topic Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken in GDL

BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 01:32:46 GMT

I realise re: deprecation etc that it may not get addressed but Im clearly putting here...not as a feature request or anything but simply to fix what has been broken

calculations no longer seem to be processed any longer and if you run any of the legacy/component listings etc, what use to work a couple of versions ago, no longer does

eg

The new property manager etc has no way to write to files etc

Thats why the legacy is so important and more so, it deserves a revamp and finish the whole package

WYWSWIG graphic editor for layouts
Ability to attach multiple components/descriptors directly to elements/objects and allow property objects for common recipes

The legacy feature does so much more for professional office collaboration in eg project builders where bim <> estimating is a crucial link.

Cheers

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:26:45 GMT

Specifically noted here

additionally, even just adding parenthesis in the format command breaks it

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Peter Baksa — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:35:08 GMT

Hi Aurasphere,

Looking at an example in the Archicad Library, it works as expected.

Can you tell more about how to reproduce the issue?

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:16:59 GMT

Hi Peter

Sure! Sorry if this is verbose but only way I can think of including the peripherals.

1. Select the standard AC component list as note here

2. After the listing completes, inspect the displayed fields

There are no fields appearing that include any arithmetic expressions.

3. Edit the listing (of course it is built in so it wont save but this is for the purpose of investigation)

4. Create a duplicate of the graphic template and rerun the listing (which will now have a different output but same symptoms

5. Now confirm the issue by editing the current graphic template apply a basic expression to the value of the comp quantity exactly as per the pdf manual

The expression is no longer evaluated but is presented as literal string

I have older templates that were fine a number of years ago but no longer work as well.

Unless I am missing something here.

HTH.

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:00:47 GMT

Hi @Peter Baksa

Are you able to show a screenshot of the working example on your comoputer ie Archicad/components long?

Thanks

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Peter Baksa — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:21:30 GMT

Hi,

Expressions have to be written in (). Regardless that, this modification with the format wizard doesn't work.

The interesting thing is that there are lists which work with expressions (Rooms, Walls/Stories 2).

When I modify "Components_Keys(short).txt" in the Archicad Library folder, expressions work.

Try defining your lists in a folder, not the embedded library, does it work that way?

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:21:15 GMT

Hi Peter

I exclusively don't use embedded lists. They are simply in the library folder.

re (); yes that's how I originally did it but even with a simple #(2*3) it just returns a 0 in the listing. This was how all the old listings were done and previously; years ago, worked fine

I'm not using the format wizard (but of course tested using that) but I'm editing the text file externally as it is much faster in dev.

So you are saying that ArhcLib/component/keys/long displays all the fields? Mine definitely does not.

Running "Rooms/Stories" crashes every time.

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:44:02 GMT

Hi Peter

I have tried this but siill no solution

Are you able to send a screen shot of a working component list by keys eg of the output...as I have opened the Aus template file and it does not work here, out of the box

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Peter Baksa — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:14:52 GMT

Hi,

this is AUS 27.5030

Opening area is calculated as window area + door area in "Archicad Library 27\List Templates 27\Templates 27\Room_Wall_Story_2.txt"

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Aurasphere — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:50:25 GMT

Thanks Peter, yes that is a room listing...sorry if I wasnt clear but Im not disputing those are faulty.

Even the formatting works perfectly in those

The issue Im having is anything with components.

Those blank fields use format only and it fails

Cheers

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Peter Baksa — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:58:13 GMT

Hi,

In the case of "Components/Keys (long)" the formatting is fine, it is the referenced field that is not correct.

Instead

Format "^Total[7]:8.2 #unit[7]"

Format "^Total[5]:8.2 #unit[5]"

works as I'd expect. Adding an expression is also ok:

Format "^(Total[5]+3):8.2 #unit[5]"

Re: BUG: Legacy Layout listings broken

Peter Baksa — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:04:51 GMT

The .lis file contains the order of the data:

7 3003 0 00000019 3004 0 00000019 3005 0 00000019 3001 0 00000019 3002 0 00000019 3006 0 00000019 3007 0 00000019

means the fifth field is 3002: Component quantity and the seventh field is 3007: Component reference unit