topic Re: Opaque does not work in label in Libraries & objects

Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:59:26 GMT

Im trying to get the marker label to fill in, nothing works. Is there some setting somewhere im missing.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Erich — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:46 GMT

What label are you using or are you making your own? I have plenty of labels that have opaque fills...so it certainly can work.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:31:07 GMT

here is a pic. It doesn't matter what label i use opaque does nothing.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Erich — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:42:36 GMT

Taking a quick look at the GDL for that label, it does not appear to have a fill in the coding which is why it is not working for you. Try James Murray's shape label found in the GDL depository, here:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/object_depository.php?

Will that work for you?

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Erich — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:09:41 GMT

Whoops, I spoke too soon. That label does not have a fill either. Attached is the Shape Label with a fill option added (at least to most of the shapes).

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:59:23 GMT

same thing. the weird thing is the opaque work on the section and detail markers, just not the label marker.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:10:56 GMT

Another thing it will opaque text but not a label.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:21:19 GMT

fig it out. thanks

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:48:48 GMT

What was the error? and what did you figure out?

It is an unspoken tradition that if you find a solution to your problem you should post what the answer is so that the next person that has the same problem can read it.

Re: Opaque does not work in label

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:51:48 GMT

The Opaque button works only for text label. This function is hard coded into AC.
For scripted labels, there is not any GDL Global variable assigned to this feature. We have to use traditional fills.

In the Label modified by Erich, these settings are in Symbol Label > Mask.