topic Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object? in Libraries & objects

Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Mats_Knutsson — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:46:39 GMT

Hi,
I was making fire exit signs as 2D and 3D and I would like th place the sign as a 3D object where it's supposed to be in the building. The 2D however I would like to be moveable since I have to place it somewehere else because of tha amount of other info that's in the way. Is it possible to do? Like a zone stamp kind of...but it should be a 2D-symbol instead.

/Mats

Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:33:04 GMT

Sure.
Add a couple of parameters for x and y offsets.
You can even make a moveable hotspot for them - this will make it easy to move around in plan.
Then use ADD2 at the beginning of your 2D script to allow the 2D object to move.
You don't use these parameters in the 3D script so it won't move.
It might be best to put a HOTSPOT2 0,0 just before the ADD2 so you can easily see where the object is in relation to the real 3D position.
This way you can move it in plan and know where it will be in 3D.
i.e.- use the moveable hotspot to move the 2D representation and move the fixed hotspot to position the actual 3D object.

Barry.

Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Mats_Knutsson — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:49:48 GMT

Barry wrote:
Sure.
Add a couple of parameters for x and y offsets.
You can even make a moveable hotspot for them - this will make it easy to move around in plan.
Then use ADD2 at the beginning of your 2D script to allow the 2D object to move.
You don't use these parameters in the 3D script so it won't move.
It might be best to put a HOTSPOT2 0,0 just before the ADD2 so you can easily see where the object is in relation to the real 3D position.
This way you can move it in plan and know where it will be in 3D.
i.e.- use the moveable hotspot to move the 2D representation and move the fixed hotspot to position the actual 3D object.

Barry.

Gr8!
We'll give it a try.

Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Erwin Edel — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:32:49 GMT

I tried this for a while, then I realised that the extra action of moving the text was about the same as just having a 3D object and a 2D text and got lazy. Maybe something to consider, unless you are placing a lot of these.

For a while I did it with label, hiding the object you would still see the label layer. Think that got broken a few versions ago where if you hide the object layer, the associated label goes away too.

Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Richard Morrison — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:14:30 GMT

Erwin wrote:
For a while I did it with label, hiding the object you would still see the label layer. Think that got broken a few versions ago where if you hide the object layer, the associated label goes away too.

This was added as an option.

Re: Possible to have a "free" placement of 2D for a gdl object?

Erwin Edel — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:40:03 GMT

Thanks for point that one out, Richard!