the customer, I try to mimic existing workflows as much as possible.
On a side note: I pretty much have my lineweights diabled 100% of the time. I find when I use Dynamic Fill, it stops at the edge of the line thickness rather than the actual line center like it should.
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MemberNovember 25, 2024 at 3:42 pm in reply to: Added custom columns and Revu moved my data!Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIICustom columns are always a challenge when you first start using them because the columns that live in the PDF override the Profile custom columns. It’s interesting that your tools perform differently, I haven’t see that one. Typically the information is either there or not depending on if the column is there or not. @Vince has a great test idea. I hope the issue just goes away as you use your standard tools and now standard custom columns going forward.
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Is this an issue only from Bluebeam?
Outside of Bluebeam, if you look at your printer settings, is there a half-tone setting turned on, maybe?
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MemberNovember 7, 2024 at 10:38 am in reply to: Privacy – Permanently locking a flattened documentPoints: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIIGreat question @bailey-smith , welcome to the Brainery Community.
And just the solution I was going to suggest @Doug McLean , thank you as always
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I typically teach companies to have a template folder structure with template files on the network so you can upload that to each new Studio Project. Especially with Digital Dashboards. I think you have to download and upload if you want to pull from one to another.
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I was curious if maybe you needed to bump the PLLength parameter above the PLWeight parameter in the list to match the order in the formula. I know you have to have the list of parameters in the order of operations or they don’t work. It has to figure out one thing before it can insert that information into the next step.
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MemberDecember 21, 2024 at 9:40 pm in reply to: Workflow “Quality Control” – what’s your process?Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIII figured.
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MemberDecember 19, 2024 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Workflow “Quality Control” – what’s your process?Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIII assume Places would be just as tricky?
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Great use case @DavidCutler bringing the contours to a different sheet. Creating linestyles is a little clunky as you said, it takes some practice, and it helps if you do it more than once every 6 years (in my case).
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MemberDecember 19, 2024 at 11:19 am in reply to: Workflow “Quality Control” – what’s your process?Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt III@Doug McLean do you ever Edit Action on the symbol and create a hyperlink to the space on the other sheet? You could do one in each view to reference back & forth making navigation quicker….. Maybe, just a thought.
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Once you get all the vertical lines drawn, copy the group and rotate to quickly build the horizontal lines and complete your grid. Then yes, you would have to trim them all. You could group the entire grid and save it to your toolchest for next time.
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MemberNovember 25, 2024 at 5:45 pm in reply to: Added custom columns and Revu moved my data!Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIIYes, you would need to import the new custom column file into the template. Or create a script to import the layers and custom column file.
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I agree 100% @Vince
It’s also think the existing lines on the drawing should update when you make an update to the line style. It’s weird you have to go to the properties and reselect the same line style for it to update. Just a programing obsticle I’m sure.
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MemberNovember 7, 2024 at 9:59 am in reply to: Just when I thought I had it all figured out!Points: 23,749Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt IIIUnfortunately, the same issue occurs with those custom labels in a Legend. Like everything else, there are great tools, but they have rules and limitations. I created some successful custom labels for a presentation at a steel detailing conference in September.
On a side note, I think this feature was added several updates ago, but the dropdown menu you mentioned must be new in this latest release, I haven’t updated yet.
Thanks for the post @DavidCutler
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