topic Re: can't edit info in schedule in Collaboration with other software

can't edit info in schedule

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:16:44 GMT

I'm creating an appliance schedule from my appliance objects. Everything is fine except for the oven and microwave objects. They show up in the schedule, but the fields (cost, manufacturer, etc) have three dashes and I can;t enter the data there. If I edit the data in the object properties box, it doesn't show up on the schedule. Every oven object seems to have this trouble, but none of the other appliances I've added have.

Am I missing something simple? - I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure this out....

thanks

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:18:10 GMT

I don't see a problem with the parameters in the US 11 oven objects for cost, etc - which are defined by a subtype.

Are all of your objects from the US 11 library? Are the layers of all of the objects visible and unlocked?

Karl

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:08:40 GMT

Karl wrote:
I don't see a problem with the parameters in the US 11 oven objects for cost, etc - which are defined by a subtype.

Are all of your objects from the US 11 library? Are the layers of all of the objects visible and unlocked?

Karl

All visible & unlocked and using us11 library.

I looked at the object parameters to see if they had different names for the manuf, notes, etc. but everything seems to match. But I still get "---" in the schedule for the manuf., cost, notes, and user-defined fields. But only on the ovens and microwaves.

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:29:58 GMT

Odd. The 11 parts are all based on subtypes that use the same names for params...so it may not be the ovens.

If you can post a zip file containing (a) a module [MOD] file containing only the appliances and (b) an XML file containing your schedule, exported from the schedule settings, I or someone else could take a look...

Cheers,
Karl

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Link — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:25:28 GMT

Was the project migrated from a previous version of ArchiCAD? Are all parts loaded properly? Just covering different bases...

Cheers,
Link.

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:20:12 GMT

Link wrote:
Was the project migrated from a previous version of ArchiCAD? Are all parts loaded properly? Just covering different bases...

Cheers,
Link.

nope, not migrated - I think that every thing is loaded correctly. I'll upload the mod file and see if anyone can figure it out.

thanks for the help!

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:02:27 GMT

here's the mod file and schedule. It has three appliances, when I run the schedule, the first line is the oven object and I can't edit anything, the others seems fine.

any help appreciated - thanks!

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:22:58 GMT

Chris wrote:
here's the mod file and schedule. It has three appliances, when I run the schedule, the first line is the oven object and I can't edit anything, the others seems fine.

any help appreciated - thanks!

Only the microwave object displays locked '--' values. This is due to a bug in the parameter script in the object itself. These lines are at the end of the script - corrected here:

if glob_modpar_name = "txtpx" then
	parameters txtp [1][1] = txtpx
else
	txtpx = txtp [1][1]
endif
if glob_modpar_name = "txtpy" then
	parameters txtp [1][2] = txtpy
else
	txtpy = txtp [1][2]
endif

The programmer forgot the quotes around the txtpx parameter in the 'if' logical expression.

You can just put the attached object in your office library and use it instead of the built-in object. I'll report this to GS.

Karl

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:47:39 GMT

Chris wrote:
...They show up in the schedule, but the fields (cost, manufacturer, etc) have three dashes and I can;t enter the data there. If I edit the data in the object properties box, it doesn't show up on the schedule. ...

I've had this problem when listing Zones (Area Tabulations and Finish Schedules) I sent GS my files, and they said they would investigate.

I'll double check the script, but the Zones scheduled fine in AC10, so I doubt that's the cause.

Re: can't edit info in schedule

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:12:13 GMT

Karl wrote:
....
You can just put the attached object in your office library and use it instead of the built-in object. I'll report this to GS.

Karl

Thanks Karl, you rock!!

edit - also, the other objects I tried in the same folder of the AC library also had the same problem so I would guess they have the same flaw.