Is there a way to add multiple DG properties in a single text box? I have a cell that looks like this:
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ID: <ID | NUMBER>
W/L/H: <width> / <length> / <height>
The "<...>" are DG linked fields in their own text box, the "/" is a serparator in a simple text box. So the 2nd line is 6 textboxes:
The width,length, height can be 2, 3 or 4 digits (10, 100, 1000), which means with seperate fields, you need to keep spacing to make sure 4 digits fit. Which results in weird spacing when it are only 2 compared to 4). I tried copy/pasting the content of the text boxes with DG info into one box, but it resulted in showing only the 1st value, and ignoring the rest.
Stefan,
Please double click on Annotation text so that you can edit Data fields for annotation text. Right click on annotation text and use option 'Edit Enter Data Field' , Change the length as per your requirement and it will now allow you to add more digits number.
Please see image below for reference.
Please try , hope it will help.
Best Regards,
Sandeep
Hi Sandeep,
I'm not sure you fully got my question.
I have made this cell in the Annotation_DG.cel library. I added 2 fields a single text window, using Insert Enter Data Field... (in rightclick menu). The fields are separated by a '/' (just plain text):
When placing the annotation with Element Annotation, I get to see this (when attached to my mouse, so before clicking to place it):
When placed I see this:
Which shows the Width field is replaced by it's value, but the Height field seems to be ignored. Also the plain text ('/') seems to be gone. It seems everything after the 1st field is ignored.
So the question is: how to have 2 or more fields reading DG information within a single text box?
Windows 10 pro
OpenBuildings Designer Connect Edition 2023 | 23.00.00.114
Hi Stefan,
The values are filled in by text fields, so far I have found that copying and pasting text fields linked to Catalog properties into one text string loses the association between the field and the property.
However an annotation can be constructed from separate fields and text elements as shown in this video:
Marc