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Listing Object components created in the property script

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:26 GMT

Hi Folks,

I'm scripting a quite complex object and I'm having some trouble creating a list of scripted components within the property script.

It seems that there is no option for selecting objects in the list setup.

Is it possible?

Re: Listing Object components created in the property script

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:31:37 GMT

Hi Paulo,

You've run into something that I complained about to deaf ears when it first happened. Graphisoft uses the word "component" for three totally unrelated things in ArchiCAD.

Anything built with complex profiles or composites has a 'component' represented by each unique fill. These of course have nothing to do with components that are part of GDL objects, or equivalently property scripts attached to objects and elements.

Object components cannot be scheduled with the interactive schedules - you have to use the old-style list schemes. Unless I'm too tired right now to think. Which is possible.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Listing Object components created in the property script

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:50 GMT

Hi Karl,

You are right. When I did a simple search here in the forum it gave me lots of unrelated subjects. Perhaps it would be more easy to change the "Calculation Component" word, once its more like a hidden feature. 😉

Karl wrote:
Object components cannot be scheduled with the interactive schedules - you have to use the old-style list schemes. Unless I'm too tired right now to think. Which is possible.

I was afraid to hear that... By now, the best I could manage was a "basic component list". The one which is a simple txt file... not a "real" table.

I guess I'll have to re-think the listing features of my object.

Thanks for the insight.