detail styles

i'm just getting into detail styles and they are great but when i place a section, elevation, or detail - i get the following error in the message center "maximum dependency callback iterations exceeded" when i try to modify the blue direction arrows or the green clip boundaries (in the section marker)... no idea what this means or how i can get around it.

it also appears that i can not have more than one 'section callout' type per style (see attached image)?  our standards dictate that building sections look a certain way while wall sections look another.  it would be handy if i could just have two section callout types and be able to choose which one you want to place with the 'place section tool' via drop-down list in the tool settings dialog box.  just mho...

any help?

  • Can't help you with the first issue.  On the second, I also wish there were a way to define more than one section type, as well as another detail type.  The only workaround I have come up with is to set up an additional style.

     -Ricky Williams

  • Regarding issue #1, would you place the data set in which this is reproducible on the FTP site?

    Rg,

    Chris



  • 081204_detail_styles.pzip is in b-incoming.

    open a1-1a and place a section callout anywhere.  i have setup ia_symbols in the ia_standar.dgnlib file so you should be able to select that style from the tool settings dialog.  once placed, try and edit any of the things i mentioned in my original email.

     let me know if you need anything else.

    thanks chris.

  • Thanks for the test case, and I did reproduce.  Do you see this error only when placing a section callout?  If yes, do you see this when selecting a 3D reference as the target model?  Regarding the latter question, what value do you see in sectioning a 2D reference?  Would you provide a use case?

    Tx,

    Chris



  • >>Do you see this error only when placing a section callout?

    yes.  the elevation, title, and detail tags all can be modified post-placement

    >>If yes, do you see this when selecting a 3D reference as the target model?

    nope.  i attached a 3D file and all worked great.

    >>what value do you see in sectioning a 2D reference? Would you provide a use case?

    it is so much easier to place a section call out tag with this tool.  currently we use cells and we have to place them, modify the directions,  and we have 4 different cells.  one for each direction (up, down, left, and right).  this tool you simply select the reference, and two points and you are done.  no placing cells.  and - the saved views associated are handy if i wish to attach reference by saved view.

    i realize they are meand for 3D drawings... but i would like to utilize their power with 2D drawaings until we bit the bullet and start 3D modeling for our porjects.

    HTH