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Hi! I'm wondering if it's possible to retrieve columns coordinates and then list them in a schedule table? Thanks /Christopher
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Sorry, RAC 2008 /Christopher
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don't think that can be done. you can use the spot coordinate to show their position put i think thats about it.
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Anyone know if this is possible in 2011?
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I believe you can schedule their grid location if those are the coordinates you are asking about.
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Right, I forgot about that. However, I do need their XY locations for our schedule. Can anyone think of a way to use a formula with the grid locations in order to get those?
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i'm just throwing this out there, but maybe you could use reporting parameters and then drag a marker point in each of the columns to a zero,zero location. just an idea, no clue if it would work.
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Excellent idea. I'm giving it a shot right now, but it doesn't appear to be working quite yet. I can drag the "origin" symbol to any point, but the column location (in my case it is a pile) is moving with it. I've attached the family....could you take a look and see if you see anything I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
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How about Unhide the origin (proyect base point) on the level you need then go to anotate/spot coordinate and spot the center of the column tip: you have to make a tiny simbolic line on the column family, you can use a L shape, and spot the vertex of the L. In rac 2008 i dont know of you have that spot coordinate feature pd: im checking the family you upload, its not working properly in elevation :S
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This would be possible using adaptive components, making it a 2 pick placement. 1st point locates the origin and the second sets the actual location. You could then have two reporting parameters defining the offsets. However, personally it sounds like a quite API job to me, or as others have stated using spot coordinates. To me the information seems somewhat redundant anyway. We will typically only locate two Set out points with spot coordinates then all the grids are set off these. Columns would be set off the grids which they do by default...
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I'm not sure where everyone else is coming from on this, but for us it stems from the need for a driven steel pile schedule that contains all of the pertinent info for each pile (size, embedded depth, elevation at cut-off, x and y coordinates). With columns, we do place columns on grids wherever possible and then dimension the off-grid instances. Unfortunately, the construction industry is driving the need for these coordinates located in a schedule and they aren't in any hurry to change the way they do things.
I downloaded the Exitech tool for generating coordinate parameters and it seems to be working great. The only issue I have with it is that you need to run it every time any of the locations change. It seems like it should be able to keep the information updated in real-time.
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The API on very recently enabled you to run background tasks when the system is idle... So maybe they might be able to come up with a realtime solution soon?
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