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#1 Richard Ronan

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 10:16 AM

I am looking at using the @page_number stamp but I am running into a couple of difficulties.

 

I need to number my pages by discipline ( i.e. A-# for architect, S-# for structural, etc.)

However I don't see any where I can set the page number schema.  softplan only appears to give the whole number.  So I tried to pre-pend the entry " A-@PAGE_NUMBER" and the stamp was ignored.

 

Is there a method to getting the stamps to operate within a larger line of text?

 

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#2 Keith Almond

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 10:31 AM

Sorry, in Softplan 2016, you cannot use the information stamps as part of a sentence, they are standalone only (although this has been changed in 2018).

 

Having said that, the planset will not be able to decide whether it's a A or and S etc. on it's own to be able to use that method, and you couldn't renumber other than a sequence, so you can't have A-1 and S-1. I can't see a method where it would be feasible for you to try and auto number your plans that way.

 

If you have to manually enter the A or S then you may as well enter the whole number ...

 

That doesn't mean it can't be done ... just that I'm not smart enough to figure it out if it can!


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#3 Richard Ronan

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 10:59 AM

I was thinking I would have to to use multiple plan sets, one for each discipline.  Then slight adjustments to the title block for each.  Which I have to do anyway due to engineers all wanting their own stamp space ^^.  

 

Looking forward to 2018...

 

Next go round I would like to see the ability to set sequence starts so I can use the 3 digit numbering convention more easily. ( guess that's going into 2020)

 

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#4 John Jones

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 11:06 AM

Add a group to the Plan Set, the group have a prefix assinged.


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#5 Paul James

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 11:07 AM

You can add a 'group' in plan sets- like 'A'-  then add @PG# to your title block drawing and it will auto number pages as A1, A2, etc.

I also add the @#PGS for the total page count.


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#6 Keith Almond

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Posted 03 May 2017 - 11:28 AM

I've learnt something new today ... Never needed to use group though but it seems good ...

 

Brilliant ...

 

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