topic Bounding hotspots in 2D in Libraries & objects

Bounding hotspots in 2D

Bruce — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 08:13:50 GMT

When there are no hotspots coded in the 2D script, ARCHICAD will automatically place 5 hotspots to your object in 2D view: 4 at each corner of the bounding box, and one in the centroid. However, once you code a hotspot, these disappear.

Is there a way to keep these hotspots, even when coding your own?

Re: Bounding hotspots in 2D

David Maudlin — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:56:56 GMT

Bruce:

I cannot test it right now, but have you tried with the Object editor open: Details > Compatibility Options > Hotspots on bounding box?

David

Re: Bounding hotspots in 2D

Bruce — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 22:47:59 GMT

Hi David,

Yes, that does work...I'd forgotten about that one. Unfortunately, in this situation it isn't quite what I'm looking for, as I have a few different shapes coded into the one object, and I only want the bounding hotspots for one of them: it's an irregular shape that can be rotated around its Y axis.

I guess I'd like to be able to access the info that ARCHICAD uses to calculate the bounding box. The only thing I can find is SYMB_A_SIZE and SYMB_B_SIZE...but they are only for listing and labels.