topic Re: grid element tool custom settings in Documentation

grid element tool custom settings

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:03:02 GMT

I've used the Interior and Exterior elevation tools to create my all my elevations. I would like to have the grid displayed in both interiors and exteriors. Even though I use the custom settings in the grid element tools section/elev choices (opened from the view window) they all change uniformly across all elevations. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:36:31 GMT

Yes, because that setting applies to a given Grid Element, not to a given Viewpoint. So the setting is element-specific, not Viewpoint-specific and applies to its display in all Viewpoints.
There is no Viewpoint-specific override that could change that, except drawing a white fill over it to cover it up.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:57:20 GMT

Ahhhh- got it! Thanks so much, Laszlo.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:27:51 GMT

Just one more thing- and I apologize if I'm not understanding something- if I open one of my elevation views in my view map, select the grid and open the tool, and hover over the 'custom' setting, I receive the attached message (see below). This is what led me to believe that I could control the hgt. of the column bubble in different views.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:44:45 GMT

Oops, sorry, I misunderstood your question.
So yes, when you select the Custom option, you can define the settings for the Grid Element individually in each Viewpoint.

What you need to do is select the Interior Elevation, go to its Settings Dialog, and check the "Show Grid Elements' checkbox in its Grid Tool panel.
This checkbox by default is checked for Sections and Elevations, but unchecked for Interior Elevations.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:46:30 GMT

Thanks!

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:16:34 GMT

andyb wrote:
Just one more thing- and I apologize if I'm not understanding something- if I open one of my elevation views in my view map, select the grid and open the tool, and hover over the 'custom' setting, I receive the attached message (see below). This is what led me to believe that I could control the hgt. of the column bubble in different views.

This does not appear to be working in AC18 6000. We are unable to create Custom settings for grid elements in sections or elevations. I've tried altering this from both the project map and the view map. I've also tested with grid elements placed separately as well as using the grid system. Also tried graphic editing of individual grids in a section window. The changes made in one window are inherited by the others.

Same result. Not as suggested by the hint bubble.

Did this work and get broken? or is the hint bubble in the previous comment false?

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:26:48 GMT

Yes, this seems like a bug. This is how it is supposed to work:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-18-int-reference-guide/user-interface-reference/tool-settings-dialog-boxes/grid-tool-settings/

However, I can confirm that this Custom setting is currently not working in AC19 either.
Also the other field, the Copy from field in the upper right corner of the panel does not work either.
I will report this to Graphisoft.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:40:23 GMT

Lazlo and Aaron- thanks for confirming this feature is not working....I thought I was losing my mind! Thanks again.

Re: grid element tool custom settings

DVH — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:42:45 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Yes, this seems like a bug. This is how it is supposed to work:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-18-int-reference-guide/user-interface-reference/tool-settings-dialog-boxes/grid-tool-settings/

However, I can confirm that this Custom setting is currently not working in AC19 either.
Also the other field, the Copy from field in the upper right corner of the panel does not work either.
I will report this to Graphisoft.

Laszio,

The Grid Tool is still not working in elevation/ sections in ArchiCAD 21. The grid line offsets jump around and overlap and the custom features don't work.
If I adjust the grid offsets to not overlap in one elevation then go an look at the opposite elevation they are all flipped around. Why aren't they mirrors of each other. Four generations of ArchiCAD later....Is their a fix for this yet?

Re: grid element tool custom settings

Daniel Kovacs — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:33:52 GMT

Hello everyone,

I looked into it, and it looks like we will be able to fix this Custom Grid setting issue in the next version of ARCHICAD. We are still looking into whether it is possible to port the fix back to ARCHICAD 21, but currently it looks like it requires changes we can't make in an update.

Regards,