topic Re: ac_thickness and AC 15 in Libraries & objects

ac_thickness and AC 15

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:23:40 GMT

Until AC 14, the blue parameter "ac_thickness" referred to the vertical thickness of a roof.
Since AC 15, it refers to the perpendicular thickness. Why this change?

As a result, roof accessories are not placed at the correct height.
No matters the settings of the roof.

I hope it is just a bug and not a new feature.

Re: ac_thickness and AC 15

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:49:22 GMT

I believe this change has been made because of the introduction of the Shell Tool and the many similarities between the Roof and Shell Tools.
But it seems the Roof Accessory has not been made aware of this change.
I will report this to GS.

Re: ac_thickness and AC 15

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:03:37 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
I believe this change has been made because of the introduction of the Shell Tool and the many similarities between the Roof and Shell Tools.
But it seems the Roof Accessory has not been made aware of this change.
I will report this to GS.

May be it is something like that. I have reported to Zsolt Taskai.

If it is a new feature, "ac_thickness" name should be "perpendicular thickness" and not "vertical thickness".
Bug or feature, GS roof accessories need a fix, because they are affected too, not just my scripts.

Re: ac_thickness and AC 15

Ben Cohen — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:48:49 GMT

I reported this months ago. AFAIK it was marked as fixed in 15. But I don't think the updated GS accessories have made it to "downloads"

Re: ac_thickness and AC 15

ztaskai — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:48:22 GMT

Yes, I found Ben's report from May. The bug is fixed in AC15 Hotfix 1. It will be released in September. Sorry, it took so long.

Best regards,