topic Re: Story Markers in Libraries & objects

Story Markers

Karl Griffith — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:33:34 GMT

To meet a clients graphic standards, I need to set up my story level lines so the marker is on the outer most end of the line, away from the section. I don't see a way to do this - the marker appears first, next to the section, then the text. I need the text first, then the marker.

I tried to open the story maker object thinking I might edit it, but I don't see where it is available in the ArchiCAD 21 Library.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Re: Story Markers

alemanda — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:57:43 GMT

have you tried this?
https://www.indigofigs.com/story-marker/

Re: Story Markers

Karl Griffith — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:06:02 GMT

Just tried it - I think it would work graphically, but somehow it was not aligning properly with the stories in the project - the roof line was going through the middle of the top story.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Re: Story Markers

David Maudlin — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:25:02 GMT

Karl wrote:
I tried to open the story maker object thinking I might edit it, but I don't see where it is available in the ArchiCAD 21 Library.

Use the Open Object by Subtype... command, then navigate to General GDL Object > Documentation Element > Drawing Symbol > Marker > Story Marker > Built-in Story Marker. It looks like the standard marker is close: set the Text Settings > Alignment to Outside, then if the parameter Marker > Story Name Placeholder could be a negative number (it is currently restricted to => 0), then the text could be inside the marker.

David

Re: Story Markers

Karl Griffith — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:20:17 GMT

David wrote:
Karl wrote:
I tried to open the story maker object thinking I might edit it, but I don't see where it is available in the ArchiCAD 21 Library.
Use the Open Object by Subtype... command, then navigate to General GDL Object > Documentation Element > Drawing Symbol > Marker > Story Marker > Built-in Story Marker. It looks like the standard marker is close: set the Text Settings > Alignment to Outside, then if the parameter Marker > Story Name Placeholder could be a negative number (it is currently restricted to => 0), then the text could be inside the marker.

David

Thank you - I'll give it a try.

Re: Story Markers

Karl Griffith — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:58:45 GMT

Got it. Had to move the marker, as Story Name Placeholder was tied into other calculation that probably would have made a mess if the value was negative. Then it was a matter of getting the marker settings set right so the marker aligned (I clearly would need to make other changes in GDL to have it work with any setting, but this is adequate for what I need).

Thanks again. Finding the 'Open Object by Subtype' was what was stopping me. I guess it's only on the GDL toolbar. Once I knew what to look for, I found it.

Re: Story Markers

David Maudlin — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:22:17 GMT

Karl:

I'm glad you were able to get the result you needed, thanks for posting back.

I see that the Open Object by Subtype... command is not part of the Menus in the standard Work Environment, so you would need to add it, I have it next to the Open Object... command. It is the only way to access the built-in library parts.

David

Re: Story Markers

Lingwisyer — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 08:00:32 GMT

There were some lines within the default Marker object that mirrored the marker position depending on the side of the drawing it was on, along with an option to set to default marker position between left, centre and right. Can't remember where the mirror bit was but the default alignment was at the start of the Master and 2D script.

Regards,

Ling.

Re: Story Markers

Lingwisyer — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 05:46:23 GMT

If you open the 2D script for the default marker, you'll find a whole section in the bottom half that flips the marker position between inside and outside as well as moves the related hotspots and their relations.

Ling.

ps. It would appear that this section doesn't include inverting the text alignment.