Ask Us Anything! Spotlight on RefNote Schedules

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• Intro/TOC
• Land F/X Reference Note Schedules
• What is a Reference Note?
• History of Land F/X Reference Notes
• Development Roadmap
• Open Call for Testing
• Demonstration
• Dialog Box Tour
• New Capabilities
• Open Q&A

0:00 – 2:58: Intro/TOC

2:59 – 13:17: Land F/X Reference Note Schedules

What is a Reference Note? (2:59)

• A Reference Note (RefNote) is a text notation to some aspect of the project.
• The notations can reference a schedule note, blocks/objects, polylines, or hatches.
• Called out by text that is organized by a number, CSI division, or letter identifier.
• The Reference Note Schedule organizes and displays descriptions, quantities, details, and more.

Examples of RefNotes and RefNote Callout styles (3:30)

More information on RefNotes (3:45):

• Getting Started with RefNotes (webinar)
• Reference Notes: Getting Started (documentation page)
• Reference Notes Organizations & Divisions (documentation page)
• Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project (webinar)

History of Land F/X Reference Notes (4:12)

Development Roadmap (6:32)

Development Roadmap – Tables (6:32):

• Today's schedule code increases agility and allows us to implement improvements faster.
• Table-style schedules allow us to never be done, and allow for continued influence.
• Under the hood, RefNote Schedule code powers 11+ other features:
  • Civil/Survey Legend
  • Concept Graphics Schedule
  • Detail Report
  • Irrigation Zoning Schedule
  • Keynote Schedule
  • Lighting Schedule
  • Northing/Easting Points Schedule
  • Project List
  • Sheet Index
  • Spot Elevation Schedule
  • Zoning Schedule

More information on site tools: Simple Site Layout and Grading Tools (webinar) (9:00)

Development Roadmap – what's been done (9:16):

• Table-style RefNote Schedule.
• Amenity blocks scaled evenly and legibly.
• “Sort by” option.
• All Work Areas schedule.
• Subdivision-specific user fields.
• RefNote Schedule checks for length layers.
• Symbol and code in separate columns.
• Photo column.
• Length symbol displays in schedule.
• Cell content alignment improvements.
• Space below description logic revised.
• Ability to edit
• More!

Development Roadmap – what's ahead? (10:40)

• Railing objects will display in schedule.
• Improvements to available Railing objects.
• Show Division and Subdivision titles, or one or the other.
• RefNote items in Plant Schedule.
• Custom division sorting.

Open Call for Testing (11:20)

• Our development is based on our own wants and vision, and then yours!
• We use our Community Forum to announce testing opportunities.
• RefNote and site schedule beta testing.
• Reminder for constructive criticism, please!
• We are designers, you are designers. We love examples!

Beta testing – all new commands (all become default as of August 2024) (12:37):

• refnoteschedule_new
• irrigzones_new
• sheetindex_new
• projectlist_new
• spotelevschedule_new
• northeastpointschedule_new
• civilsurveylegend_new
• zoningschedule_new
• conceptgraphicsschedule_new
• detailreport_new
• keynoteschedule_new
• lightingschedule_new

13:17 – end: Demonstration

Dialog Box Tour (13:17)%

Our new RefNote Schedule dialog box (13:17)

New Capabilities (16:51)

Entire Palette schedule with plotted gridlines (16:51)

Symbol columns and scaling (17:34)

Entire Drawing schedule with photos (17:56)

Web page URLs inserted into the RefNote Schedule as clickable hyperlinks (20:29)

Inserting RGB color value into the RefNote Schedule (21:11)

Table-style schedule with nonplot gridlines (21:27)

Adjusting column widths in the schedule (22:02)

Space below description or the Space above header settings (23:00)

Placing a RefNote Schedule that includes all Work Areas in the drawing (23:37)

Length items now display the actual linetype within the schedule (25:01)

Placing a RefNote Schedule that lists RefNotes by code only (26:07)

Editing a placed schedule (26:30)

Running a single-division schedule (27:06)

Language strings (27:59)

Unit column inserted automatically into schedules sent to MS Excel (28:30)

Adding RGB values to schedules (29:22)

Adding a hyperlink to a schedule (31:48)

Retrieving RefNotes that have been deleted from the Manager but have been placed in the drawing (33:23)

Open Q&A (37:09)

Referencing a RefNote in a detail (37:09)

Different methods for duplicating an existing RefNote (39:20)

How to deal with a long RefNote schedule (41:39)

Sorting the schedule by object type (45:25)

Tips for making the RefNote Schedule smaller (46:05)

How to use RefNote Divisions and Preferences (49:27)

Including quantities in the schedule (52:05)