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Anonymous
May 2, 2012
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How to create symbol that will auto-increment?

  • May 2, 2012
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In a drawing with many dimensions, I have a need to add a reference number for each dimension on the drawing. (1,2,3......) And each number needs to be in a circle similar to a BOM balloon. Since there are so many, I would like to be able to create something like a custom symbol that would auto increment the number each time I clicked a new location with the mouse. Then if I went back later to add more, it would increment based on the highest reference number already on the drawing.

Is this possible?

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    nallen-21-Visitor
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    February 15, 2018

    Looking for this as well, have found ZERO answers.

     

    Did you ever get this to work?

     

    Best, Nick

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    dschenken1-Visitor
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    February 15, 2018

    I think this isn't built in. J-link or WebLink could work; it would be tough to do with a complex mapkey. If pressed I would work it with AutoIt, but the performance might be sluggish - each iteration would include retrieving a parameter value (the last highest number), create the symbol, then update the parameter value. Error handling for a user changing their mind and so forth is a big effort.

     

    There is an application that looks like it does the whole job: http://www.sigmaxim.com/Products/Inspect/inspect.html though I haven't used it.

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    nallen-21-Visitor
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    February 15, 2018

    Thank you, I will look into this

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