Customized tool-tip?

Hello,

The attached screen shot shows entities containing information different from usual.

When i hover over any of these entities a tool-tip is displayed showing these information.How we can do this? means put extra data into entity object.

Can you post a sample drawing?

I would guess that that isn't a regular entity of AutoCAD, but actually an entity specific to your vertical product (MEP).

I agree with MSasu, I see this most often when coordinating with the MEP guys here at work. They use an add-on called TSI which provides them with entity information I get the prompts to a degree, but I am working in AutoCAD Architecture 2013...

You have see if the custom entity registers in your CUI and customize the display from there. I don't have cad access ATM and it's been a while since I've goofed around in this particular display field, so that's the best I can offer. I'll be near cad tomorrow and will see what I can find then.

Would installing the appropriate object enabler help display these object's properties?

If not, these might help as well:

Lee's Dynamic Info tool

http://www.lee-mac.com/dinfo.html

Andrea's tool that lets you read and edit xdata

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=36098.msg412243#msg412243

troggarf,

We're talking about vertical platform Objects... The options you provide are dependent on accessible XDATA... Vertical Objects are constructed over the AutoCAD, and Map 3D layers of the 'onion' so-to-speak (to use Civil 3D's AECC* Objects as an example)... (Generally speaking) The only way to access the exposed Properties is via External COM Interface Object, or .NET API.

Besides, one of the best things Autodesk did in recent releases (to my mind) is the Quick Properties functionality, something most non-developers cannot fully appreciate... I cannot seem to find the post where I expressed my appreciation for the complexity of this in full, but to summarize, they (Autodesk) provide a pre-defined Editor.PointMonitor Event handler for each Typed Object given the applicable platform, one in which the user can configure via CUI Editor, which refreshes the settings for each, displaying the user-specified data, etc..

As a small demonstration of this complexity using only one entity Type (Raster), and a custom Tool Tip, see this post.

troggarf,

 

We're talking about vertical platform Objects... The options you provide are dependent on accessible XDATA... Vertical Objects are constructed over the AutoCAD, and Map 3D layers of the 'onion' so-to-speak (to use Civil 3D's AECC* Objects as an example)... (Generally speaking) The only way to access the exposed Properties is via External COM Interface Object, or .NET API.

 

 

 

Besides, one of the best things Autodesk did in recent releases (to my mind) is the Quick Properties functionality, something most non-developers cannot fully appreciate... I cannot seem to find the post where I expressed my appreciation for the complexity of this in full, but to summarize, they (Autodesk) provide a pre-defined Editor.PointMonitor Event handler for each Typed Object given the applicable platform, one in which the user can configure via CUI Editor, which refreshes the settings for each, displaying the user-specified data, etc..

 

As a small demonstration of this complexity using only one entity Type (Raster), and a custom Tool Tip, see this post.

That was in a post about the rollover tooltips, may have been described as the hover tooltips. I too really like the Quick Properties. If you go into your CUI and click on Rollover tooltips you will be taken to the menu which can be customized for diplay by entity type (like Quick Properties), but the screenshots shown are clearly MEP related tidbits

So would my first suggestion display these properties?

"Would installing the appropriate object enabler help display these object's properties?"

troggarf,

 

We're talking about vertical platform Objects... The options you provide are dependent on accessible XDATA... Vertical Objects are constructed over the AutoCAD, and Map 3D layers of the 'onion' so-to-speak (to use Civil 3D's AECC* Objects as an example)... (Generally speaking) The only way to access the exposed Properties is via External COM Interface Object, or .NET API.

 

 

 

Besides, one of the best things Autodesk did in recent releases (to my mind) is the Quick Properties functionality, something most non-developers cannot fully appreciate... I cannot seem to find the post where I expressed my appreciation for the complexity of this in full, but to summarize, they (Autodesk) provide a pre-defined Editor.PointMonitor Event handler for each Typed Object given the applicable platform, one in which the user can configure via CUI Editor, which refreshes the settings for each, displaying the user-specified data, etc..

 

As a small demonstration of this complexity using only one entity Type (Raster), and a custom Tool Tip, see this post.

So would my first suggestion display these properties?

"Would installing the appropriate object enabler help display these object's properties?"

Quite possibly, depending on the vertical... For example, Civil 3D comes with AMEP Object Enablers built-into the installation OOTB, whereas AMEP requires one to manually install the Civil 3D Object Enabler after-the-fact.

Re-reading the OP, it sounds as though the OP is using AMEP, but has previously had this/these setting(s) disabled. *not sure*

BlackBox have you progressed with this app? This seems handy, especially if it's flexible.

I would like to incorporate tooltips into a DCL and believe this may perhaps be a method to do so?

Mouseover area, display image of text?

BlackBox have you progressed with this app? This seems handy, especially if it's flexible.

I would like to incorporate tooltips into a DCL and believe this may perhaps be a method to do so?

Mouseover area, display image of text?

Hi bhull1985, apologies for being ignorant, but which app exactly?

Not ignorant, I had multiple tabs open and believe this went into the wrong one!

The mouse-over for displaying images/information hopefully

Not ignorant, I had multiple tabs open and believe this went into the wrong one!

The mouse-over for displaying images/information hopefully

No worries; did you mean this one (mentioned earlier in this thread here)?

Yes I sure did!

But I was wondering if it could be used to display tooltip information, either dynamic or as a pre-created image.

Thanks BB, trying hard to get this app i'm working on complete.

Fairly close, and i'm already getting code ready for a more enhanced version 2

... I was wondering if it could be used to display tooltip information, either dynamic or as a pre-created image.

I guess I'm not understanding what you're after, as that .NET code does implement a tooltip, note the call to PointMonitorEventArgs.AppendToolTipText()... Not sure what you mean by 'pre-created image' (like GR* functions?).

In any event, perhaps you could post a link to a thread for your code, so we're not going too far off on a tangent here, etc.

Cheers