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AutoCAD Based Steel (Ribbon/Toolbar/Location)

Button: Structure Elevations

Description:

when placing a TOS defline and a item is picked to place the Tos defline. If the item has a Z coordinate then this can be assinged the TOS block. the defline will be a 0 but the blocks will be elevated (although it looks normal) this will usually raise once and then the error will occur even if you put a new defline in. tos id missing

Solutions:

Cause:

when placing a TOS defline and a item is picked to place the Tos defline. If the item has a Z coordinate then this can be assinged the TOS block. the defline will be a 0 but the blocks will be elevated (although it looks normal) this will usually raise once and then the error will occur even if you put a new defline in.
Solution:

Open properties Pick the funnel in the upper rt corner set the following options. Apply to = Entire drawing Object type=Block Reference Properties= Name Operator = =Equals Value= Tos include a new selection set is checked pick ok You will see the block reference show up in the properties window. Under "Geometry" change the Position Z to 1 pick another cell and then go back and change the Position Z to 0. (autocad does not like a setting of 0 unless you set it to 1 first) this should raise again
Updated: Feb. 9, 2024, 2:09 p.m. Created: March 1, 2019, midnight