I have a question regarding the literature delivered with PCS studio.Specifically the Reference Guide.Under the Model Segments and Properties->Named Dimensions & Variables->Adding a New Variable,it indicates the Variables can be of type "String" as indicated below.
The Type may be Length, Angle, Number or String. Lengths and Angles will be formatted according to the current Units Settings.
However, When I create a new variable only options Length, Angle, or Number are available.I have been trying to get a True/False boolean Datagroup Definition to set a variable in PCS studio with little success.Basically, I have a double door cell that I would like to be able to use for both equal and unequal door leaf pairs.I could have a true / false variable named "Equal Leafs" that if true would automatically set both pairs of doors equal in widthand if false would allow the doors to be of unequal widths using Active Leaf Width.
However, I have been able to achieve the concept by setting "Equal Leafs" to 1 for true and 0 for false but this is not very intuitive for our users.
Any Ideas on how to achieve the string variable per the Reference Guide and better yet to get a True False Boolean Datagroup Definitionto work in PCS studio.Thanks in advance.Tom
Huh... It looks like String variable types may have been problematic at some earlier point in time, at least that's my guess, since they were subsequently removed in XM. Obviously the documentation wasn't updated accordingly, so I've filed TR# 306990 to have the User Reference Guide updated.
Thanks
You're welcome.
Half the effort with PC Studio is understanding its limitations. I don't believe it was intended to be that "intelligent". A leaf-and-a-half is arguably a different door type under the Datagroup system, it woul dhave different ironmongery at least, and you would want to specify the width of the first opening leaf.
Another example of limitations: it took me a long time to exhaust the options for making a radial array greater than 90 degrees - you can't do it in PC Studio without your instance flipping around 180 degrees! On the doors I haven't figured how to extract the handing into the schedule. All doors are modelled LH but there doesn't seem to be a way to get a note of whether they have been mirrored or not in the model.
PC Studio is great for generic and regular forms and once you've built a library of components you can generate variant types quickly. But it is not GC.
Bruce