Ruby Console

[Tim Grindlay]

Pity we cant use rich text for this, and have different font size etc.

[Tim Grindlay]

I have just been testing this, I built a second floor, and it seems to be working in cm, this I would probably need to show in mm, preferably m with 3 decimal places

[Tim Grindlay]

Well, for the life of me, I cannot get the ruby tutorial running, I really have no idea how to use it, I have tried, show 1, show # etc, I have tried running from CA installed templates.... to no avail...

[Tim Grindlay]

> show
=> Ruby NameError: undefined local variable or method `show' for main:Object
Stack Trace: from (eval):1:in `<main>'


this is what happens when I press the tutorial button...

[gteacher]

Tim

Your error above indicates that a Ruby script is already running in the back ground when you opened the console. Show is not a Ruby key word-- so you get a error

Type in something like

1+2
If you get back 3, Ruby is already running and you can not start the tutorial as it is a totally different script. Again- try exiting and using a new clean plan.

Also, I believe the info back from the Macros is fixed in CM. not changeable by User. Precision of cm is only one dec. as I believe, in the background, Chief is actually using mm with 0 precision.

[Glenn Woodward]

Tim,

Yes, the result is in cm - I just noticed that you are in NZ.
It shouldn't be too hard for those in the know to edit the macro so that it is formatted in mm.

I wasn't worrying about that part yet!

[gteacher]

Tim

if you want the result to be in meters to three decimals -- Change your Macro to:

(finished_floor_elevation / 100).round(3)

if you want mm use:
finished_floor_elevation * 10

This assumes that Chief will continue to use cm - may change in future rev.?

[alexsl]

Tim,

To get the Ruby Tutorial don't click the Tutorial button, but type show 1 in the Input Field of the Ruby Console. Then you can type show 2 for page 2 of the tutorial, etc.

If that doesn't work, reboot the computer and try the same in the new plan...

[Tim Grindlay]

Thanks... Tutorial now seems to work... I am sure I am going mad.... I will try the Macros in meters soon, thanks. Just got my main computer back from the shop (fried one of the hard drives), so now re installing CA and every thing else...

[Glenn Woodward]

Gerry,

Thanks for your great input.

Tim,
In case you haven't figured it out, to get mm without a decimal point use:
(finished_floor_elevation * 10).round(0)

[Tim Grindlay]

Unreal, thanks everyone for this help, I am still creating the templates for the other 4 users at the office, I have been refining it over the 5 or 6 months, this is things I want to put in, is there anyway to create a macro, either text or ruby, that will show windows and doors height / width (in plan view) when window and door labels on that layer are turned off.

Thanks again

[Glenn Woodward]

Tim,

Can you please explain in a bit more detail what you are trying to achieve.
There may be other ways to get what you want.
Is there a particular reason why you don't want the sizes on the Windows, Label layer?

[Tim Grindlay]

I have been asked to show the height / width on some pages, and the callouts and schedules on some pages, just a way to use callout labels and also size labels on different layers, while you are there, I am having trouble getting the floor elevation to show in metres with 3 dec. placves as Gerry has described, am I still supposed to use %, I have tried both ways.... Thanks

[Glenn Woodward]

Tim,

The script should look like this:
(finished_floor_elevation/100).round(3)
This should be in the Value field without % marks.

I have placed it in my Room Label Defaults and it works (you may need to open the room dbx and recheck Show Room Label to get it to update), but when I place it in the Room Specification dbx (Room Name) it won't work the way Gerry describes.

I could do a Skype call and show you if you have Skype.

[Tim Grindlay]

Thanks, I don,t have Skype, but will get it, I understand updating the room labels, and I have placed it in room label DBX, will try again, thanks