Overdrive
Pro Hidden Prompts
Sometimes you will want to make a prompt that is not displayed to the user. These prompts are called “Hidden Prompts". If you intend to use your product designs with Microvellum Toolbox, you must limit the number of characters in a formula to 255; however, formulas used on the Prompts page can be up to 1440 characters. Formulas over 255 can be added as “Hidden Prompts”, and the reference to the “Hidden Prompt” name can be used elsewhere. Also, if you need to make product designs that include complicated shapes, such as radiused or angle parts, the logic to control these parts can become very complex. Breaking up complicated formulas into several, easy to understand formulas is often preferable. Long formulas are often difficult for other people to understand; they may even be difficult for you to understand if you need to look at it again, months later. Hidden and visible prompts are separated by a blank row on the “Prompts” page. In addition to the hidden prompts that you can create, Microvellum has hidden prompts that are available to make different changes to your product. After adding a value, and defining these hidden prompts to your product, Microvellum will make the changes to your product. ElvDim - This hidden prompt will change the position of the dimension of the product. A value of "1" will place the dimension below the product. A value of "2" will place the dimension above the product. ElvNoDim - Defining this hidden prompt in your product will suppress the dimension in the elevation view. FloorPlanCoordinates - Use this hidden prompt to control the way the product is displayed in the floor plan view. The value should be a list of X,Y coordinates and bulge values separated by commas. To make a pie cut corner cabinet, use this formula: ="(0,0,0),"&Width&",0,0,"&Width&","&-Width&",0,"&Width-Depth&","&-Width&",0,"&Width-Depth&","&-Depth&",0,0,"&-Depth&",(0,0,0)" To make a diagonal corner cabinet use this formula: ="(0,0,0),"&Width&",0,0,"&Width&","&-Width&",0,"&Width-Depth&","&-Width&",0,0,"&-Depth&",(0,0,0)" ElvNoOutline - This hidden prompt will suppress the outline of the product in elevation view. The value to suppress the outline should be anything besides a blank cell or a "0". ElvProductDescription - This hidden prompt will display the product description, WIC number, or other product identifier. The value should contain whatever you would like to display on the elevation view, such as "WIC 102". ElvWHD - This hidden prompt will display the width, height, and depth on the elevation view of the product. The value should be the text formatted as you want it to appear (i.e. =Width&" x "&Height&" x "&Depth). HeightAboveFloor - This hidden prompt will force the "Height Above Floor" prompt to appear on the prompts screen. The following hidden prompts are used to generate data for the job costing information. Custom reports can handle labor, equipment, and freight cost information. Hidden Prompts containing the following in their names are used to populate the “Overdrive Pro.mdb” file with cost information: ShopLabor FieldLabor Price Weight Product Volume
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