topic Re: Model View Options help needed. in Libraries & objects

Model View Options help needed.

JGoode — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:49:19 GMT

Hello,
I have a 2D object which contains image fills. The issue I am having is that certain model view options cause the fills to turn off. How do I get my object to ignore the model view options? There is never an instance where I do not want the fills of the object to show.
Thanks very much.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

Barry Kelly — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:03:02 GMT

You can't adjust the object to ignore MVO.
You need to make sure that all your MVO combinations are "Stored As..." to update themselves with the correct fill options selected.

Barry.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

JGoode — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:03:54 GMT

Barry wrote:
You can't adjust the object to ignore MVO.
You need to make sure that all your MVO combinations are "Stored As..." to update themselves with the correct fill options selected.

Barry.

How do the doors work when you can set them to ignore the MVO? The issue is that there are instances when the object is used when all of the fills are overridden in the MVO's and therefore the fill will not appear correctly.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

Barry Kelly — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:18:05 GMT

Sorry I was thinking of the fill options in MVO which are now Graphic Override options.

Can you show me a screen shot of the option in the MVO that turns the image fills on or off?

If it is a GDL object option in the MVO settings then it is possible to add a Boolean parameter in the object to allow it to use the MVO settings or not.
You need to stop the object from looking at the Library Global parameters.

I have to go now but can come back later with some more info.

Barry.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

JGoode — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:30:36 GMT

Barry wrote:
Sorry I was thinking of the fill options in MVO which are now Graphic Override options.

Can you show me a screen shot of the option in the MVO that turns the image fills on or off?

If it is a GDL object option in the MVO settings then it is possible to add a Boolean parameter in the object to allow it to use the MVO settings or not.
You need to stop the object from looking at the Library Global parameters.

I have to go now but can come back later with some more info.

Barry.

The options are in the Fill Display Override tab of the MVO settings. If they have all been overridden then the fill does not show.

Thanks

Re: Model View Options help needed.

Barry Kelly — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:39:08 GMT

Sorry I wasn't able to get back to you last night.
These fill settings are global for all elements and control the display of the fills.
I don't think it is possible to control or ignore these settings in GDL.

Anything in the 'Options for GDL Objects' can be controlled which is where you will find the options for doors and windows.

So your best option is to make sure these fill settings are set correctly for each of the MVO combinations you use.

Barry.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

JGoode — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:28:43 GMT

Barry wrote:
Sorry I wasn't able to get back to you last night.
These fill settings are global for all elements and control the display of the fills.
I don't think it is possible to control or ignore these settings in GDL.

Anything in the 'Options for GDL Objects' can be controlled which is where you will find the options for doors and windows.

So your best option is to make sure these fill settings are set correctly for each of the MVO combinations you use.

Barry.

Thanks for the help. So as far as you're aware, there would be no way to work around having all options overridden in the MVO's.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

Barry Kelly — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:45:13 GMT

Some of the MVO settings can be detected in GDL but as far as I know not for the fill display.

As mentioned anything in the 'Options for GDL Objects' section is fair game and the display of door and window markers.
You can also detect if the RCP (reverse ceiling plan) is set or not.

You can look through the REQUEST section of the GDL manual but I don't think you will find anything (although it has been a while since I have gone through it in detail).

Barry.

Re: Model View Options help needed.

JGoode — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:02:00 GMT

Barry wrote:
Some of the MVO settings can be detected in GDL but as far as I know not for the fill display.

As mentioned anything in the 'Options for GDL Objects' section is fair game and the display of door and window markers.
You can also detect if the RCP (reverse ceiling plan) is set or not.

You can look through the REQUEST section of the GDL manual but I don't think you will find anything (although it has been a while since I have gone through it in detail).

Barry.

Thanks Barry. Nothing found in the GDL manual Sadly the 'Options for GDL Objects' is of no use to me with this issue. Seems strange not to be able to detect the MVO settings. Thanks again.