A short tutorial on using the Scalz Place Text program

To help demonstrate how to use Place Text, we have supplied you with a number of files.

TBlock.vcs - A Visual CADD symbol of a TitleBlock, which is in your "Scalz" symbol folder

TB1.cfg
TB2.cfg
TB3.cfg
TB4.cfg
TB5.cfg
TB6.cfg
TB7.cfg
TB8.cfg
There are 8 ".cfg" files that are a complete set of files for filling out a TitleBlock in it's entirety. Most of you will never have 8 sets of files, but we have supplied this many to be thorough. At installation, theses files were placed in you Visual CADD System folder and are ready for your use.

TB1.txt
TB2.txt
TB3.txt
TB4.txt
TB5.txt
TB6.txt
TB7.txt
TB8.txt
There are 8 ".txt" files that correspond to the same ".cfg" files above. These files were installed in your ".VCD" path as found in your VCADD.ini file. When Place Text is run, it looks in the same folder, or path, as the drawing you currently have active in Visual CADD to find the ".txt" files. If the drawing is "Untitled", then Place Text looks in your ".VCD" path, or Folder, which is set in your VCADD.ini file.

Your Scalz.ini tells which ".cfg" files to use when placing your ".txt" files, like this...

[Place Text Text Files]
1=TB1.txt
2=TB2.txt
3=TB3.txt
4=TB4.txt
5=TB5.txt
6=TB6.txt
7=TB7.txt
8=TB8.txt

[Place Text Config Files]
1=TB1.cfg
2=TB2.cfg
3=TB3.cfg
4=TB4.cfg
5=TB5.cfg
6=TB6.cfg
7=TB7.cfg
8=TB8.cfg

We have added 8 commands to your CmdExt.def file to call these tools....

//Scalz Place Text Functions
PlaceAll,ZX1,,Place All Text,Place All Text,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;1;DllRun;
MatRefOnly,ZX2,,Place Mat. Reference Only,Place Mat. Reference Only,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;2;DllRun;
SubDate,ZX3,,Place Submittal Date,Place Submittal Date,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;3;DllRun;
Revision1,ZR1,,Revision 1,Revision 1,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;4;DllRun;
Revision2,ZR2,,Revision 2,Revision 2,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;5;DllRun;
Revision3,ZR3,,Revision 3,Revision 3,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;6;DllRun;
Revision4,ZR4,,Revision 4,Revision 4,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;7;DllRun;
Revision5,ZR5,,Revision 5,Revision 5,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;PlaceText;DllCmdLine;8;DllRun;

Notice just before the last ";DllRun;" in each command there is a digit 1-8. These numbers correspond to the numbers found to the left of each of the "TB1-TB8" found in the Scalz.ini this telling Scalz to run the proper numbered set of files.

We have also added 2 other commands to your CmdExt.def file for editing these files. These commands will open all of the ".cfg" and ".txt" files listed in your Scalz.ini. The ".cfg" files that are found in your Visual CADD System folder, will be opened using the "ZEB" command, and the ".txt" files found in the folder where your current drawing is found, will be opened using the "ZET" command.

EditTBText,ZET,,Open Titleblock Files,Open Titleblock Files,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;OpenVCFile;DllCmdLine;TBT;DllRun;
EditTBConfig,ZEB,,Open Titleblock Files,Open Titleblock Files,DllName;Scalz.dll;DllFunName;OpenVCFile;DllCmdLine;TBC;DllRun;

We have also added a Symbol to your system called TBlock.vcs. If you will set your Scale to Full Scale or 1:1, then load and place the TBlock.vcs symbol at the scale of x = 1.0 and y = 1.0, at the point "0,0" then run the 8 "Scalz Place Text Functions" above, 1 by 1, you will be able to see what Place Text can do.

Note that you might want to erase the text placed after running the "ZX1" and before running the "ZX2" commands, just so you can see the difference in the tools.

We have added the following commands to the custom.mnu file for you to run these tools...

SEPARATOR
POPUP TitleBlock Commands
  Fill in Entire TitleBlock,PlaceAll
  Fill in Material Reference Only,MatRefOnly
  Submittal Date,SubDate
  Revision 1,Revision1
  Revision 2,Revision2
  Revision 3,Revision3
  Revision 4,Revision4
  Revision 5,Revision5
POPUPEND

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