topic Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96" in Libraries & objects

Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 09:32:52 GMT

I want my door and window marker to show the size of the door or window in all inches.

To my knowledge, there is no way to do this, correct?

hoping someone can surprise me...I know I could use the FM Parameters and put the dimension in manually but I really don't like to do anything that underminds the automation and forces me to remember to do things manually.

Thanks

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

David Larrew — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:46:30 GMT

You would need to do a little GDL scripting within your D/W Marker.

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:04:06 GMT

David wrote:
You would need to do a little GDL scripting within your D/W Marker.

Can you give me a push in the right direction"

ie......

1. Where can I find the marker?
2. How do I open & edit it?

I know how to open and edit objects, but I can't seem to find the dimension markers any where on my hard drive

Thanks

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

David Maudlin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:06:31 GMT

vincon2 wrote:
1. Where can I find the marker?
2. How do I open & edit it?

Go to File > GDL Objects > Open Object by Subtype... then Drawing Symbol > Marker > Window-Door Marker and you will see this list of the currently loaded markers (both built-in and in the loaded libraries), choose the part you want to alter and click Open. Save As... a copy of this part for editing.

The formatting of the text for dimensions is handled with the Str (String Function), check the GDL Reference Guide for an explanation and examples.

HTH

David

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

Stress Co_ — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:40:03 GMT

Dan Kunschik created a set of Builder Dimensions (talked about here)
It would display All inches as 48 96 . Not sure if it works on AC9...

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:27:34 GMT

David wrote:
vincon2 wrote:
1. Where can I find the marker?
2. How do I open & edit it?
Go to File > GDL Objects > Open Object by Subtype... then Drawing Symbol > Marker > Window-Door Marker and you will see this list of the currently loaded markers (both built-in and in the loaded libraries), choose the part you want to alter and click Open. Save As... a copy of this part for editing.

The formatting of the text for dimensions is handled with the Str (String Function), check the GDL Reference Guide for an explanation and examples.

HTH

David

What version are you in? I tried to do this on my MAC (I Just purchased one and I'm lost on how to workwith it) on version 11 and I can't find any individual objects in the place you told me to go.

It almost looks like version 11 has packaged everything into a single file and I cannot isolate individual objects.

I just put two bullets in my brain trying to convert from pc to mac and version 9 to 11 at the same time.

My head hurts.............

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:29:05 GMT

Stress wrote:
Dan Kunschik created a set of Builder Dimensions (talked about here)
It would display All inches as 48 96 . Not sure if it works on AC9...

Dans not into responding to emails or PM's. I've tried to reach him for over a year with no success.

Hope he's ok............

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

James Murray — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:43:39 GMT

I don't know if Open Object by Subtype is on that menu by default. It wasn't on mine, but I may have modified it. But I don't see it the Standard Commands WE scheme either. You might have to add it in the Work Environment.

The 11 library is all one file, a library container file, LCF. The other way of getting to individual markers would be to extract the LCF, which copies it to regular folders. You should find the Extract a Container command on the File -> Libraries and Objects Menu.

Re: Door/Window Marker in ALL inches ie 48"x96"

David Maudlin — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:14:48 GMT

vincon2 wrote:
What version are you in? I tried to do this on my MAC (I Just purchased one and I'm lost on how to workwith it) on version 11 and I can't find any individual objects in the place you told me to go.

vincon2:

Following your signature, I based my reply on ArchiCAD 9, as James said, you may need to add the "Open Object by Subtype... " command to your Work Environment. This will give you access to all the library parts, some of them, like the Basic Door-Window Marker, are built into the application, so won't show up in an extracted .lcf file.

HTH

David