topic Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems in Libraries & objects

Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:57:17 GMT

Hi all,
I made a morph for a custom railing post. I added it to the Object Library and I can select it with the railing tool.
It works OK in 3-d but the plan view is not working.

If I keep as how it defaulted, there is no post showing on the plan.
I looked around online and in this forum and fiddled with the 2d script. (up till now the 2d script was empty) I got the posts to show by doing this, but then the plan view showed the posts offset (both x and y) and rotated 90.

I really don't have the time to learn scripting. Can anyone just make this thing work normally for me?

Thanks,
A-Cad 21

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Bruce — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:34:31 GMT

I haven't played around with the behaviours of a railing post, when created in this manner - but instead of trying to create a 2D script (leave it empty), go to the 2D Symbol instead. Then you can just draft what you want.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:29:06 GMT

Hi and thanks for the reply.
Here is what is in the 2d symbol. Nothing shows on plan, just an empty space where the post should be between the glass panels.

When I did manage have it showing in plan, these posts were offset and rotated from the rest of the railing graphic. I think it needs some script to show, I just can't find anywhere in the one-line scripts I used that would cause offset and rotate.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:30:15 GMT

Here is what my 2d railing shows in plan:

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:33:47 GMT

You can see that the original (morph) post is at the end, and the rest are located but don't show.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:02:30 GMT

And here is what shows in 3d. Note that the first post is the original, and the rest are within the railing tool and are all rotated 90.

While the 3d is nice to look at, what i really need is the plan view to work.

Still optimistic . . .

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Bruce — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:40:31 GMT

I'm still figuring out the intricacies of scripting the 2D for posts, but what I've worked out so far:

It seems the 2D Symbol part is a bit screwy - it scales the symbol by a funny number; don't know why.

However, to get around this, paste this code into your 2D script


FILL gs_fill_type

PROJECT2{3} 3, 270, 3 + 16 + 32, 1 + 2 + 4 + 8, gs_back_pen

Then unhide (click on the red X beside the parameter so it's off) the following parameters:
gs_2D_representation
gs_fill_type
gs_back_pen

Keep in mind that the axes running vertically on your screen in plan (the Y axis) represents the railing reference line (I'm deducing this). So if your posts are rotated 90° to what you want, rotate the geometry you use to create it before saving as an object.

What I can't figure out is how to get the post to be 'hidden' beneath the top rail, but I hope this helps.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Barry Kelly — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 01:48:59 GMT

I am only just starting to play with all this myself.
I think the reason the 2D script for a post is blank is because the plan representation is controlled from the master railing object settings (see attached image).

It seems that by adding your own script it overrides these automatic settings?
I haven't tried scripting my own 2D script yet - but I have created my own post object (with no 2D script) and just used these default settings.

This is incorrect.
In the 2D script there is a macro CALL that adds the floor plan representation features.

call "RailingPostSymbol_m" parameters all

See later post.

Barry.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Bruce — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 03:13:38 GMT

So how did you create your own post, give it a 2D representation, and maintain those options you've highlighted?

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Barry Kelly — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 03:43:58 GMT

Bruce wrote:
So how did you create your own post, give it a 2D representation, and maintain those options you've highlighted?

Sorry I wasn't thinking clearly that you would not see this when saving a morph as an railing post object.

I actually just took the 'railing post 21' object, saved as with a new name and replaced the 3D script with the script for my post.
I am sure you could just copy in the morph script and adjust the material and pen variables to suite the parameter variables in the original post object.

In the 2D script it CALLs a macro that has all these options - so there is something in the 2D script.
You might also be able to add the CALL into your morph object but you would also need to create all the necessary parameters for use in that called macro.

Barry.

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Daniel Kovacs — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:10:12 GMT

Hey guys,

Yeah, if you save a railing post object from 3D elements, there will be no 2D script generated, because of some technical limitations.

But we have written an Article about how to make one for yourself (in case you are not a GDL developer):
https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/?p=75670

Also, the display order of different Railing elements can't be controlled, it should be automatic, but there's an issue with it currently, when it is not displaying elements in the right order in every case. We are working on that one.

I hope this Article will help! If there's something missing, or the described method is not working, please use the "Was this Helpful?" option at the bottom of the page to leave a message about how we could improve the article! (or you can discuss it here, if it's something like that).

Regards,

Re: Morph to railing post 2d view problems

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:14:56 GMT

I know the question was about the creation of the 2D of a custom Railing Post, but the Help Center also contains another article about the creation of its 3D part. Here is its link for reference:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/?p=75601