topic Re: "Component_IDs_Of_Parent" - How to get names of components? in GDL

"Component_IDs_Of_Parent" - How to get names of components?

greg_lupo — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:22:07 GMT

Hi Gdlers,

How to get names of building materials after using request:

n = REQUEST ( Component_IDs_Of_Parent collectComponents, outputCompIds)
outputCompIDs- return dictonary with some strange bmat ids that are not indexes nor guids and what is more in case of compllex profiles they are in different order than responses of Profile_component_info

Help!

Re: "Component_IDs_Of_Parent" - How to get names of components?

Peter Baksa — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:04:01 GMT

Hi,

Components have a building material, but they have a cross-section shape too, so they are different from building materials.

You can't get building material index from them, but the property Common / Name can be set for building materials, and shown as a component property.

Re: "Component_IDs_Of_Parent" - How to get names of components?

greg_lupo — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:52:16 GMT

But Properties in bmats cant be expressions so writing Common/Name has to be fill up by hand right?
From a label user the aim was to have a list of components of complex profile, pick one and display its properties.

problem is that request "Component_IDs_Of_Parent" returns dict with component ids (different than bmat indeces) but also in different order than result of "Profile_component_info". Is there a automatic way to identify components with thier coresponding bmats?

Re: "Component_IDs_Of_Parent" - How to get names of components?

Peter Baksa — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:48:12 GMT

Hi,

if it is enough to list skins that are actually cut by the floorplan cutplane:

dict collectComponents, outputCompIds collectComponents.collectMode = 1 n = REQUEST ("Component_IDs_Of_Parent", collectComponents, outputCompIds) if n > 0 then collectComponents.collectMode = 2 n = REQUEST ("Component_IDs_Of_Parent", collectComponents, outputCompIds) for i = 1 to vardim1(outputCompIds.componentIds) text2 0, 0, outputCompIds.componentIds[i].id add2 0, -1 next i del i - 1 add2 2, 0 for i = 1 to vardim1(WALL_SKINS_BMAT_NAMES) text2 0, 0, WALL_SKINS_PARAMS[i][18] add2 2, 0 text2 0, 0, WALL_SKINS_BMAT_NAMES[i][1] del 1 add2 0, -1 next i del i - 1 del 1 endif

collectComponents.collectMode = 2 gives result in the same order as WALL_SKINS_... globals (hiding data of uncut components).