topic Re: Zone Tool in Modeling

Zone Tool

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 02:55:36 GMT

Hi,

I would like to know how to position text in archicad19 zone tool. Ive been searching it from its menu but theres no option there like the older archicad version. Thank you.

Best regards,

Re: Zone Tool

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 06:26:36 GMT

You can select the Zone, and 5 hotspots will appear at the 4 corners and the middle point of the Zone Stamp. If you drag any of them only the Zone Stamp will be moved instead of the whole Zone polygon.

Re: Zone Tool

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 02:13:43 GMT

Hi Sir Nagy,

Am, I've tried it already but I'm still confused. What I mean is like autocad, if we use mtext command for paragragh text, we can compress the paragragh by simply dragging the grips closer. I'm looking for an option where we can justify the text position in the zone tool. There should be an option for that I guess. Thank you sir.

Re: Zone Tool

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:07:39 GMT

Depending on which version you are using there can be a few settings that influence how text is placed or justified within the Zone Stamp. For example, in AC19 there are some setting like this in the Appearance page of the Settings panel of the Zone Settings Dialog.
But generally they do not work like it works in AutoCAD.

Probably it would be possible to make the Zone Stamp text block width resizable, but that would require changing the script of the Zone Stamp in GDL.

Re: Zone Tool

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:41:26 GMT

Hi Sir Nagy,

Thank you for that idea but to tell you I really don't know how to edit gdl scripts in archicad Nevertheless, Thank you sir for the time.

Best regards