topic Re: 3D hotspots - something odd? in Libraries & objects

3D hotspots - something odd?

Aussie John — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:15:42 GMT

two parameters bm_wdth and Bm_dpth

unid=1

ADDx a/2
ADDy bm_wdth
hotspot 0,0,0,unid,bm_dpth,1+128:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,0,-bm_dpth,unid,bm_dpth,2:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,0,.1,unid,bm_dpth,3:unid=unid+1
DEL 1
ADDz -bm_dpth
hotspot 0,0,0,unid,bm_wdth,1+128:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,bm_wdth,0,unid,bm_wdth,2:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,-.1,0,unid,bm_wdth,3:unid=unid+1
DEL 1
DEL 1

ROTy 90

PRISM_ 5,a,
0,0,15,
0,BM_wdth,15,
BM_dpth,BM_wdth,15,
BM_dpth,0,15,
0,0,15

DEL 1

The hotspots drag in section but the value always return to the original. Of course they work fine if i adjust in the parameters.

Thanks - I am going nuts

Re: 3D hotspots - something odd?

Barry Kelly — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:35:51 GMT

Aussie wrote:
two parameters bm_wdth and Bm_dpth

unid=1

ADDx a/2
ADDy bm_wdth
hotspot 0,0,0,unid,bm_dpth,1+128:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,0,-bm_dpth,unid,bm_dpth,2:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,0,.1,unid,bm_dpth,3:unid=unid+1
DEL 1
ADDz -bm_dpth
hotspot 0,0,0,unid,bm_wdth,1+128:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,bm_wdth,0,unid,bm_wdth,2:unid=unid+1
hotspot 0,-.1,0,unid,bm_wdth,3:unid=unid+1
DEL 1
DEL 1

ROTy 90

PRISM_ 5,a,
0,0,15,
0,BM_wdth,15,
BM_dpth,BM_wdth,15,
BM_dpth,0,15,
0,0,15

DEL 1

The hotspots drag in section but the value always return to the original. Of course they work fine if i adjust in the parameters.

Thanks - I am going nuts

Works fine in 3D in Archicad 8.1.
In section it depends on the view you have.
Anything from the front or rear won't work because one of the stretchy hotspots is working in the Y-axis so can't be stretched.

Look at it from the side an all is fine.

Is this what you are finding?

If so you will need to make two separate hotspots.

Barry.

Re: 3D hotspots - something odd?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:30:46 GMT

Aussie wrote:
The hotspots drag in section but the value always return to the original. Of course they work fine if i adjust in the parameters.

John,
In 3D, if you have two hotspots overlaping, the result will move anyway in space, and you can't "constraint" the moving.
Separate them, and each one will stretch as expected.

If for any reason you can't separate them, use this tip from Oleg Schmidt.

x = REQUEST("Clean_intersections", "", state)

if state then
! ----- depth
hotspot A/2, bm_wdth, 0 , unid, bm_dpth, 1+128 : unid=unid+1 ! base
hotspot A/2, bm_wdth, 1 , unid, bm_dpth, 3 : unid=unid+1 ! ref
hotspot A/2, bm_wdth, -bm_dpth, unid, bm_dpth, 2 : unid=unid+1 ! moving
else
! ----- width
hotspot A/2, 0 , -bm_dpth, unid, bm_wdth, 1+128 : unid=unid+1 ! base
hotspot A/2, -1 , -bm_dpth, unid, bm_wdth, 3 : unid=unid+1 ! ref
hotspot A/2, bm_wdth, -bm_dpth, unid, bm_wdth, 2 : unid=unid+1 ! moving
endif

According to "Walls & Beams clean junction" (Cmd+D) in Options menu,
you will switch from one to the other hotspot.
This works in 2D/3D. Just neeed a rebuild to update the change.

Re: 3D hotspots - something odd?

Aussie John — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:57:08 GMT

Thanks guys. In the end my coding was correct but for some reason it wasnt working in the library part. I copy and pasted to a fresh library part, recreated all of the parameters and now it works!! - no changes to the code. Go figure