[Vince]

Happy New Year to you too Dave!

[Vince]

And to you too Dave!

[Vince]

I seem to recall having the same problem when I first started looking at my drainage workflow.

Not being able to reference the results of a calculated custom column was also an issue I discovered at that time.

[Vince]

@David Cutler I’ve just started looking at using the typewriter for adding details to take-offs instead of using text boxes. I’m hoping this will be easier for the end user and a bit more friendly for getting the information into Excel.

Still early days at the moment though.

[Vince]

If you are trying to markup all of the cutouts with the same ‘fill’ item then, if you press the Shift key as you paste over the first area then all the cutouts will be filled automatically.

[Vince]

Thanks @lizlarsen

I’ve got Revu 21 and University has been working fine for the last month or so. I think the first time I used it it was a case of simply clicking on the link under the Help menu.

But for some reason I am now being asked for an Access Code.

Thanks for sending the code from XCON but I think I’ll get on to Bluebeam directly to get this sorted out.

[Vince]

All good ideas @David Cutler – no doubt I will work through them all to see what works best.

[Vince]

Hi @Liz. I tend to work with multipage files as @David Cutler does.

For measuring groundworks this is typically somewhere between 5 and 50 pages at a time. However, the workflow that I am looking at now is for Brickwork and Scaffolding and may involve in excess of 500 pages if I want to keep all of the information in one location. Not every page would need a form though. There are probably 5 to 10 drawings per housetype and only one form would be needed for each of these types.

The great thing about using Power Query is that it can pull information in from different sources. This means that if I can get the forms working, I could merge and export that data to one csv file and then have another one for the markup list info.

[Vince]

Hi @David Cutler – the problem with grouping markups is that you lose the details when you export to the csv file. But I am currently looking at named individual text boxes as a possible solution.

[Vince]

Hi @Liz

I’m still playing about with this one at the moment so am not 100% sure of what the actual content will be. However, I do know that the forms will all be a standard format once finalised.

My next big issue is that I want to place the Forms within Spaces in order that I can automatically allocate the content of the form, along with any measures, when I get to Power Query.

I know I’m not explaining this very well at the moment but hopefully I’ll be able to show what I mean in a week or two.

[Vince]

That’s great @David Cutler ! I’ll definitely have a play about with this feature!

[Vince]

I could at @David Cutler but it would appear that each form would need to be exported individually which won’t work for me as I could have hundreds of them.

I’ll keep looking for another solution. 😃

[Vince]

I’ve found how to export the data for individual forms but unfortunately this won’t work for the workflow that I was looking at.

Oh well, time to look for another solution.

[Vince]

I’m discovering the same things @David Cutler !

I have saved “Plot ” to one of my toolboxes. That way when I add it to a Space, I can then just add the actually plot details. I will also create others for “Garages “, “Flats “, etc..

I’ve made the text quite large, background colour black and the font is white and bold – this will stand out from everything else on the page.

[Vince]

@David Cutler – I’m looking to just use the typewriter to enter some details within a Space. I can then use that info within Power Query to allocate everything within that space to the overall project.