topic Re: Rotating fill hatch patterns in 2D in Libraries & objects

Rotating fill hatch patterns in 2D

Barry Kelly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:38:51 GMT

Either I am missing something very obvious here or Graphisoft is.

I have an object with a fill (POLY2_) in 2D for which I can change the hatch pattern to whatever I want.
When I rotate the object the hatch pattern remains the same - i.e still related to the drawing origin and doesn't rotate with the object.
The polygon fill rotates but not the hatch.

Is there a way to rotate the hatch pattern as well without actually having to DEFINE the fill?
I don't want to define the fills as I want to be able to use any fill that I have set up in Archicad.

I am hoping it is me missing something very obvious.

Barry.

Re: Rotating fill hatch patterns in 2D

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:21:18 GMT

Hello Barry,
To have the hatch pattern rotate with the object or
be able to control the rotation of the hatch pattern
you have to use the POLY2_B{2} command that
has a fill rotation angle parameter. I hope
I am understanding what you want to do.
Peter Devlin

Re: Rotating fill hatch patterns in 2D

Barry Kelly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:32:29 GMT

Peter wrote:
Hello Barry,
To have the hatch pattern rotate with the object or
be able to control the rotation of the hatch pattern
you have to use the POLY2_B{2} command that
has a fill rotation angle parameter. I hope
I am understanding what you want to do.
Peter Devlin

Thanks Peter,
That would be it.
This object was originally scripted in version 8.1 so I was keeping it in that format.
I made the mistake of looking at an old printed GDL manual which is actually for the version before and doesn't have the POLY_B{2} command.
Time for me to throw that book out and start using the online help.
I still prefer the printed GDL manual though - I wish GS would still publish it with the new versions.

Thanks again,
Barry.

Re: Rotating fill hatch patterns in 2D

vistasp — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:45:31 GMT

Barry wrote:
Time for me to throw that book out and start using the online help. I still prefer the printed GDL manual though...

While there's nothing like reading from a well-thumbed book, PDFs are far, far easier to search - and when referring to the manual, I'm almost always looking for something specific.

By using online manuals, we're collectively saving a substantial number of trees from the axe.