https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121328#M23235 It is very easy to go looking for a difficult soultion in GDL and miss the easy one.<BR /> I've done it plenty of times myself. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> Barry. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:16:32 GMT Barry Kelly 2009-10-21T02:16:32Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121325#M23232 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Hi All<BR /> i've been playing around with this hopefully someone can help.<BR /> I want to display the name of a material in my 2D symbol.<BR /> eg if a material parameter is set to "paint 1"<BR /> how do i get that name to display in the 2d symbol?</T></DIV> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:55:19 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121325#M23232 Anonymous 2009-10-20T22:55:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121326#M23233 Add this to the 2D script.<BR /> <BR /> <FONT color="#f50000">TEXT2 0, 0, material_param</FONT><BR /> <BR /> 0, 0 can be substituted with the co-ordinates of where you want the text to appear.<BR /> material_param is the name of you material parameter.<BR /> <BR /> Barry. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:58:36 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121326#M23233 Barry Kelly 2009-10-21T01:58:36Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121327#M23234 fantastic! that simple &amp; here i was playing around with text strings!<BR /> thanks a lot. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:04:14 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121327#M23234 Anonymous 2009-10-21T02:04:14Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121328#M23235 It is very easy to go looking for a difficult soultion in GDL and miss the easy one.<BR /> I've done it plenty of times myself. <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> Barry. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:16:32 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/display-the-name-of-a-material-in-the-2D-symbol/m-p/121328#M23235 Barry Kelly 2009-10-21T02:16:32Z