Is there a way to reference all the sheets that contain components from a specific location? I have a higher-level hierarchal drawing that I want to reference my sub-locations on, is there an easy way to do this?
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Is there a way to reference all the sheets that contain components from a specific location?
Currently it's not possible. That said, in a not so distant future, SkyCAD will allow users to customise their own tree view queries. This way you will be able to add a button in the 'Show' tab that would list what you need.
I have a higher-level hierarchal drawing that I want to reference my sub-locations on, is there an easy way to do this?
What do you mean by this exactly? Like a schematic where you see all locations and with which cable they are connected together?
Like a schematic where you see all locations and with which cable they are connected together?
Yeah basically that
There is no reason why you couldn't draw such a schematic using the standard location symbol, combined cable connections (and potentially connectors...) If you would rather have specific symbols used for your locations, you can make them as standard blocks, and simply associate them to the 'Location' class.
Let us know if that answered your question cloearly enough.
(see image) this is what I've done so far. What I would like is some reference to all the sheets in the project that contain components from that location. So in the example image, I would like to say "this is the Starboard Battery Pod, and all the sheets that pertain to this are sheets x,y,z". I can always do it manually at the end though so this isn't a huge priority, just wondered if there was a way to automate it.
Yes, we should be able to supply the query to automate this information. One thing we need to know first, is the block actually associated to the location 'Standard battery pd' , or is it just plein text that says 'Standard battery pd'?
It's just plain text now, it would be nice to make it intelligent but not strictly necessary given how few I have
Well, as we mentionned before, we can supply the text query that will list occurences of a parts associated to a location (and there sheet number and sheet position), but the location block has to be associated to the location. As described above, simply create a block, and associated it to the Location class. Upon insertion of the block, it will create a new location. You will then be able to select it, and use the 'Link with' command while you hold the SHIFT key down to select the location you wish to link it with.
Once your block will be created, we'll show you how to add the text attribute with the right query.
Ok I've played around with creating a location block, what text attribute do I have to add?
Before we supply you the exact query, can you give us an example of how would the information look like? Just so we are certain we understand what you need.
Basically, you can just type in manually what you would like SkyCAD to automate for you, and attach a screen shot.
Thanks!
Maybe something like this? or just sheet numbers in parenthesis like cross-references? i.e. (4, 5, 6)
Ok, this is going to be fun! We figured out a way to list page numbers, but:
- The location block itself is listed, and we don't want that...
- A page number is present for each instance of a symbol inserted on it
So the result looks like this:
SEE SHEETS(S): 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3
Not exactly what you are after (but close...)
Let us work on this a bit more and get back to you.
Sounds pretty close, I guess you just need a function to exclude duplicates and omit the current page. Thanks for looking into it!
We have applied the modifications so that you will be able to have this shown automatically, without redundency and without taking itself into account.
This will be part of the next version. We will follow through with the exact query to use once the version is released.