topic Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override in Modeling

Custom Panel : Surface Override

Ghassan Kanaan — Mon, 23 May 2022 12:40:06 GMT

Hello everyone,

Making a Surface Override for my custom Curtain Wall Panels doesn't work ! ( either at Element level or in Edit Mode ) Any suggestions please ?...

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

hevi — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:30:46 GMT

As noted in the setting - it only affects schematic and simplified views. Is your MVO Curtain Wall option for panels set to schematic or simplified?

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

Ghassan Kanaan — Mon, 23 May 2022 18:57:46 GMT

Thank you..I didn't pay attention to that setting. It seems that is the reason why the Surface Override is not possible. (My MVO is set to "Full" )

So in full detailed Curtain Wall it is not possible to make Surface Override for Custom Panels ?

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

runxel — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:51:07 GMT

This is a shortcoming and overlook, imho.

I can kinda guess why they have done it that way, but there would have been an easy solution – see below.

Do you have experience in GDL?

Don't worry if not! It's actually very easy to do.

Open the "CW Custom Panel 25" object, scroll down 'til you see the CALL command to the "CW_Panel_Collection" and encapsulate that in a GROUP.

Then lastly just drop a casual `placegroup creategroupwithmaterial("yourgroupnamehere", 2, 0, matPanel)` in there after your new group. BOOM! Done!

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

Ghassan Kanaan — Tue, 24 May 2022 09:56:20 GMT

Since i don't have any competence in GDL programing.. Can you please explain further more that procedure for me to understand what "encapsulate in a group" means and to know exactly how to execute the next step... Thank you very much.

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

runxel — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:33:07 GMT

In the 3D script you will find the call to the "CW_Panel_Collection" object (actually rewritten by Archicad everytime you save a custom component) with some parameters.

This command should be tucked inside its own group ... endgroup.

Then third line is the creategroupwithmaterial command as shown above.

Here for your understanding. Really simple. Just three lines, highlighted in yellow.

You have to consider however that the panel now gets overriden all the time. Another "IF" loop would be necessary to determine if the overriding should take place or not. But that is left as an exercise for the reader 😉

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

Ghassan Kanaan — Mon, 30 May 2022 13:26:59 GMT

Thank you very much. I am gonna try this

Re: Custom Panel : Surface Override

Ghassan Kanaan — Mon, 30 May 2022 19:06:25 GMT

I tried it and it worked ! This was very useful 👍 ...Thank you