topic Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D in Libraries & objects

turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:52:44 GMT

Welcome everybody

It's my first post here. Hope not the last one.

I'm working on my own GSM object, which I make by saving model from ArchiCAD and add some GDL scripting.

I've found that hotspots, which I drew in 2D symbol appear in 3D model. Is it possible to turn them off? They're really messing up the symbol as I use own 3D hotspots.

Thanks in advance for reply

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

vistasp — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:34:33 GMT

In your parameter script see if you can find "Show 2D hotspots in 3D" and turn it off. It is usually a hidden parameter.

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:22:20 GMT

Agree, I turned it off before asking question here - it didn't work.

Today I've found something funny: ArchiCAD v13 x32 (today updated) displays those 2D hotspots in 3D while ArchiCAD v14 64bit doesn't. That's weird...

Any other ideas?

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

vistasp — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:03:27 GMT

Jezyy wrote:
Agree, I turned it off before asking question here - it didn't work.

Today I've found something funny: ArchiCAD v13 x32 (today updated) displays those 2D hotspots in 3D while ArchiCAD v14 64bit doesn't. That's weird...

Any other ideas?

Jezyy, does this happen for all objects or only for this particular one?

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:22:08 GMT

I've done another, sample, object and it turns out that in this one it happens too

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:50:32 GMT

It is normal : the x64 has 32 bits more and it is smarter . 😛 😛 😛 😛
check registry or special menu to reset .

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:19:19 GMT

Ok, I'll also burn some candles, perform rain dance and see what happens 😉

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Nope, it doesn't work.

So, what do you mean archibaldo by check registry or special menu?

My system is fresh and everything is installed recently with default settings.

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

David Maudlin — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:04:34 GMT

Jezyy:

This is what worked for me in AC 13:
1. As vistasp said, turn off the Showing 2D Hotspots in 3D parameter.
2. Add Hotspots to the 3D Script (if there are no Hotspots in the 3D Script, then the 2D will be used)
3. Under Details..., Hotspots on bounding box should not be checked (I think this is a difference between 13 & 14, does not seem to matter in 14)

David

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Erich — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:57:49 GMT

In case you haven't done so already...

You might want to try placing a new instance of the object to see if that helps. Changing the default setting of the Showing 2D Hotspots in 3D parameter in the parameter table will not affect instances of the the object already placed.

Alternately, unhide this parameter so you can change it in previously placed instances.

Re: turn off 2D hotspots in 3D

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:03:36 GMT

Thank you vistasp, archibaldo, David Maudlin and Erich.

I did as Erich said - unhide "Show 2D Hotspots in 3D" parameter. It turned out that in the object placed on the plan kept this parameter as ON despite of beeing OFF in the script. So now the object displays 3D hotspots I've placed in 3D script (both movable and static).

Best wishes
Jezyy