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Hello all, I have a quick question (I hope) about beam callouts in a n elevation view. Typically when we label a beam in an elevation we only show the size of the beam and drop the weight off of the call out (ex. W8 instead of W8x15) Is there an easy way to have this happen or does anyone know how to do this, Thank you.
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I don't know of an easy way to do this. There is a theoretical option, but I don't have the technical means to test and confirm it. Maybe someone else can or will? Your tag is reading information directly from your beam- typically type name. Here's how I imagine it would work. Text files for your framing families would need to be edited to include a new parameter, or at least fill in information for an existing parameter- such as 'Model.' I would imagine this could be imported into excel, information could be added and duplicated quickly, and then exported to a text file. In turn, you should be able to access and assign these parameters in the tag family so that it reads correctly. Unfortunately, I am not that advanced. Is anyone able to either; a. confirm this as a possibility or b. show us how to do it? I would be willing to give it a shot if someone else thinks it can be done. The long way of doing this would be to manually add the information through the beam 'family types' and adjust the tag. Either way, you'll need to create a new tag family for elevation views, and input information to be read. Anyone? Bump.
Edited on: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:18:54 PM
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emgeeo hit the nail on the head. This is the method we have been using for some time. The trick here is making sure you are creating a shared parameter that can be read by an alternate tag family or tag type. Editting the catalog file isnt too painless as you can import the .txt file into excel and copy/paste as needed along with a few find replace commands you should be ready in no time. The second half of this is to create a secondary tag family (or type). For this import your new shared parameter text value into your tag family.
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I opened the existing standard beam tag and saved it as "Structural Beam Elevation Tag.rfa" then I switched out the existing label with the "type mark" label. I saved it and loaded it in the project. Works like a champ for me in elevation without affecting plan view framing. Good luck.
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I forgot to mention that you will then need to edit the beams properties and put whatever in the "type mark" field. In my case, I entered "W8".
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Thanks guys that work exactlly how I needed it to.
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