topic Re: Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part in GDL

Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part

Goker Altuntas — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:46:37 GMT

Hi everyone,

I was working on a wall appliance, which is a clock-like product. It should always be placed at a specific elevation (let's say hStandard).

For example:


add 0, 0, -GLOB_ELEVATION + hStandard
      block 0.1, 0.1, 0.1,
del 1

This would probably solve the issue but I would prefer ArchiCAD to understand where the actual geometry is. Is there anyway to adjust or maybe just stabilise -GLOB_ELEVATION parameter itself?

Thanks for all your's time, already.

Re: Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part

SenecaDesignLLC — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:55:24 GMT

What is not stable about your global elevation parameter? is there a reason why you're not mapping everything to your story settings? The global elevation is going to change anytime the object shifts inside us z-space
It may help if you provide an image with some markups giving a better description of exactly what you're attempting to achieve.
I say this a lot but really the elevator object has some really nice code setup for defining stories their heights and everything else like that relative to the object's location.
I use it to set objects specific heights from their home story but I would guess that if you had the right parameters for the location you want to set it from it would work the same way.

Re: Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part

Goker Altuntas — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 22:08:18 GMT

Thanks for your response,

The global elevation is going to change anytime the object shifts inside us z-space

Yes, and that's what I don't want to happen. Or in other words, I need to restrict the object to not shift vertically. In our projects, this object has to be located at a specific elevation which is 1437mm above the home story. It is a difficult number to remember all the time. Also, there are other objects which are needed to be located at different elevations.

I will take some screenshots, but I need to wait until Monday to access my work computer .

Thanks for your time

Re: Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part

SenecaDesignLLC — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:09:41 GMT

You should for sure look at the elevator object then, As it will give you the code you need to access locking your object to a specific height above the home story

Re: Stabilising GLOB_ELEVATION for a specific library part

Goker Altuntas — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:44:31 GMT

SenecaDesignLLC wrote:
You should for sure look at the elevator object then, As it will give you the code you need to access locking your object to a specific height above the home story

Thanks for all your suggestions. I will check the elevator asap . Regards..