Stratus Dashboard Header Trick

24 Nov 2020 Darren Young

Quick little Stratus tip. This on for headers on your Dashboards. A normal dashboard doesn’t have the ability to customize the header. However, being Stratus is a web based application, you can inject some simple HTML tags to perform some limited modifications.

Take a look at the following headers….

These headers are a result of inserting some very simple HTML tags. Here’s a look at the Report configuration for these header modifications…

Here’s an explanation of these HTML Tags…

HTML Tag(s)	Description	Usage
<br>	Break Line / Carriage Return	Place between text to create a new line
<i> </i>	Italics	Text placed between these tags will be italic
<u> </u>	Underline	Text placed between these tags will be underlined

A few things to note…

You can nest Italics and underline to transform text to both.
More complex HTML tags don’t work, there’s just too many special characters.
HTML tags may (will) show in other places like in the output of CSV files and/or other types of reports.

The usage of HTML tags in your Dashboard headers is likely not supported. If you find any errors within Stratus on pages that you’ve used these, you may want to remove them to verify the special characters aren’t the cause of your issues.

SPOOL.INI Explained

23 Jul 2020 Darren Young

Most (but not all) of the settings in SPOOL.INI relate to the SPOOLDWG command dialog. The following image maps those fields in the dialog with those found in the SPOOL.INI file.

Values and description are listed in the below table along with some additional notes as well as settings related to spooling but not part of the SPOOLDWG dialog.

Ref.	Setting	Value	Description	Note
1	SpoolName	Alpha/Numeric	Name of Spool
3	Template	Path/Template Name	Name or Path & Name of AutoCAD Template for Spool Drawing.
9	Status	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Status toggle in Spool Dialog.
8	View	0 = Plan 1 = SW Isometric 2 = SE Isometric 3 = NE Isometric 4 = NW Isometric 5 = None	Sets Spool drawing view type/orientation.
10	StatusType	Status Index Number	Index Number of the Status as defined in your database.
19	Tags	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Display toggle in the Spool Dialog.
20	Prompt	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Prompt for Position toggle in the Spool Dialog.
22	Reorder	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Renumber toggle in the Spool Dialog.
4	Set Colour	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Change Colour toggle in the Spool Dialog.
5	Spool Colour	RGB Value	RGB (Red Green Blue) color value of the last spool. RGB Values are expressed as 3 integers, each between 0 and 255. Use AutoCAD DDCOLOR command to determine color numbers & corresponding RGB values.	Note 1
11	Report	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Report toggle in the Spool Dialog.
12	ReportIndex	Integer	Zero based index as listed in the drop down list in the Spool Dialog. e.g. 0 = 1st Report, 1 = second report, etc.
7	ColourRange	Comma separated Integer List	List of Integers separated by commas. Represent the AutoCAD Color Index numbers (ACI) of the colors to cycle through for spool colors. Use AutoCAD DDCOLOR command to determine color numbers.	Note 1
6	Colour Pos	Integer	Zero based index of color range for the last color used on a spool.
2	SpoolPath	File Path	Folder where created spool drawings are located.
n/a	Auto Save	0 = No 1 = Yes	If Spooling to separate DWG's instead of Layouts should spool drawings should be saved after they are created.
24	Layout Tab	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Create in Layout Tab toggle in the Spool Dialog.
n/a	Move Model	0 = No 1 = Yes	Sets if the spool be moved to 0,0,0 when creating the spool DWG's.
26	Create	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Create Spool on OK toggle in the Spool Dialog.
13	Title Report	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Update Title with Report toggle in the Spool Dialog.
14	TitleIndex	Integer	Zero based index as listed in the drop down list in the Spool Dialog. e.g. 0 = 1st Report, 1 = second report, etc.
n/a	IgnoreIDs	Comma separated Integer List	List of Integers separated by commas. Integers represent the Service Type Index. Items with these Service Type Indices will not be renumbered or have their item number displayed in the Spool. (Exception: See RenumberIgnoreIds setting)	Note 2
25	Select All	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Select All toggle in the Spool Dialog.
n/a	Remove Section Level	0 = No 1 = Yes	Controls moving the Spool to 0,0 (X,Y) if 1/Yes or 0,0,0 (X,Y,Z) if 0/No when the Move Modelsetting is set set to 1.
23	SameNumber	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Same Number for Identical Parts toggle in the Spool Dialog.
21	LockLeader	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Lock Leader toggle in the Spool Dialog.
n/a	Prompt If Exists	0 = No 1 = Yes	Prompts to overwrite existing Spool DWG if it already exists.
15	Script	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Execute Script File toggle in the Spool Dialog.
16	ScriptName	COD Script File Name	Name of COD Script File to execute on the spool. Script name should be the file name only and NOT include the ".COD" extension. Script file must exist in the folder specified by SCRIPTS section of MAP.INI.	Note 3
17	DataExport	0 = Unchecked 1 = Checked	Set Export Item Data toggle in the Spool Dialog.
18	DataExportName	IEX Report File Name	Name of IEX Data Export Report to run on the spool. Report name should be the file name only and NOT include the ".IEX" extension. Reports must exist in the proper product specific sub-folder under the reports folder specified by REPORTS section of MAP.INI.	Note 4
n/a	UpdateJobNamewithSpoolName	0 = No 1 = Yes	Updates the MAJ Job Name (Job Info) with the spool name prior to running any exports or reports.
n/a	AddCOGMarker	0 = No 1 = Yes	Calculates the Center of Gravity (COG) and inserts the COG Block (with attribute(s)) for the spool.
n/a	Show3DText	0 = No 1 = Yes	If showing annotations and the view is a 3d view, ensures that the database option is enabled to display in 3d.	Note 5
n/a	SpoolDimSnaps	Integer	Enumeration (Bitwise) value for which OBject Snap Modes are set when using the SPOOLDWG command.	Note 6
n/a	RenumberIgnoreIds	0 = No 1 = Yes	Renumbers the list of Ignored parts specified in the IgnoreIDs setting and stores the setting in the Alias field. If the Alias already contains a value, the number will be appended to the value as a suffix.
n/a	CloseDWG	0 = No 1 = Yes	When spooling to separate DWG's instead of Layouts, will close the DWG after creation.
n/a	RenumberMaster	0 = No 1 = Yes	If renumbering, apply the new numbers to the Master DWG.

Note 1:

The DDCOLOR Command in AutoCAD can be used to determine ACI (AutoCAD Color Index) and/or RGB (Red Green Blue) values.

Note 2

Service Types can be found in the database editor. Use the Index Numbers in the Spool.ini settings.

Note 3

COD Scripts must be located in the folder specified by the MAP.INI file.

Type the command APPINFO in CADmep to display a dialog which will show where the Scripts should be located.

Note 4

IEX Data Export reports must be located in the software specific folder specified by the MAP.INI file. MAP.INI specifies the root folder for reports which are then found in a subfolder named based on the product using the reports. This makes knowing the exact reports folder a little difficult when looking in the MAP.INI file.

Tp more easily find the exact report folder, type the command APPINFO in CADmep to display a dialog which will show where the Scripts should be located.

Note 5

The database setting this option controls can be found in the database editor under Takeoff -> CAD Settings -> Annotation.

Note 6

To understand how bitcoded values work for the Snap modes, look up the OSMODE system variable in AutoCAD’s Help system.

BIM there. Done that.

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