Hi,
I'm trying to extract quantities from a model where I created a few freeform solids to which I applied parts and datagroup information. I am able to extract the quantities with the quantify tool according to the part's report rules. However if I create a schedule the freeforms do not have any information concerning quantities. I am guessing that the form is not "intelligent enough" to link its quantities to the respective datagroup definition.. Is there any way to accomplish this?
Is it possible to create datagroup definitions that work somehow like the report components of the parts?
Also, is there any way just to make a freeform a little bit more intelligent when reporting quantities, like a height or a length?
Answer Verified By: Pedro Serra
By the way... I just noticed that these definition files are not in the same folder as the others (they are in the Program Files (x86) instead of Program Data) and that they do not appear in the definition editor. I tried copying the .xsd files to the Program Data folder where ABD is reading the other definition files but they still do not appear in the definition editor. Is there any way to take a look at this files through the editor and maybe change some stuff?
Also, what exactly are the .xml files? I was under the impression that these were the actual objects defined by the datagroup, to which we would add definitions (the .xsd). But when I attach a definition to a datagroup object I have to choose a destination file that can be any of the xml files that exists.
I'm sorry but I have to come back to this. I have this test file with an element created in MS by a colleague. I tried adding datagroup info to be able to report just the volume of the element but I can't make it work. I see the volume with the measure tool, also in the element building information, but I have a value of 0 when I report it from the datagroup. I tried slab, wall and some other objects datagroup schemas but nothing so far... any help?
4251.test.dgn