LotSpec for AutoCAD Architecture 2023.1.1

Released – 12/15/2022

Fixes

Relaxed the illegal character validation restrictions for Option information to better accommodate existing projects that may still use certain characters.

LotSpec for AutoCAD Architecture 2023.1

Released – 11/21/2022

New Features

Find & Replace Text Functionality

A new Find & Replace Text function has been added to the Quick Sheets tools and will complement the clone sheets functionality so that changing view title text can be addressed more efficiently. The Find & Replace Text function is available within the right click menu as an independent function and also within the clone sheets dialog so that it can occur while cloning sheets.

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Enhancements

The existing ‘About’ button has been transformed into a ‘Resources’ button that now provides additional quick access to product education links and Simpson Strong-Tie building technology links. License information can now be found within the ‘Manage License’ selection at the top of the resources list.
Reworked the Miter Roof Edges utility behavior for a more predictable outcome. Users will be asked to save their active drawing which allows LotSpec to temporarily enforce a single viewport while in the command. Users can then continue selecting consecutive slab edge pairs until pressing escape to exit out of the command and to restore the prior viewport configuration.
The remove option data utility now also allows for poly box option data to be removed within the same command so that users no longer have to reapply a poly option to remove that particular rule set.
Option labels for rule errors will now generate with a red color to provide better distinction between working rules and broken rules when viewed together and also to stand out better when zoomed out on larger drawings.
The show object extents utility will now draw polylines on a LotSpec layer rather than layer zero to avoid visibility issues when that layer is the default layer and is turned off. LotSpec will now also automatically remove the object extents polylines prior to solving similar to option labels.
The option set solve dialog will now remember the users previous selections to help speed up recursive solving during the option set refinement process.

Fixes

Fixed an issue with the clone sheets function where in some circumstances would not properly swap view by option set or source view as well as reduced the likelihood of some fatal errors that led to crashing.
Revised option deletion behavior to properly consider both option sets and option packages and provided more detail in the confirmation dialog for stronger understanding of what answering “Yes” or “No” will do to any associated option sets or option packages.
Fixed the find & replace option rule utility to expand it’s impact on all rules stored within the LotSpec settings dialog as well as existing option labels.
Fixed an issue that did not allow the mirror plan toggle to be available when solving option sets using the solve on LotSpec Remote feature.
Fixed an issue that did not allow for proper illegal character validation to occur within key option and option set information fields.

LotSpec for AutoCAD Architecture 2023.0

Released – 8/8/2022

New Features

Clone Sheet Functionality

Master Set development can be a slow grind of repetitious tedium with much time spent clicking, opening and closing multiple dialogs to replicate often very similar sheet layouts that only differ slightly by option. The new Clone Sheet function allows users to more efficiently duplicate sheets while being able to specify the new sheet name & number, specify the desired sheet subset location, run a find & replace option on all existing views, independently control view changes by option set or source view, and automatically refresh the project sheet list all from within one dialog. The Clone Sheet function can be accessed from within the Quick Sheets tool via the right click context menu.

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Miter Roof Edges Utility

In an effort to make the native miter process more efficient for our users who perform extensive 3D roof development, we have created a new miter roof edges utility which aims to reduce clicks and pre-command selection requirements by allowing for a window selection of slab pairs with the ability to [Spacebar] through additional slab pair miters without starting the miter command over each time.