Can someone make this awesome little program to work with Connect edition?

From the program, Select your paper size and scale, place it in your design, select fence by boundary, print and choose the the same paper size as you placed and you get right size and scale!
Easy!

//Tom

ok - so all you are doing is placing a shape in the file for you to snap to for placing your fence for plotting. No border, nothing.....

I am not saying the program is good or bad, but you can create similar shapes as cells in a cell library (one for 8.5x11, etc...)

In your model, select the needed annotation scale, select the needed cell shape (you have created) and have the annotation scale lock on and the cell will be scaled properly for placement. Once placed, snap as you have done and select the same paper size. This workflow should get you what you are use to.

ok - so all you are doing is placing a shape in the file for you to snap to for placing your fence for plotting. No border, nothing.....

I am not saying the program is good or bad, but you can create similar shapes as cells in a cell library (one for 8.5x11, etc...)

In your model, select the needed annotation scale, select the needed cell shape (you have created) and have the annotation scale lock on and the cell will be scaled properly for placement. Once placed, snap as you have done and select the same paper size. This workflow should get you what you are use to.

Hi Tim

Is it possible to create an shape in cell that you can place fence by element in a cell?

And yes, this vba is only to place an shape in selected papersize and scale in your model, then place fence by element on the shape element, chose the same papersize in print dialog box, fit fence to paper and print (mostly used to do an quick pdf file in right scale/paper to be printed by client as pdf without scaling to right size of paper and they get right scale).

There is also a second reason why I used this and that was to place coordinate crosses and coordinate text beside crosses:

To get the right coordinates to crosses you must be in right geolocated place (model) not in paper space.

//Tom

yes it is possible to use the fence type>element on the cell (shape) that has been placed in the file.

Thanks Tim

I belive I tested this years ago, don´t remember why I didn`t go further with it but I try it again. It is smart idea if you create the frame cell in scale 1:1000, then you only have to scale it 2,0=1:2000, 0,2=1:200, 1,0=1:1000.

I have also test if I can create only one Iso size A1 and this size scales to all th different Iso A standards:

# METRIC resolution
ISO A4 (297,210);0,210;0,297
ISO A3 (420,297);0,297;0,420
ISO A2 (594,420);0,420;0,594
ISO A1 (841,594);0,594;0,841
ISO A0 (1189,841);0,841;1,189

If this don´t work a need to create one cell/Iso frame size.

//Tom

Hi Tim

Heh, It was the first time I tried to create an new cell in Connect edition and it didn´t go well!

I do not know how to do the workflow as in V8i so I did this video from V8i create cell, and I can´t place fence on the shape in cell as seen in video!

If some one is describing how to do the same workflow in Connect as I have done in V8i can I test if Connect has changed the cell shape selection with fence by element function.

Here is my V8i Test:

//Tom

Hi Tim

I attached the cell created in V8i to Connect edition and it works to place fence by element on the cell in connect edition but not in V8i, so your suggestion is interesting and I going to test more.

see video when attached frame cell (created in V8i) is working to attach fence by element to the cell in the connect edition:

//Tom