topic Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name in Modeling

Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

JaredBanks — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:28:53 GMT

I'm using the zone stamp as a room name and number tag (this will connect to the finish schedule so I want the names to be complete on the plan; I'll be storing all the finish schedule info in the zone parameters)

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Some of our room names get really long and I'd like to be able to put the name on two lines. Is this possible?

Or is there a way to have each zone have two names, one that shows up on the plan (an abbreviated one) and one that will show up on the schedule. We're in v9 right now, though we're in the process of switching over to v10 so ideas is either would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jared

--also, if anyone has any better way to connect all this without doing what I'm doing, I'd love to hear as I'm still too new to ArchiCAD.

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:36:26 GMT

The standard stamps do not allow for this as far as I know. I have just made some for a couple of my clients that do allow two lines of text. The solution requires GDL programing. I may be able to post something to the depository. I'll see what I can do.

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

ThaneThayer — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:56:59 GMT

Just use a forward slash / Like:

ACTIVITY/ROOM

Will display:

ACTIVITY
ROOM

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:00:54 GMT

I have made one that's available for free at my web site.

http://www.getstandardized.com/shop/

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:07:29 GMT

ThaneThayer wrote:
Just use a forward slash / Like:

ACTIVITY/ROOM

Will display:

ACTIVITY
ROOM

What zone object are you using???
I'm not aware of any zones that ship with ArchiCAD do this

Dan K

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:36:26 GMT

Eric wrote:
I have made one that's available for free at my web site.

Just downloaded it - how do I make the zone name go onto a second line?

Another question - is it possible to seperate parts of the zone onto different layers - e.g Zone name on layer 'Text' and zone area on layer 'Areas'?

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:48:01 GMT

With a forward slash.

It isn't possible to separate a zone onto different layers.

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:23:04 GMT

Eric wrote:
It isn't possible to separate a zone onto different layers.

...but their visibility can be controlled independently in the Model View Options (AKA Display Options in AC9).

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:23:37 GMT

Dan wrote:
ThaneThayer wrote:
Just use a forward slash / Like:

ACTIVITY/ROOM

Will display:

ACTIVITY
ROOM
What zone object are you using???
I'm not aware of any zones that ship with ArchiCAD do this

Dan K

'ACTIVITY\nROOM'

will do it, because '\n' is the code in GDL for New Line Feed.
At least it worked for me.
But it will flow into the next line of the Zone Stamp. Unfortunately Zone Stamps are not prepared for this.

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

TomWaltz — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:33:21 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
'ACTIVITY\nROOM'

will do it, because '\n' is the code in GDL for New Line Feed.
At least it worked for me.
But it will flow into the next line of the Zone Stamp. Unfortunately Zone Stamps are not prepared for this.

It might look a little odd in your schedules too.

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:20:57 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
laszlonagy wrote:
'ACTIVITY\nROOM'

will do it, because '\n' is the code in GDL for New Line Feed.
At least it worked for me.
But it will flow into the next line of the Zone Stamp. Unfortunately Zone Stamps are not prepared for this.
It might look a little odd in your schedules too.

That's why I scripted mine to parse the text. It's also easier to explain to users that if they need two lines for the room name to just pull on the green diamond (dynamic hotspot).

Re: Zone Stamps with Two Lines of Text for the name

JaredBanks — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:07:10 GMT

Thanks for the stamp and everyone's thoughts.

I don't know much about scripting, but is it possible to set a limit on the length of the text and have it automatically start a new line? Basically have the text act like the normal text tool, but with perhaps a set bounding box width?

typing \ or \n is nice, but with it showing up in the schedule it doesn't fit my needs, unfortunately. At least for the current project where I need the names to show up correctly on the finish schedule. Or is it possible to hide the \ or \n, perhaps make it white or add more script to hide it?