topic Re: World Coordinate object issue in GDL

World Coordinate object issue

strangeday — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:43:09 GMT

Hello everyone, using the world coordinate object I'm encountering a little problem(or limitation of the object itself), I'm unable to show more than 2 decimal after seconds(even if I set 4 decimal in project origin), I try to change working unit and tollerance, but nothing changes, do you think there may be a way to overcome this problem??

Thank you in advance
ps. added a screenshot to be more explicative

Re: World Coordinate object issue

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:53:06 GMT

strangeday wrote:
do you think there may be a way to overcome this problem??

Unfortunately this object doesn't have this option.
Your alternative is to edit it and change some code.
If you are confident with GDL code, the workflow is:
1. Find in your AC24 Library a Macro called "coordinateDim_m";
2. Open it and go to the 2D script and replace:
This 2 lines:

	text_x_coor = LONG_LETTER + " " + STR(LONG_DEGREE,1,0) + "° " + STR(LONG_MINUTE,1,0) + "' " + STR(LONG_SECOND,3,2) + "''"
	text_y_coor = LAT_LETTER  + " " + STR(LAT_DEGREE, 1,0) + "° " + STR(LAT_MINUTE, 1,0) + "' " + STR(LAT_SECOND, 3,2) + "''"

With:

	text_x_coor = LONG_LETTER + " " + STR(LONG_DEGREE,1,0) + "° " + STR(LONG_MINUTE,1,0) + "' " + STR(LONG_SECOND,5,4) + "''"
	text_y_coor = LAT_LETTER  + " " + STR(LAT_DEGREE, 1,0) + "° " + STR(LAT_MINUTE, 1,0) + "' " + STR(LAT_SECOND, 5,4) + "''"

I think this will do the trick.
Cheers,

Re: World Coordinate object issue

strangeday — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 06:35:41 GMT

Hello Mr. Braza..... ......I have no words to thank you!!!...your suggestion saved me a lot of time!

Thank you again
Francesco

Re: World Coordinate object issue

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:12:52 GMT

You are welcome Francesco.
Cheers,

Re: World Coordinate object issue

Anarchiteckt — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:01:13 GMT

Helle Brazza

I follow your instruction.
I could find the Macro and replace the GDL code.

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BUT it´s still a problem. I don't have the right to save the change.The Macro is just "read only"

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For your information is the library on a bimcloud basic.
How is the procedure to unlock this macro?

Best Regard

Gwen

Re: World Coordinate object issue

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:27:24 GMT

Hi Gwen,
It looks like your library is compacted in a .lcf file. If it is the case, then you will have to extract all the content of the library to a dedicated folder and finally get access and edit the "coordinateDim_m" macro.
Hope this helps.