Hoist Display Options

The hoist display labels can be tailored for customized data display.

Specifying Hoist Data Display

Hoists can display with a custom selection of labeled data fields. The selections can apply to all hoists in the drawing or only to selected hoists.

To specify the display of hoist data:

1. If you are applying the label settings to only certain hoist objects, select the hoists.

2. Select Spotlight > Hoists > Set Hoist Data Display.

The Set Hoist Data Display dialog box opens. Select which data fields should display with the hoist, and set the appearance.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Hoist data fields	Lists all possible data fields that can display with the hoist; select the fields to display by placing a check mark in the Display column. Click again to remove the check mark and the data field. To change the label order, drag and drop the items to move in the # column.
Label Font	Sets the font size and style for the data labels
Show Label Text	Select whether to display the label names for the data, or just show the data without the labels (similar to Show Data Labels on the Object Info palette)
Data Font	Sets the font size and style for the hoist data
Assign To	Applies the data display selections and formatting to selected hoists only, or to all hoists in the drawing
Set as Default for New Hoists	Applies the data display selections to any new hoists created in the drawing

3. Click OK to apply the data display settings to the selected hoists or to all hoists.

Specifying Hoist Number and Dimension Display

Hoists can display with customized hoist number and dimension display option. The settings apply to all hoists in the file, although some of the options, such as the display of X and Y labels, can be overridden for individual hoists from the Object Info palette.

To specify the display of hoist numbers and dimensions:

1. Select Spotlight > Hoists > Set Hoist Number and Dimension Display.

The Set Hoist Number and Dimension Display dialog box opens. Specify how the hoist number label and dimensions should display.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Hoist Number/Label Display
Font Size/Style	Sets the font size and style for the data labels
Show	Select the data to display in the center of the hoist symbol from among the possible Object Info palette parameter
Hoist Dimension Display
Font Size	Sets the font size for the dimension label
Arrow Style	Sets the arrow style for the X and Y dimension indicators. To use a custom marker style, select Custom and specify the marker settings, or select Edit Marker List from the marker style list to set the available marker types (see Editing the Marker List).
Add “X” and “Y” Labels	Adds X= and Y= to the dimension labels

2. Click OK.

The settings apply to all hoists in the drawing.

The dimension rotation automatically updates when the associated hoist origin is moved.

Applying Consistent Hoist Label Positions

The data label position for one hoist object can be applied to other selected hoists.

To apply the label positions from one hoist to selected hoists:

1. Select the hoists that need the label position to be adjusted.

2. Select Spotlight > Hoists > Copy Hoist Data Position.

3. Click on the reference hoist with the desired data label position.

The label position of the selected hoists is adjusted to match the reference hoist.

Applying Consistent Hoist Origin Label Positions

The label position for one hoist origin can be applied to other selected hoist origins.

To apply label positions from one hoist origin to selected hoist origin objects:

1. Select the hoist origins that need their label positions to be adjusted.

2. Select Spotlight > Hoists > Copy Origin Label Position.

3. Click on the reference hoist origin with the desired data label position.

The label position of the selected hoist origins is adjusted to match the reference hoist origin.

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Setting Hoist Heights

Hoist Data

Placing Hoists

Placing Hoist Origins

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