Generate worksetshapes.xml

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Steve Cocchi — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:09:40 GMT

Correct, Tuan. Each delivered dataset includes the StructuralShapesTemplate.xls file along with the section XML files themselves.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Tuan Le — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:15:15 GMT

Should be found in C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenBuildings CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Datasets\Dataset_XXXX\Data\StructuralShapesTemplate.xls

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Robert Högberg — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:30:33 GMT

Ok, where do I find the StructuralShapesTemplate.xls file? Maybe I can just put it in my seed-folder. The reason I wanted to generate this is for my program to work in already existing projects/worksets.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Tuan Le — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 23:45:27 GMT

any particular reason why you can't just use the blank xml in your snapshot as a starting template for your vba routine? Either manually remove the dummy rectangular shape or re-create the xml file with no section data at all.

The xml created from StructuralShapesTemplate.xls is actually an xml export with mapped schema, so vba isn't involved in the process.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Steve Cocchi — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:06:24 GMT

We'd need someone with VBA knowledge/experience to chime in, and I'm honestly not sure how many here fall into the category.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Robert Högberg — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:49:17 GMT

Nothing?

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Raguram Jayaram — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:56:05 GMT

Robert,

Thank you for explaining.

Will leave it to the VBA experts in the group to share more thoughts on it.

Best Regards,

RJ.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Robert Högberg — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 05:27:23 GMT

Yes, exactlly, we work alot with the plate girders ext-type of section. There's lots of different types, so our users have to add them all the time, something they find hard trough the excel-document. I've created something like this instead.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Raguram Jayaram — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:11:54 GMT

Robert,

Not sure if you have tried it before, but an excel template is delivered in the dataset to customize the section profiles as described in this WIKI.

Or is it you are creating a custom VBA to add the section profiles for on the fly during modeling?

Best Regards,

RJ.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Robert Högberg — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 05:41:00 GMT

This is how the delivered worksetshapes.xml looks like:

This is how it looks after creating just one rectangular shape.

I'll then insert the shape I want trough the VBA under the corresponding shape type.

I'm no star att VBA, a beginner really. So it would be much easier for me if the file looked this from start.

RE: Generate worksetshapes.xml

Steve Cocchi — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 21:37:51 GMT

Hi Robert,

VBA definitely isn't my thing, but... are you saying that the VBA only adds new sections to the selected XML if a custom rectangular shape had first been added through the placement tool? IOW, as though adding the rectangular section first somehow "formats" the XML and then allows the VBA to do its thing?