MEP2014 : Labels with units

Good day.

The problem is as follows : I have a sized & calculated duct system and I want to label it. The label(s) should contain dimension (%%c in mm), flow velocity ( m/s) and flow quantity (m3/h).

When I use engineering property sets from extendend data I can only get a label to show a numerical value or a string value of the unit (m/s). How can I accomplish a label which shows all 3 values with units? It doesn't have to be a label, can be a dynamic block or whatnot, the simpler the better. I'm not an advanced mep user, but have been using acad for about 5 years.

Thank you for the help!

Start with these four videos for Schedules, Property sets and tags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfge,sH1dJr0&list=UU-SNatVfCPqISpbliR_WF8g

I believe the correct term for what you are trying to do is "create a Tag" not label. Try a search on that here at the forum or on you tube.

I will see if I can up with something else to help.

Thanks for the tip. Already saw some of those vids, actually did a search on the net for the answer. I couldn't find one so I posted here, in the meantime the compiler between my ears put some fragments of what it saw together and found a solution.

1) Style manager - documentation objects - Property data formats - copy flow m3/s - paste - rename & convert flow to m3/h and get settings right

2) Style manager - documentation objects - Property set definitions - duct engineering data

add formula property definition - call it flow_m3h or whatever. The source formula should be "RESULT=[Flow]*3600" w/o quotes. Exit source and set format of flow_m3h to unit m3/h

3) Style manager - documentation objects - label curve styles

new or copy paste duct flow - rename to flow m3h or whatever. Under options under tag label style the annotation should be 'use property set' from 'duct engineering data' and 'flow_m3h'

4) set labels in the model where necesarry and set them to show flow_m3h in properties-design-basic

There should be a better way to do this, but this is the answer I found. If anyone has any better way of doing this, please share.

Are you an engineer? If so, there "is" a better way to do this, but you'd have to jump ship and transition to Revit which is a much more intuitive and robust engineering platform. Exactly what you're trying to accomplish is effortless in Revit.

Npatrcevic,

If you tackled all that you are well on your way to to being a power user.

I can see I will be asking you questions.