topic Re: drawing title object not working in AC25 in GDL

drawing title object not working in AC25

jkershaw — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:35:31 GMT

We have been using a custom drawing title object since AC20 with no issues. Now that we are using AC25, the title is behaving correctly ON SCREEN, but when we print or save as PDF, the title object displays the information for ALL drawings on the layout.

Need help solving this. GDL script below. Thanks!

correct display on screenissue when printing or saving to pdf

!! convert pt size to mm size !!

titleSizeMM = titleFontSize * 0.352778

numberSizeMM = numberSize * 0.352778

scaleSizeMM = scaleSize * 0.352778

DEFINE STYLE title_type titleFont, titleSizeMM, 7, 0

DEFINE STYLE number_type numberFont, numberSizeMM, 8,0

DEFINE STYLE scale_type scaleFont, scaleSizeMM, 1,0

IF showTitle = 1 THEN

STYLE title_type

PEN 1

PARAGRAPH "paragraph_title" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1

"<DRAWINGNAME>"

ENDPARAGRAPH

TEXTBLOCK "textBlock_title" 0, 7, 0, 1, 1, 1, "paragraph_title"

ADD2 37/64",0

RICHTEXT2 0, 0, "textBlock_title"

ENDIF

DEL TOP

IF showNumber = 1 THEN

STYLE number_type

PEN 1

PARAGRAPH "paragraph_number" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1

"<DRAWINGID>"

ENDPARAGRAPH

TEXTBLOCK "textBlock_number" 0, 8, 0, 1, 1, 1, "paragraph_number"

ADD2 1/4",0

RICHTEXT2 0, 0, "textBlock_number"

ENDIF

DEL TOP

PEN 2

LINE2 0,0,1/2",0

HOTSPOT2 1/2",0

HOTSPOT2 0,0

DEL TOP

IF showScale = 1 AND not_to_scale = 0 THEN

STYLE scale_type

PEN 1

PARAGRAPH "paragraph_scale" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1

"<DRAWINGSCALE>"

ENDPARAGRAPH

TEXTBLOCK "textBlock_scale" 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, "paragraph_scale"

ADD2 9/16",-3/64"

RICHTEXT2 0, 0, "textBlock_scale"

ENDIF

DEL TOP

IF showScale = 1 AND not_to_scale = 1 THEN

STYLE scale_type

PEN 1

PARAGRAPH "paragraph_scale" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1

"NOT TO SCALE"

ENDPARAGRAPH

TEXTBLOCK "textBlock_not_to_scale" 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, "paragraph_scale"

ADD2 9/16",-3/64"

RICHTEXT2 0, 0, "textBlock_not_to_scale"

ENDIF

DEL TOP

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:11:51 GMT

Might be the Title bug in AC25.

See here

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Document-Visualize-forum/Custom-drawing-title-issue-with-ArchiCAD-25/m-p/219331/highlight/true#M32308

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

jkershaw — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:01:24 GMT

Thanks, Eduardo.

I was able to solve the issue by replacing what I call the "shortcut" variables - <DRAWINGNAME>, <DRAWINGID>, etc - with the global AC variables (AC_DrawingName, AC_DrawingNumber, etc.)

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

Lingwisyer — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:53:42 GMT

For future reference, those shortcut variables are called Autotext.

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

snow — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:21:23 GMT

Sorry...
but it seems that I'm to stupid to replace 'Autotext' with 'Variables'

If i put between quotes there appers the name of the variable in the titel instead the name of the drawing...

if i put it plain in, I get an error.

And how to replace <DRAWINGID> ?

text2 (AC_DrawingRect[3]-DistH),DistV,"<DRAWINGNAME>" + " <DRAWINGID>"

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

jkershaw — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:17:39 GMT

I'm too stupid to know all the right terminology, but I'll do my best to answer.

Archicad has global variables for use in the GDL code. I utilized the following:

AC_DrawingName

AC_DrawingNumber

AC_DrawingScale

These variables should not be in quotations when scripting in GDL.

Here's an example of the code:

PARAGRAPH "paragraph_number" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 AC_DrawingNumber ENDPARAGRAPH

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

snow — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:18:39 GMT

Thank you for your reply!

But it seems to use

'PARAGRAPH' instead of 'Text2' there is a complete different "environment" necessary...

... or someting with (a?) 'string' is necessary...(Warning in the editor...)

So you see, I don't have much knowledge of GDL-Script...

...seems that basics, like showing the "result" of a variable in the "output" are missing with me.

I looked several times into manuals but whether I didn't look for the right things or I just don't understand what's written there.

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

jkershaw — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:17:13 GMT

apologies - I should have given you the full code in context. I'm no GDL expert - more of a hack.

This is part of a larger script. This is the section that generates the drawing title.

IF showTitle = 1 THEN STYLE title_type PEN 1 PARAGRAPH "paragraph_title" 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 AC_DrawingName ENDPARAGRAPH TEXTBLOCK "textBlock_title" 0, 7, 0, 1, 1, 1, "paragraph_title" ADD2 37/64",0 RICHTEXT2 0, 0, "textBlock_title"

PARAGRAPH is a means of defining styles and alignments. It also defines the output. In this case, the output is the variable AC_DrawingName.

TEXTBLOCK defines more options for anchor points, width_factor, etc. In this case, the output of the text block is the information defined in PARAGRAPH.

RICHTEXT2 is what actually outputs the text. It outputs the information defined in TEXTBLOCK.

You can use TEXT2, but you'll have less control over formatting:

TEXT2 0,0,AC_DrawingName

Re: drawing title object not working in AC25

snow — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:08:54 GMT

With help trough the german Archicad-Discord Channel I could finally solve the 'problem' (just at the day the next Archicad update is announced... 😉 )
The key issue was, that the name of the variable has to be typed manually into the parameter list.

… and to get a space in the output between several expressions I had to learn what's about the 'str' command.