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Thank you Dave. Not exactly what I was asking but close enough to give me a direction to a solution.

Thank you again,

Allen

@dave r said:

When I need something like that I make a .xlsx file to insert. It's eas to format and can be edited in Excel or your favorite spreadsheet application.

Hi Dave and thank you for your reply.

So you create one xls file, the correct column width by however long it needs to be. Do you create each line as a row or do you create a massive text box for the entire specification?

As you know, specifications can get long so even on a 24 by 36 Arch D sheet it would be longer than the roughly 22" and so would need to span multiple columns.

I wasn"t able to get Layout to wrap the text into the adjacent column and had to manually cut and paste so editing the text proved cumbersome.

In the past, my project specification was a separate book that accompanied the drawings but for smaller projects I do now as a retiree, it seems common to create a single sheet with all the specifications in one place in 4 or 5 columns across the page.

Appreciate the help,

Allen

Can anyone suggest a way to insert a construction specification text or rtf file into Layout?

I can create the specifications in Word as a multi-column file but have not been able to figure out how to import into Layout.

Only thing that worked was to cut and paste sections of the spec into columns I created but not very satisfactory, especially if edits need to be made.

Tried creating a 4our column by 50 row table (the fifty tow was a guess) but that didn't work.

Sure table with word wrap would be great if the feature existed.

Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions,

Allen Weitzman, Architect
(Retired)

Hi,

Just discovered your 8 year old plugin. Its exactly what I was hoping to find.

I am a 2018 Pro user and a retired architect that still does small projects for clients and fun designs for myself.

Your plugin works as expected although it took me a while to find where among the tools it is located. Save for one problem. It doesn't always save even though I update the scene after selecting the left or right option.

I create four orthogonal elevations and happily am able to cast a 45 degree shadow on all four sides, update the scene but when I come back, some of the scenes have lost the setting while others are fine.

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,

Allen Weitzman