Balcony
Introduction
This block has the general information for balconies on shop drawings.
In this article, you can read about how to set up this block and modify it to fit your company best possible.
Setup in Standard admin
Information about this block has to be set up partially in Standard admin and to find that you follow these steps:
Open standard admin, unfold Common under the settings section then you unfold Drawings and select Drawing types and then select the element type, in this case, Balcony, and right-click and select Properties.
In the blue area are the settings that you should take in consideration for this block.
The first field (Block file name) is the name of the block, if you decide to give this block a different name the name should be the same in the first field.
The next two fields (Block X; Block Y) are the size of the block in x and y-direction.
For block justify you have 3 options and that is for where the insertion point of the block should be placed. Standard justification is top right.
your options are as following
- Top right
- Top left
- Bottom right
The visible is if you would like to have the block visible or not.
Attributes
There are a few attributes that can be used with this block.
attributes have to be written like in the tables below.
When editing an attribute the Tag field is the attribute name from the tables below and the prompt is the description for the attribute if that is desired.
Attributes for all drawings
There are attributes that can be used for all types of drawings.
| Attribute | Description |
FACTORY | |
PROJECT | |
DRAWING | |
TEXT_1 | |
TEXT_2 | |
TEXT_3 | |
TEXT_4 | |
TEXT_5 | |
TEXT_6 | |
DESIGNED_BY | |
DESIGNED_DATE | |
CHECKED_BY | |
APPROVED_BY | |
APPROVED_DATE | |
DRAWING_SCALE | |
DRAWING_SHEET |
|
DRAWING_STATUS | |
PRELIMINARY_DATE | |
DRAWING_TYPE |
|
DRAWING_REVISION |
|
| SALES_PROJECT | |
| PROJECT_MANAGER |
Attributes for all shop drawings
These attributes can be used for all types of shop drawings.
| Attribute | Description |
ELEMENT_MARK | |
STYLE | |
GROUP | |
ELEMENT_TYPE | |
ELEMENT_DESCRIPTION | |
PRODUCT | |
MATERIAL_CODE | Material code (not for a sandwich and double walls) |
LENGTH | |
WIDTH | |
HEIGHT | |
MASS | |
MASS_T | |
MASS_KG | |
NET_AREA | |
GROSS_AREA | |
BOUNDING_BOX_AREA_M2 | |
VOLUME, VOLUME_L | Volume in liters |
VOLUME_M3 | Volume in m3 |
IMP_MATERIAL_NAME | |
IMP_MATERIAL_DESCRIPTION | |
IMP_ELEMENT_THICKNESS | |
NO_PIECES | |
NO_PIECES_READY_FOR_PRODUCTION | |
FLOOR | |
BUILDING | |
PHASE | |
TRANSPORT_ID | |
ELEMENT_ID | |
| ELEMENT_MARK_CHANGED_DATE |
Attributes for balconies
These attributes are specifically for balcony shop drawings.
| Attribute | Description |
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The Block
The design of the block can almost be as you desire. Some of the attributes are from the listing above, these attributes are getting information from the database.
Other attributes in the block are from the specifications and are set in the template or on the individual drawings.
One thing that you have to be aware of is that the insert point of the attribute has to be inside the block frame.
This is how the standard Strusoft block looks like in a drawing
And here is the block itself
In our block, there are only specification attributes and none of the attributes mentioned above.
You can download our block .