topic Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE? in Libraries & objects

How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:37:43 GMT

How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

I went to Edit GDL Library Parts, and "clicked" on Open Object, but I couldn't find where those library marts are stored.

Any idea if this is the right way to doi it and if it is. where are the Titles stored? Thank you.
F.S.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:16:41 GMT

Select the title first, then ctrl-shift-O / cmd-shift-O to open - or File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object...

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:04:41 GMT

This object (Drawind Title) is named "Title with Layout No 11.gsm" in AC14 INT.
I extract "ArchiCAD Library 14.lcf" but there isn´t that object. But I found it in the ACE library "04 ACE-Library-V1"!
Modify it (have a good luck); Save as...; Select an exsisting Drawing title and change it with another using "Load Other Drawing title...".

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

David Maudlin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:19:05 GMT

Another way is to go to Open Object by Subtype, then navigate to Drawing Symbol > Drawing Title > name of title, this will allow you to see and open the built-in titles.

David

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:59:03 GMT

David wrote:
Another way is to go to Open Object by Subtype, then navigate to Drawing Symbol > Drawing Title > name of title, this will allow you to see and open the built-in titles.

David

Hi David, but this would be just to insert a Title by it self on a page or drawing right? (Correct me if I am wring Please).
What im looking for is to modify the Title so all the titles already in the Lay Out book get changed at once automatically.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:30 GMT

andro55 wrote:
This object (Drawind Title) is named "Title with Layout No 11.gsm" in AC14 INT.
I extract "ArchiCAD Library 14.lcf" but there isn´t that object. But I found it in the ACE library "04 ACE-Library-V1"!
Modify it (have a good luck); Save as...; Select an exsisting Drawing title and change it with another using "Load Other Drawing title...".

Hi Andro,

The file I am trying to modify or duplicate and then modify is NSC Drawing Title 2 15

I went to Graphisoft/ ArchiCAD15/ ArchiCAD Library 15 but don't see any ACE Library. Can I use the file you've attached? How & Where can I insert it?

(See attached File stucture of ArchiCAD 15 Files...

Thank you,
F.S.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:10:01 GMT

Karl wrote:
Select the title first, then ctrl-shift-O / cmd-shift-O to open - or File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object...

Hi Karl,

I tried to do that in one of my drawing's TITLE in the Lay Out Book but nothing happened. Am I suposed to do the steps you described some place else? Tks,
F.S.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:39:34 GMT

fransole wrote:
Karl wrote:
Select the title first, then ctrl-shift-O / cmd-shift-O to open - or File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object...
Hi Karl,

I tried to do that in one of my drawing's TITLE in the Lay Out Book but nothing happened. Am I suposed to do the steps you described some place else? Tks,
F.S.

Hi Karl,

Just to try to understand how this GDL interface works, I assigned a different color to each one of the "little pen icons" and saved it with a new name so i dont mess the original one.
Back to the drawing in the Lay Out Book I assigned that new TITLE but nothing changes in terms of colors and or thickness. Am I missing some stem in here? Tks Karl.
F.S.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:50:54 GMT

fransole wrote:
Just to try to understand how this GDL interface works, I assigned a different color to each one of the "little pen icons" and saved it with a new name so i dont mess the original one.
Back to the drawing in the Lay Out Book I assigned that new TITLE but nothing changes in terms of colors and or thickness. Am I missing some stem in here? Tks Karl.
F.S.

Hi Francisco,

Yes, if you changed all of the pen parameters in the GDL editor to what you want as your default pens, saved the object, and then switched the title on the layout to your saved-with-new-name object, the pens that you had set should show up. But, do note, that the pens for the title are the LAYOUT pen table, not the DRAWING pen table. (There is one pen table active for all layouts - each drawing can have a different pen table.) So, check what pen table is active for your layout -that may be what is amiss?

Cheers,
Karl

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

sinceV6 — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:45:46 GMT

Hi.

If I'm reading right your needs, you are in AC13+ AND you don't want to mess too much with the underlying GDL you can:

1) change the title type in the drawing's properties to "Stamp title". It'll give you "just the circle" like you want (said in attachment), and enough parameters to change linetype.

2) you can always use the drawing tools and autotext to make a custom title. check the documentation on how to create them, depending on your version
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/documentation/

for ac15 int here:
http://www.graphisoft.com/ftp/publishing/ac15_help_INT/Files/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=04_Documentation.07.103.html

check the part that says "create new title type" You basically draw your title to scale, and use autotext to reference info from the placed drawing.

As for changing every title, if you make one, or open (from library) edit and save, and then change something and re-save; every title using the library part will be updated; if what you want is to change title type for already placed drawings, you can use the drawing organizer to do this in a batch style; just be careful not to change anything you don't want to update in every drawing.

Best regards.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:47:33 GMT

Hi Andro,

The file I am trying to modify or duplicate and then modify is NSC Drawing Title 2 15

I went to Graphisoft/ ArchiCAD15/ ArchiCAD Library 15 but don't see any ACE Library. Can I use the file you've attached? How & Where can I insert it?

(See attached File stucture of ArchiCAD 15 Files...

Thank you,
F.S.

1. In the attacment I add "NCS Drawing Title 11"
2. ACE is not part of the ArchiCAD Library
3. Yes, you can use it. Select a Layout, then use "Load Another Drawing Title / Browse for the attached .gsm (put it in a folder with your personal objects), then select this new loaded title. Now with the Layout still selected you can press Ctrl+Shift+O to open this object and modify the GDL code.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

David Maudlin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:33:56 GMT

fransole wrote:
David wrote:
Another way is to go to Open Object by Subtype, then navigate to Drawing Symbol > Drawing Title > name of title, this will allow you to see and open the built-in titles.

David
Hi David, but this would be just to insert a Title by it self on a page or drawing right? (Correct me if I am wring Please).
What im looking for is to modify the Title so all the titles already in the Lay Out book get changed at once automatically.

No, this is just another way to open library parts for editing.

David

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:50:17 GMT

Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate the your time and effort helping me with this!!!

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:55:34 GMT

andro55 wrote:
This object (Drawind Title) is named "Title with Layout No 11.gsm" in AC14 INT.
I extract "ArchiCAD Library 14.lcf" but there isn´t that object. But I found it in the ACE library "04 ACE-Library-V1"!
Modify it (have a good luck); Save as...; Select an exsisting Drawing title and change it with another using "Load Other Drawing title...".

I'm having a little trouble trying to edit this drawing title. Ideally I'd like to have the drawing line that bisects the drawing title and scale, to extend past the circle to the left by the same dimension as the circle diameter. The scale text reading as a suffix instead of prefix, and two options for the scale would be great too, ie 1:10 @ A1, and 1:20 @ A3. I've had a read on these and other forums but I can't find the right information to help me figure out these requests myself.

Re: How can I customize a DRAWING TITLE?

Katalin Takacs — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:45:14 GMT

Here we have a description about how to create a custom drawing title: http://archicadwiki.com/SimpleDrawingTitleWithAutotext