Updated Link

I have added a new link over on the side of my blog for the Autodesk's MEP Discussion Group.
Autodesk MEP Discussion Group Link
If you are looking for a different product than ABS/MEP, you will want to click on "All discussion groups" and it will take you back to the main area.
Getting onto this discussion group is free.
You will sometimes get Autodesk "workers" pass through with answers to your questions, but typically you will get the most feedback from other cad users like yourself.
So keep that in mind when testing out their suggestions.

If you need true help from Autodesk you will want to go through the Subscription Center and create a "ticket" with them, if you're on subscription that is.

Pipe Symbol Size Change for 1/4" Scale Dwgs

1-line Pipe 1/4" Scale Dwg Drops/Rises/Tees:
NOTE: Our standard symbol size is set to 10 for 1/8" scaled dwgs.
Change this setting if this dwg will ONLY have 1/4" scaled viewports on it!
Do NOT use if you have mixed viewport scales on the dwg.
To get a non-scaling set diameter rise/drop for 1-line pipe:
Open your dwg.
Go to modelspace.
Go to "Format".
Choose "Style Manager".
Choose your drawing name.
Expand your dwg in the left-hand column to the following:
....dwg\Piping Objects\Pipe Rise Drop Styles\Pipe Break - Rise Only
Go to the "Rise and Drop" tab on the right-hand column.
Click on the #3, under "Scaling" change the X, Y, and Z values to 5.00
Click on the #4, under "Scaling" change the X, Y, and Z values to 5.00
Click on the #5, under "Scaling" change the X, Y, and Z values to 5.00
Click the "Apply" button.
Click the "ok" button.
Save your dwg!

Pipe Rise/Drop Black Outline Fix

Pipe Drops/Rises Symbol Color Fix/Remove Black Outline Issue:
NOTE: Fix this on the background dwgs and the dwgs you will xref it into.
Command line: "Insert"
Scroll down to "Aecb_Other_Rnd_2Line_PipeBreak_Rise"
(This is the symbol that we are set to that is giving us issues)
Insert it at any location, keep the scale at 1:1:1.
Double click on it and edit the block.
Select the entire symbol.
Go to the Properties palette.
Under "General", under "Color"
Change it to "ByBlock".
Then unselect everything.
Click on "Save changes" on the "Refedit" toolbar.
Click "Ok" to save changes.
Now erase the "Aecb_Other_Rnd_2Line_PipeBreak_Rise" block.
If you zoom out you will see that all of your drops have been fixed.

I'm alive!

Good afternoon Bloggers...

I am still here and still digging up new and odd things dealing with ABS07.

Some of the fun recent questions I have had to field deal with diffusers acting oddly, the pipe rise and drops having a big bold black (undesired) outline around them, pipe rise/drop changing symbolic scale for 1/4" dwgs, and the room name and number schedule dragging our dwg speed down.

I will post some answers here in separate posts to help the searching functionality of my blog.

Again...sorry for being silent for so long.

Hope you all have been well!