Office Libraries - Custom Tools

[Eric]

Okay, I've been beating myself to death trying to figure this stuff out, and can't get very far.

 

I spent 2 days and finally managed to create a custom block that links to an area object and grabs the area object's Base Area and Name and also adds a space number (that I specify). This tool is for leasing plans. I was able to add it to the design center, and then was able to drag the tool from the design center to my own tool palette tab. The tool then works fine and links/updates the tag when the space object is revised. Great!

 

I'm now trying to copy that tool into a network-based Content Broswer, company Catalog of project specific libraries and general tools. I can copy/paste the tool from my tool palette to the company catalog, but the custom block Area tag doesn't work - it's trying to call my own PropertySetDefs.dwg file. When I typed the command string into the AEC Content Wizzard, I typed it as follows:

 

_AecAnnoScheduleTagAdd PropertySetDefs.dwg _SYMBOL Aec3_Area_Tag _LEADER None _DIMSTYLE Current

 

Should I change the PropertySetDefs.dwg to call our network? So it would instead read:

 

_AecAnnoScheduleTagAdd F:\AutoCad\ADT Catalogs\source\AEC Content\Imperial\Documentation\Schedule Tags\PropertySetDefs.dwg _SYMBOL Aec3_Area_Tag _LEADER None _DIMSTYLE Current

 

And if so, do I need to do anything about the spaces in the file location? Such as add %20 to replace the spaces?

 

Sorry for such a loaded post, but I haven't really found much in the way of tutorials. I read Paul Aubin's Mastering ADT2005, but it doesn't really get into this. Is there another book that does?

 

Thanks,

Eric

[Eric]

FYI, I finally figured out the answer to all my questions.

[RAYMOND]

interesting issue...

however got lost trying to understand the question...

:D