topic Re: Wall Tag Background Fill in Libraries & objects

Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:16:40 GMT

Hello All:

I'm having a little difficulty applying a background fill to a wall tag that I'm using. The tag that I'm using is a modified version of Eric Batte's wall tag part. What is the line of code that I can add to this part to add a solid fill inside the rectangle to block out the drawing elements beneath the tag?

Thanks for your help on this!

ww=wall_direction

add2  label_position [2][1]+label_position [3][1],
label_position [2][2]+label_position [3][2]

IF ww = 180 THEN ww = 0
IF ww = 270 THEN ww = 90

ROT2 ww+90

IF mir=1 THEN rot2 180

PEN          LP
SET FILL BP

line2 ell*A_,0,-el*A_,0

HOTSPOT2 ell*A_,0
HOTSPOT2 -el*A_,0

If UDS=1 THEN
    FS=FS1
    ENDIF

PEN OP
rect2 ell*A_,(-s/2)*A_,(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_

HOTSPOT2 0,0
HOTSPOT2 ell*A_, (-s/2)*A_
HOTSPOT2 ell*A_, (s/2)*A_
HOTSPOT2 (ell+s)*A_, (s/2)*A_
HOTSPOT2 (ell+s)*A_, (-s/2)*A_

rot2 -90
add2 0,(ell+s/2)*A_

rot2 -ww
if mir = 1 then ROT2 180

PEN          TP
DEFINE STYLE    "AC_STYLE_1" F, 
        FS*25.4/72,      5,      0
SET STYLE "AC_STYLE_1"
HOTSPOT2 0,0
TEXT2    0, 0, T

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:43:31 GMT

Use one of the poly2 commands
not the rect2 command.
Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:09:38 GMT

Peter:

Thanks for your reply. My GDL knowledge is pretty basic, so I'm not sure where to start with your suggestion. How would I modify the current script with the new command to produce the same output only with a solid background?

Thanks for your help!

Brian

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:36:47 GMT

Brian,
Looking at your rect2 command, it appears that it will not
draw a rectangle but a straight horizontal line.
Is this what you see when you go to the 2D full view window ?
Both "y" values are the same. They must be different to draw
a rectangle. I do not know what that second
"y" value should be because I do not have the parameter
list or Master script for this object. I also can't write a poly2
command that draws a rectangle for the same reason.
Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:46:34 GMT

Peter:

Thanks for continuing to look into this. I looked at the y values you were mentioning and, correct me if I wrong, but isn't one y value negative? Also, I've attached a couple of screenshots of the parameters list and the 2d full view.

Thanks again, Peter!

Brian

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:47:51 GMT

Here is the parameter list...

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:02:51 GMT

Brian,
Right you are. I missed that.
Comment out the rect2 command like this.

PEN OP
!!!!rect2 ell*A_,(-s/2)*A_,(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_

Write this below it.

poly2 4,7,
ell*A_,(-s/2)*A_,
(ell+s)*A_,(-s/2)*A_,
ell*A_,(-s/2)*A_,(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_,
ell*A_,(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_

Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:32:16 GMT

Brian,
Sorry it should be

poly2 4,7,
ell*A_, (-s/2)*A_,
(ell+s)*A_, (-s/2)*A_,
(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_,
ell*A_,(s/2)*A_

Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:42:56 GMT

Peter:

I incorporated your code into the part, but still no opaque background. I've attached a screenshot in case I've transcribed something incorrectly. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:08:23 GMT

You need to define a fill. The statement 'SET FILL BP' is incorrect: BP is the Pen, not the Fill.

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Laura:

Thanks for your reply. I understand what you were saying about the fill error. However, that line was commented out. I have tried to add a solid fill in the parameters list and then reference it in the 2D script, but it only partly works. The background does show up solid, but it shows up solid red (the pen color I've been using throughout the part) instead of white. How can I tell the background fill to be white while the outline and leg of the tag stay red? As I told Peter in an earlier post my GDL ability is basic, so any further spelling-out you can do would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Laura.

Brian

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:59:05 GMT

Brian,
Laura is right. You need to define a fill for the poly2.
I notice that not only is BP not a fill but you have
commented this line out. In the parameter list you should
create a fill type parameter and write a set fill statement
in the script before the poly2 command that enables this fill
for the poly2 command to use. Also, why are you hiding
some parameters in the parameter list ?
Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:12:47 GMT

Brian,
I just read your post to Laura and understand that your
requirements are more complicated than you initially indicated.
You need to use one of the more advanced poly2 commands.
Please read the descriptions of the various poly2 commands
in the GDL manual. You probably need to use poly2_b.
Or use fill 85 (Empty Fill).
Peter Devlin

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:13:05 GMT

Brian:

FILL "empty fill"
POLY2_B 5, 3, 1, BP,
ell*A_, (-s/2)*A_, 1,
(ell+s)*A_, (-s/2)*A_, 1,
(ell+s)*A_,(s/2)*A_, 1,
ell*A_,(s/2)*A_, 1,
ell*A_, (-s/2)*A_, -1

Re: Wall Tag Background Fill

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:01:38 GMT

Laura:

That worked perfectly...thank you. I referred to the GDL manual to attempt it on my own, but I couldn't make the "1" variable make sense. I didn't realize the variable had to appear after each set of coordinates. Seeing your code snippet helped to clear everything up.

Thanks again for your help, Laura.

Brian