topic Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation in Documentation

NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

Ignacio Azpiazu — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:45:22 GMT

NCS Wall Label 25 is having problems with orientation, and ignoring ‘Always readable’. The problem remains on mirrored walls, and ‘Flip Label’ doesn't change this. The only sort of workaround I found was inverting the wall reference line direction. Is this a bug? Is there a simple way of fixing it on the script?

[Also, label doesn't really work with mirroring at all.]

NCS Wall Label 25 issues

Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

Minh Nguyen — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:58:42 GMT

Hi Ignacio,

Thank you very much for the question!

After some tests, I believe this is not a bug, but just a limitation of the label. The same thing happens way back in Archicad 22.

What happened here is that the label orientation always follow the wall's direction. If you enable Wall & Beam Reference Line, you can see that the label follow the direction from left to right

When we mirror a wall, the direction also changes, thus the label is flipped.

To control the label orientation exactly, I suggest looking for this option in the Label Settings

I hope this helps you with the problem. Please let me know if you have any further questions!
Best regards,

Minh

Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

Rene Pahlavan — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:48:09 GMT

Hi Minh--

Why can't the always readable function just be made to work in this important label? The above solution looks very bad on slanted walls.

Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

Rene Pahlavan — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:07:06 GMT

Looks like the same problem has persisted into AC26 - W-03 really looks strange upside down (see image).

Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

g r a n t — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:26:29 GMT

Agree. I can't get my head around these wall labels. It should be simple. Moreover, I can't even find the 26 version in my label list....??? G

Re: NCS Wall Label 25 (AC USA), problems with text orientation

Rene Pahlavan — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:48:19 GMT

Me too - same age 🙂