topic Re: Roof Slope Tag not working in Libraries & objects

Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:11 GMT

Hi I have an error in this object, please anybody knows how fix this object?
Thanks

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:09:20 GMT

giuseppe,

upload the missed part ("m_slope_arrow.gsm")!

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:36:34 GMT

Hi! Thanks for your answer Andro. But I don't know where it is

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:10 GMT

Did this warning appears when you use this object ?
Where did you find "roof_slope_v1accessory.gsm" ? Is it part of the standard library on US version ArchiCAD ?
Is so, extract that library in a folder off your choice and find that macro.

Sorry, but without that object macro "m_slope_arrow.gsm", the "roof_slope_v1accessory.gsm" is unusable. Try to find it!

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:11:10 GMT

I ran the search in the entire server but no result.
I don't know what else to do.
Thanks

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

rocorona — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:10:50 GMT

Although, being an "accessory-object", the scripts are a bit complex, the pitch arrow drawing seems very basic, judging from the object preview image.
I managed to write a short routine inside the object itself, in substitution of the missing macro. See if it works for you.
[edit: updated object to show /12'' and /12']

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:10:51 GMT

Thank you for taking time to fix this object.
It's working fine, but I don't know how to change the slope to positive when I switch the degree in inches and feet. and mirrored the text.
Thanks

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

rocorona — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:44 GMT

giuseppe wrote:
Thank you for taking time to fix this object.
It's working fine, but I don't know how to change the slope to positive when I switch the degree in inches and feet. and mirrored the text.
Thanks

Testing the object, I saw this on one of my roofs... The problem is persistent on copies of that roof, even if mirrored and/or rotated. On others it works in the intended way. Still investigating, but at the moment no idea for a solution.
I can force the result to be positive (see the attached new version), but the symbol stays mirrored.
Setting pen 0 for the arrow, the object places a circle and two little segments to mark the origin and x-y axes of the roof accessory. This is normally the left end of the roof reference line, but in the erroneous ones it is on the right end.

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:35:41 GMT

Thanks, for your time. With some turning and mirroring, it will work even when you change between inches and degrees. But if you make any changes, it will revert to its default position (upside down).
Thanks

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:31:17 GMT

I am sorry for the delay answer Andro, but it is not a US library

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:42 GMT

Roof accessory add-on has a particular behaviour with symetry.

It always numerotates roof coords in trigonometrical direction (anticlockwise).
No matters in which order you build the single plane roof, only the first point matters.

In case of symetry, in a first time, 2D and 3D symbol seem correct.
In a second time, after any operation (*), symetry is broken (2D and 3D), roof coords revert to anticlockwise direction.

(*) : the simple fact to translate the roof, or to open the dialog settings for roof or accessory.

Scripts are difficult to adapt, better to avoid symetry with roof accessory.

Re: Roof Slope Tag not working

Anonymous — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:57 GMT

I've found a piece of the macro that might be useful. Thanks for your help everyone.