Express tools - edittime

I have loaded the Bricscad Express Tools and there is an item /tools/dwg editing time - just like the autocad one. Click on it though - up pops 'Unable to recognize command "EDITTIME'.
it is a simple but effective time-in-drawing timer in Autocad.
shame it doesn't work.
Is there anything else, apart from the rather useless 'TIME' command?

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  • Further to the above
    Looking at the express tools help, the tools sub-menu does not have EDITTIME listed
    so that's why it doesn't work!
  • By typing "time" the following appears

  • I've seen that. But Edittime has a very useful feature - it can be set to timeout after a period - so when you go to lunch your drawing will not be updating the timer!
  • Edittime is an Autodesk ARX file. There are quite a few links about converting ARX to BRX on the web. There is a Bricscad SDK available for signing up as a developer, but it would be beyond my expertise. I guess I'll just have to keep my work time on projects on scraps of paper and hope I don't miss anything!
  • And in fact three years later there is an edittime tool in V5 - but I can't turn it off!
    So if I open a file to look at it, it is marked as changed because edittime updates when the file is opened

  • Could you please report this via Support request? It seems something wrong with deactivation of EDITTIME, the only way to turn it Off I found is using of another User profile.

  • Lyubov could you do this and cc me re the answer? I'm not sure how to do a Support request…

    I am actually finding EDITTIME quite useful as it seems to keep track of a number of drawings, but it would be good to be able to turn it off without having to use another User profile!

    Regards

    Jwuz

  • edited February 9

    I agree strongly - "it is marked as changed because edittime updates when the file is opened" - who cares about that?

    I need to know the cumulative length of periods (say 5-minute) in which genuine-edit commands (i.e. commands which alter the model or its attributes, disregarding e.g. Zoom or VisualStyle) were being executed.

    And the last time/date that happened (i.e. when the drawing/version was frozen, disregarding later times when it was simply opened or e.g. Zoom or VisualStyle).

  • Tom, this may be helpful, it looks at your commands used. I guess could put a timer in it. record every 5 minutes.

  • Please follow steps from this article: Site faviconHow to submit a support request - BricsCAD Lite & Pro | Bricsys Help Center

    A request has more weight, if it's created by client with maintainance, than internally.

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