Contents

• A note on customizing blocks
• Properties that can be changed
• How this block is used
• Changing the way bipass doors appear

A note on customizing blocks

It is highly recommended that when you want to customize a block that you make a copy of the original block and put the copy in the "Custom" folder. Edit the copy in the "Custom" folder leaving the original file intact. We also recommend that you place any new blocks you create in the "Custom" folder as well.

Put all new and customized blocks here so they will go with you when you upgrade.

When any of the APS-2008 commands look for a block they look in the custom folder first and then in either the Planblks or Elevblks folders. By doing this you keep a copy of the original file (just in case something should go wrong or you want to go back to the original) and you keep all of your customizations centrally located which makes it easier to take your customizations with you should you move to a new computer. Also, future version upgrades to the APS-2008 software will copy any customizations in the "Custom" folder and use them with the new software saving you the hassle of setting it up again.

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Properties that can be changed

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How these blocks are used

The block that is used for the C-BIPASS command is scaled with different X and Y values when inserted. The X value is always 1.0 and the Y value is the width of the door. By inserting the block this way it is automatically "stretched" (scaled) to fit the door opening. The block that the C-BIPASS command uses does not look like the block shown above until C-BIPASS scales it. The block looks like this in it's raw format:

This allows us to use only one block for all sizes of doors.

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Changing the way the bipass doors appear

The block to edit is "aps-bpdr.dwg".

This block is located in the "Planblks" folder but we recommend that you make a copy in the "Custom" folder and edit the copy.

There is no way we can anticipate all of the ways that this block will need to be changed so we will show some considerations when modifying this block below.

Insertion point & rotation angle

The insertion point for the door (yellow dot shown at left) is the midpoint of the center line.

The rotation should be with 0 degrees to the right as shown (assuming that 0 degrees is set to go to the right).

The door block should be 1" tall as shown here. The thickness of the sliding doors should measure whatever you would like them to be in your drawings. The width (X) values are not scaled when using this block so if you draw the doors 3/4" thick here they will be 3/4" thick in your plan.

Height attribute

When you open this block you will see the door block as shown with it's height attribute. Do NOT erase the door's height attribute. This attribute is what stores the door's height value for the door schedule commands and is used by the DWELEV command to create the door's elevation.

Saving the block

This block may be saved normally (using AutoCAD's SAVE command or any of the TPSCLOSE, PSCLOSE, or SCLOSE commands)

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