I want to map the sheet size from my title block to a parameter in my sheets.
Im struggling a bit to get this script over the line - I have had success with writing the parameters to the sheet parameter, but i haven’t figured the sorting out, first i need to filter out the sheets with out any titleblocks from the sheets which has titleblocks placed, then i need to map the sheets, and the titleblocks. I have tried all sorts but haven’t been able to figure it out.
I have tried all sorts of mapping with out any luck, im new at this site so unfortunately i cant upload my scripts, i have copied links to the WIP scripts down below.
Perhaps there’s an easier approach, i’m still quite new to dynamo so any feedback/help would be very much appreciated.
Vol 1 - Script works but doesn’t map between titleblock and sheet (if a sheet is created without a titleblock - it doesn’t list correct)
Vol 1-3-4 - Script with titleblock/view/sheet sorting, mapping between elements isn’t setup correctly…
What have you tried? You may need some common packages to make this easier, but it should be pretty straightforward since you can get the TB from the sheet or the sheet from the TB without much effort.
at the moment I am trying to make a script like this. I have sheet size in string, i have to filter it and it seems messy. i was wondering if I there is any node to get the sheet size directly form the titleblock ? or any Package that could do it ?
I don’t think I knew that. Thanks!
Do you know if it only looks at detail items? I know we’ve had plenty of TBs that have objects extending beyond the “extents” of the sheet that cause issues with estimating size.
Yeah, that’s why I tend to query the size through naming or something else. Would be nice if there was a way to avoid that (besides just good TB management).
Thank you all for sharing in depth information. I progressed a bit, I can send multiple sheets to print in one go. The problem persists with the sheet sizes. Its sending all sheets in one size, i need varying size according to each sheet.
I am curious to know in which format the PaperSize node takes input. Once I know the sheet size formatting, I can arrange sheet size in similar string
SheetSize unit are in meters, usually printer takes size in mm ?
Sorry to bump this topic but i found your node and had a suggestion…
The node does not account for possible rotation of Titleblocks, which i encountered in several projects i’m working in. I made a small test that gets element rotation and checks if it’s divisible by 90 and if the end result is an even number. If it is, the width and height should be swapped for.
I’m not great with coding but i made a small check for my projects to see if the titleblock is rotated by 90*uneven amount
This way, my printsettings can catch rotated titleblocks without printing the sheet in landscape mode while the titleblock is set in portrait mode. (Because users in these projects dont create portrait titleblocks but just rotate the titleblock arrggh)
I personally have never encountered this problem.
You can edit the custom node and suggest an upgrade on Github for me to include in the next package update.
