topic Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings in Libraries & objects

Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:51:03 GMT

Hi,

working in v17 & a custom door panel which i made with the slab tool isn't showing up in the pop-up menu within the Custom Panel leaf type.

I followed the instructions in the menu, & made sure that the library is loaded (no choice, seeing as i can only save it in the Embedded Library of the file). still, nothing shows up in the "Custom Panel Name" option.

i'm guessing this is very similar to this earlier query:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=35558&highlight=custom+door+leaf

I've recently installed the latest v17 Hotfix, but still didn't fix the issue.

Appreciate any help.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:54:52 GMT

I'm going to ask the obvious (sorry).

Are you sure you saved it as a 'Custom door panel' and not a 'Custom CW panel' or something else?

Barry.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:03:41 GMT

"Door Leaf" it says in my menu. & that's the object setting i saved it into. Don't know why it says "Leaf" in mine & "Panel" in yours.
PC/MAC?
in any case, still no joy after re-saving it for the nth time.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:15:53 GMT

Looks to me like you are using a Work Environment imported from an old version of Archicad.
Just noticed I am actually using a WE I set up for 16 so maybe yours is older than that still.
I know these save as library part commands did change but can't remember if it was 14, 15 or 16.

Try loading the default "Standard Profile 17" WE and see if that makes a difference.
You will need to update your custom WE if that is the case.

Barry.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:23:55 GMT

- loaded up "Standard Profile 17"
- re-saved the slab as "Door Leaf". it still shows it as that, instead of Custom Door Panel.
- opened the door settings & still no option to choose "Batten Door 1" as the custom door panel in the setting.
- tried to reload the library ... ... ... opened the door settings & still no joy.

BTW, i have noticed this same issue when upgrading from previous AC versions. my work-around with missing commands in WE is to use the Standard Profile first, then begin customization from there, instead of simply migrating an older WE (v14) & renaming it to WE 17 or something. that way, any new commands in the newer AC version is still shown in toolbars, menus, etc. as well as any custom WE elements. This is what i did when i started v17.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:43:33 GMT

Interesting - I still see "Custom Door Panel" when i load the default 17 WE.
This is my first day using a new machine so maybe I don't have something set up properly but it is odd we are both seeing different menus in the default WE.

Barry.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:07:48 GMT

The reason I see "Custom Door panel" and you see "Door Leaf" is to do with the default libraries we have loaded.
I have a completely custom library and you may be using the default Archicad library.
The custom panel is created from a macro that is loaded in you library.
When I load the default Archicad library I see "Door Leaf" too.

So it looks like you are doing everything corectly.

Not sure if I can help any more (not that I have been much help so far) but what door object are you using"
If I get time tonight I will try to load it (if it is in the default library) and see what happens.

Barry.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:58:33 GMT

thanks giving it a shot. I'm using the "Door 17" in the directory:

ArchiCAD Library 17>1.2 Doors 17>Hinged Doors 17

i still haven't figured this one out myself. if anyone has any clue, please let me know.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:15:39 GMT

If you made this out of a slab, does it have a thickness?

It doesn't matter if you make it from the floor plan or the 3D window, but it will need a thickness to work.

If that's not the problem, perhaps upload a screen shot of the slab settings.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:27 GMT

slab is 40mm thick. Set to ArchiCAD layer just to be sure. "Pine" material (one of the default materials which came with the software).

FYI, the Renovation Status used to be "Existing" while doing earlier saves. i changed it to "New" now, re-saved the object as a door leaf/panel, but still no joy. nothing comes up in the Custom Door Panel option & nothing shows up in the 3D view except for the door frame.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:24:41 GMT

Does it make any difference if you make it 0mm from project zero instead of 461490mm?

Those kinda distances may mess with the GDL!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:31:01 GMT

Link wrote:
Does it make any difference if you make it 0mm from project zero instead of 461490mm?

Those kinda distances may mess with the GDL!

Cheers,
Link.

I've just done my first custom door leaf at 33540mm above project zero, that worked o.k. (not quite as far, I know).

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:42:34 GMT

brought the slab down to Zero level. resaved the door leaf. reloaded the libraries. still nothin.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:47:41 GMT

Perhaps post a zipped module of the slab you're using? I can't replicate it either.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:56:22 GMT

sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by "zipped module".

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:00:33 GMT

Sorry, copy the slab to the clipboard, go to File>Save As>Module File from Clipboard (*.mod). Then zip the file and upload it here as an attachment.

Sadly we can't attach straight mod files!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:16:09 GMT

ok...see if this works. this is the first time i've created a module through this way.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:26:17 GMT

Seems to work when you set the slab's renovation status to existing.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Gerry Leonor — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:35:17 GMT

initially it was set to "Existing". perhaps as a default setting. but because the door is actually supposed to be a new element, i changed the slab to be New Construction. the Renovation status didn't really matter. it still doesn't show up.

thanks for the help. i might have to contact our local Graphisoft directly to get some tech support for this.

Re: Custom Door Leaf/Panel not showing in Door Settings

Link — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:55:03 GMT

New as in you are doing a renovation project, or new as in it will be built from new along with the whole building?

That's the confusion with the Renovation term 'New'. It's only New in the context of a renovation, otherwise everything is New.

Bottom line, set everything to Existing if you are not doing a renovation project.

Have you tried setting it back to Existing? If that doesn't work I can just upload the leaf I made.

I don't think this is a bug as such.

Cheers,
Link.