Hi all,
I am hoping to create some Place Label shortcuts but there seems to be an issue with them in ORD 2020 R3. If I run the keyin:
placelabel dialog;placelabel cellname "_Lbl_Pln_AlignName-Sta-Off"
it successfully opens and edits the values in the dialof box, however, it skips the option to select an alignment to Label and goes straight to the point, which has empty values.
The "placelabel tool open" keyin opens the "normal" Place Label tool and works fine, but none of the keyins affect the dialog.
Has anyone had some luck with this?
Regards,
Mark
FYI fixed in 10.10
I can now use the keyin below to automate the label command:
placelabel dialog;placelabel cellname "LS_CTRL",placelabel withlabelleader off;placelabel relativeassociation on
OpenRoads Designer 2022 R3 (10.12) | Microstation 2023 | ProjectWise CE 3.4
Answer Verified By: Mark Shamoun
Chuck:
As regards your question "If you had an element template that also included the cell and the dimstyle, could this be boiled down to setting the active template and keying in the Placelabel Tool Open command?", yes, you could do such, of course, and yes, I am using a simple custom menu (dropdown) to access the script. The issue with setting all via a template is the very real possibility that there would many similar templates with the only difference being a particular script. I find it "cleaner" to leave the element templates simple and access customizations via dropdowns (for drafting). Just me?
Mark Plum said:"Template Active Annotation\Sheets\Plan\Right-of-Way\Prop. ROW\Offset Plus and Distance; ac=_Lbl_PR_Pln_Sta_Partial_Lt; Active Style= 0; dimstyle active= _Lbl_Pln_Sta_Partial; Placelabel Tool Open"
Sorry if I am hijackings your thread, but this is some follow-up questions to Mark Plums' reply:
If you had an element template that also included the cell and the dimstyle, could this be boiled down to setting the active template and keying in the Placelabel Tool Open command?
And are these accessed within your ribbon via a customization or some other GUI item?
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
MDOT State Highway Administration
Glad to help. Yeah, I have created custom dropdowns- for our firm- for all of these sorts of manual labeling procedures. A bit antiquated, but I am an antique of sorts, LOL. Thanks for putting in a ticket!
Hi Mark,
nice - so use element templates to set the cell and run the the tool. That should do what I need (ill put a ticket in for the the placelabel dialog function)