Can't make custom amenity without saving a custom block into the library
By Franco Manno on Friday, 13 September 2024
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I'm trying to make a custom block into a Ref Note amenity by following this procedure: Convert Generic Blocks Into Reference Notes
When I do that I get a message "You must first save the block into the Plan Graphics library using the Save Block tool. I don't want these block to be available in our Firm library but do want to use them as amenities for this project. Is there a way to use a custom made block as an amenity without putting it in the library?
Franco, there is no way to assign a block that's just a definition in that drawing as a reference note, since it'd break our import refnote feature.

I suggest creating a "Company Project" folder in the plan graphics directory and then a folder under that for this specific project. Then it's pretty clear it's a very specific block and not a standard block saved in the benches folder or whatnot.

Follow our documentation page to create a custom folder in plan graphics:
Save Your Blocks Into Our System (Save Block): Creating Your Own Block Subfolders

-Amanda
Amanda Marin
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1 week ago
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Amanda,
Thanks. I've got the blocks saved into Land F/X in a subfolder. Placing the blocks through the Refnotes manager is working fine. When I'm making or regening a Refnotes schedule however, I have to hit the enter key after Land F/X makes each line of the schedule using my blocks. After I hit enter (or space bar) it will scale the block and then proceed to the next line. For the Refnote items using Land F/X blocks, it creates the lines without any input from me. Is this normal? It seems to me like it should create the entire schedule without me having to hit enter after each custom block.
Franco Manno
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Franco,

Your blocks are likely Uniformly Scaled. If you remove this, they will insert without issue.

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Jeremiah Farmer
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2 days ago
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That fixed it.
Thanks
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Franco Manno
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