topic Re: Custom Section marker not working.. in Libraries & objects

Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 09:41:56 GMT

Hello all...

I seem to be having a very strange issue with a section marker I am trying to create. This is my first time trying to edit a GDL object, so do not assume I haven't just done something stupid.

First I created a new Object and assigned it the section marker subtype.

Then I drew the object in the 2D Symbol window. It looks like this:

http://prntscr.com/7ilu8v

So I saved this to see how I was doing, and created a section with it. The following is what happened:

http://prntscr.com/7ilupl

It looks "smushed" or possibly even as if it is pointing upward?

Here is the parameters window:

http://prntscr.com/7ilvh9

I tried to copy these settings over from a pre-existing section marker.

I think this would have been easier if I could have edited one of the pre-existing section markers...but I don't see how. When I open them up, there is nothing in the 2D Symbol window.

http://prntscr.com/7ilwc2

So I have no idea how to "edit" this existing section marker if theres no image to edit or draw on.....

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:13:36 GMT

I think your A and B parameters are very much out of proportion. ARCHICAD resizes the 2D Symbol you have drawn to be the size defined by the A and B parameters. They should be set to similar default values in the Library Editor.

Another way of creating a new Section Marker is to open an existing one, save it under a new name and modify that. Might be better way of doing it because an existing one is already working, already has all its parameters, etc.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:21:40 GMT

Thanks for your response last,

I changed the B parameter and nothing happened at all to the marker. It now looks like this:

http://prntscr.com/7imf8k

Also I don't understand how to change an existing marker because theres is nothing drawn in the 2D window. When I open an existing marker and open the 2D window to edit the marker, its just empty. Ive tried pasting in the marker that I want into that space but nothing happens. I tried deleting the script in the existing marker but still nothing happened.

laszlonagy wrote:
I think your A and B parameters are very much out of proportion. ARCHICAD resizes the 2D Symbol you have drawn to be the size defined by the A and B parameters. They should be set to similar default values in the Library Editor.

Another way of creating a new Section Marker is to open an existing one, save it under a new name and modify that. Might be better way of doing it because an existing one is already working, already has all its parameters, etc.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:08:20 GMT

The Built-in Section Marker doesn't have a 2D Symbol and it doesn't have a 2D Script. But it has a Master Script which is executed at the beginning of every other script, including the 2D Script.

Anyway, I created a simple Section Marker like yours based on the default Section Marker.
It responds to the size settings changes made in the Marker Height field of the Dialog. See attached file.
You will see that I have drawn a 2D Symbol, then also created a simple 2D Script which set the scaling properly, then places the 2D Symbol.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:33:05 GMT

This does not seem to work...I downloaded the section marker you made, and when I used it, it looks the same as the one I made, all scrunched up. Here is the one I downloaded from your post:

http://prntscr.com/7it4ys

laszlonagy wrote:
The Built-in Section Marker doesn't have a 2D Symbol and it doesn't have a 2D Script. But it has a Master Script which is executed at the beginning of every other script, including the 2D Script.

Anyway, I created a simple Section Marker like yours based on the default Section Marker.
It responds to the size settings changes made in the Marker Height field of the Dialog. See attached file.
You will see that I have drawn a 2D Symbol, then also created a simple 2D Script which set the scaling properly, then places the 2D Symbol.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:46:12 GMT

Does it work if you go to the Working Units Dialog and switch to metric settings in the "Model Units" field?

Does it work if you switch back to the Basic Section Marker, then again to this Section Marker?

Does it work if you set the settings first, then place a new Section Line?

Does it work in a brand new project file?

You might also want to upgrade to the latest AC18 hotfix, just to make sure.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:00:34 GMT

None of those worked.

Here is your marker in a brand new Metric file

http://prntscr.com/7itg0g

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:03:21 GMT

If you save just this into a PLA and put in on dropbox or some similar service, I will take a look.
I am getting curious about this.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:38:50 GMT

I can put the file in dropbox but I'm not sure how to share it with you...

To share a file I must invite your dropbox account to view it?

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:44:01 GMT

No, you don't have to.
Just put it in your Public Dropbox folder, then in Windows, go to the Dropbox folder, right-click the file and use the "Copy Public Link" command to copy the link to the Clipboard. Then you can paste it here into your post.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:53:02 GMT

Ok I think I got it:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jgjlv0wtvq13z26/AACBaNAaphesjfebylQnP3kea?dl=0

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:59:52 GMT

PLA file, please, not PLN. I need to see the file as it exist on your computer.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:21:26 GMT

Ok, I put the PLA into that folder

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:26:10 GMT

I can't see any PLA. You might have to give me the link to the PLA file.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:38:14 GMT

Sorry there was an error uploading the file and I didn't see it. It should be there now.

Re: Custom Section marker not working..

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:07:53 GMT

I think something might be wrong with your file.
In this file I cannot get it to work.
But if I extract this Marker object from the Embedded Library into a folder in the hard drive, then:

1. Do a New & Reset (CTRL+ALT+N).
2. Load the Marker object into the Embedded Library.
3. Set it for the Section Marker and place the Section Line.

then it works perfectly.

There must be something between the file and the MUL2 command in the object. If I comment the MUL2 line in the 2D Script then it works fine. But in that case it will not be resizable. (In that case you can resize it in the 2D Symbol to be the size you need.)