topic Re: Door-Window Marker: Can't get Oval to rotate? in Libraries & objects

Door-Window Marker: Can't get Oval to rotate?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:39:21 GMT

Hi All,

Here's a problem that's driving me nuts. I need my markers to be "horizontal", and of the "oval" type. When I combine these two things in the Door Marker 12, I get the attached image.

I tried looking into the coding, but can't wrap my head around the poly_2b command which generates the oval. I tried removing the lock on "rotate the geometry" for the oval type, but that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be much, much appreciated.

Re: Door-Window Marker: Can't get Oval to rotate?

David Larrew — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:09:30 GMT

You've got a ROT2 command instance that needs to be either added, removed, or edited in the script. In this case, ROT2 90 should work.

Is the text rotating correctly (horizontal to vertical)? If it is then you need to isolate the rotation command to the POLY2. You might need a DEL command between the TEXT2 and POLY2 code.

It is hard to help without the code to see how the Object is working.

Re: Door-Window Marker: Can't get Oval to rotate?

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:23:53 GMT

David wrote:
You've got a ROT2 command instance that needs to be either added, removed, or edited in the script. In this case, ROT2 90 should work.

Is the text rotating correctly (horizontal to vertical)? If it is then you need to isolate the rotation command to the POLY2. You might need a DEL command between the TEXT2 and POLY2 code.

It is hard to help without the code to see how the Object is working.

Yep, the text is rotating just fine... it's only the shape that is the problem.

It's the standard door marker 12 object included with archicad 12. I've attached it to this post, hopefully that is OK.