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« Last post by DamCam on Feb 09, 2026, 19:05:43 PM »
Does anyone have cover sheet from reports they would be willing to share.
i am envisioning job#s, due date's, check list's, Etc....
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« Last post by edvan on Feb 09, 2026, 18:23:44 PM »
Thank you all for your replies. I think CID#910 is a lost cause in this specific case, as it is neither Duct or Pipework and does not have a "Length" dimension that has functionality to support "Auto" actions. The default value can be set to the maximum allowed, and it will be up to the user to ensure they don't exceed this value. It would be nice to have this feature available. According to Darren Young's Revit CID compatability log, 910 is still incompatible with Revit  . https://www.darrenjyoung.com/resources/autodesk-fabrication/revit-support-history/So I'm sure it's far off the Fabrication team's radar... You can't ask for everything I guess.
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« Last post by DamCam on Feb 09, 2026, 17:50:21 PM »
Is anyone using the Vicon 1.5 20" laser table with clean air?
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« Last post by jaysomlam on Feb 09, 2026, 13:24:53 PM »
Honestly, I am not the guy who setup the machines in CAMduct (I created scripts). If I understand this correctly, we created multiple machines in CAMduct (let say one machine for metal, another machine for insulation), and we assigned different file extension to the CNC files for each machine (to avoid a problem when we delete sheets). Thats' how we use one MAJ file and nest both metal parts and insulation parts in the MAJ file.
We don't have a problem nesting single wall duct with or without insulation. We used to have a problem nesting double wall duct until we worked around this problem by using 2 MAJ files. We still don't know why we cannot nest everything using one MAJ file for double wall duct. But we have the workaround and we stick with this and don't want to spend too much time trying to get to the bottom of the problem.
Hope this helps.
jaysomlam
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the standard length in duct pressure class is the max length of a straight part when it is set to "Auto". the part will come in as that standard length and can be stretched shorter, but if you stretch it longer what will happen depends somewhat on your authoring software. In AutoCAD another straight will be started. In Revit the part will stretch beyond the auto length. You then use the optimize lengths function to break it up into auto length + short leftover. This applies to your straights for example CIDs 866, 40, 165.
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« Last post by conorm on Feb 06, 2026, 16:27:24 PM »
I had a chat with the Autodesk robo service assistant. It ended up telling me, I can help get the nesting page and part labels aligned. It sounds like the origin/preset points for the machine are incorrect, so parts and piece points shift between nesting and NC. To keep parts and labels in the expected locations, update the machine's preset points: Click File > Setup > Installed Machines. Select the Machine in use and click Setup... On the Machine tab set the Preset Points (Origin, Home Point, Start Point) to the upper-right corner (or the corner you use for nesting). Click OK to close the Machine Editor, then OK to close Installed Machines. After making this change, re-nest the parts so the new preset points take effect. If labels/order still differ, also check the NC Part Ordering: File > Setup > Installed Machines > select machine > Setup... > NC Settings tab, and in Part Ordering set Method to “Label Application: Part” then re-nest. That should correct piece point placement and label order on the printed nesting page. The last part about changing the NC Part Ordering to "Label Application: Part" seems to have fixed my issue for now.
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« Last post by DotNet on Feb 06, 2026, 03:43:28 AM »
From here, the question is how to present it to the user. There's some history to this. What the inputters had before I started this was a lot of scripts that "just took care of it". This is good in some ways, but it does not enable them to grow in the role or take ownership of the process. I wanted to give the "easiness" of the scripts and also enable the users.
So instead of automatically fixing anything, on opening the AddIn, they are presented with a list of items that have suggested adjustments. They come in varying urgency levels like "Suggestion, Warning, Critical", much like a log system.
But it actually tells them, item by item, what the rule was that was flagged. Why it was flagged. And what the system will do to fix it, or what they can do to fix it.
Very nice. We also do this with a parameter. Multiple issues can be flagged and described within. Since parameters are native to Revit, users can tag, schedule, and filter views and schedules based on specific QC issues. When I'm implementing the QA/QC process in Revit, I think I will be feeling much more flexible in the approach to all of this. Since we're trying to allow inputters to do what inputters do within the environment best fits their purpose, I was essentially stuck with finding a way to make CAMduct handle it.
I know the feeling. We have to reinvent the wheel for CAM/EST only API solutions. There isn't even native selection support. It's Windows 98 era software. In my experience CAMduct guys usually have access to CADmep and enjoy using it when required. I always push for tools like these to be done in CADmep whenever possible. The AutoCAD API props CAM/EST up significantly, for us, and for them.
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« Last post by jimbon on Feb 06, 2026, 00:51:32 AM »
jaysomlam,
Thank you for the response!
So just to make sure I understand, if you don't do an insulation-only nest for single-wall duct, how do you nest your metal and insulation in single-wall duct to separate Installed Machines? Or do you nest the insulation for your single-wall duct using the same Installed Machine as you do for the metal of your single-wall duct?
jimbon
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« Last post by edvan on Feb 05, 2026, 20:06:42 PM »
Thank you for your quick response.
The example you provided shows a Specification entry for the Pipework library, which cannot be applied to CID#910.
Please see to my attached screenshots, hopefully they help make sense of my situation.
The Specification entry's "STD Straight" appears to have no impact on maximum allowed length. In my experience this is typically governed by a Material's Gauge, at least for Pipework.
However, these gauges cannot be applied to CID#910, as it is not a Pipework type.
Gauges in the "Duct" or "Other" categories do not seem to have any property to manage lengths, and inconveniently in my specific case, are only allowed to be "named" with numeric values.
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here, the sheetmetal side of Fabrication is alien to me.
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« Last post by cadbyken on Feb 05, 2026, 19:16:34 PM »
Length restrictions are part of specifications (pressure class on the duct side). See if setting up a material and length restriction for the Standard Library and see if that works for you. Note, with the different max lengths for each structural type, you would need different materials.
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