topic Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation in Documentation

Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 01:15:24 GMT

How do I show the same tag in floor plan on my elevation?

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:18:00 GMT

Giuseppe wrote:
How do I show the same tag in floor plan on my elevation?

The Labels in the D3 Smart Parts Library/Real Doors & Windows v. 3.14/RD&W Labels allows you to show them in plan, section, elevation and the 3D window. If this is what you're looking for, no info connection to the doors and windows of course.

Wally

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:08:40 GMT

Thank you, for your answer, but how do you do in simple archicad?

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:14:52 GMT

Don't believe that you can do that, at least not with my libraries. Only thing that you COULD do is the copy-paste thing (you will need to explode the window in order to be able to copy the tag). Or else insert a separate tag on the elevation. But I don't believe it can be done automatically in plain AC.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:19:11 GMT

Thanks, but someone from Italy told me that it can be done if you add in the scrip of the door a couple of lines.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:25:45 GMT

I thought you meant just plain vanilla AC without doing anything to it. In your case, you probably should've posted it to the Libraries/ Library Parts/ GDL forum area since you're looking to modify the door/window GDL blocks. You'll get better help there.

Or maybe the moderator will just move it for you.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:36:27 GMT

At the beginning of my question I didn't know that the problems was regarding the GDL, this way I post my question in this Forum, perhaps you are right, now I need to move my question some other forum, and ask for more help

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

TomWaltz — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:55:37 GMT

Giuseppe wrote:
How do I show the same tag in floor plan on my elevation?

The easy approach is to use the Label Tool, and click the "Label Element" box for each elevation you want to the window/door labeled in.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:02:11 GMT

Thanks Tom, I will try it, thanks again in the mid time

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Steve Jepson — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:01:14 GMT

Tom,

can you tell me a little more about how to do that? I know to use the labels but i can't quite get the hang of this.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Aussie John — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:42:58 GMT

usually if you arent seeing a label it is on a hidden layer (no warnings). the label can reside in a different layer to the element it is attached to. To check what layer your label will go into double click the label tool and select the particular element you want to attach a label to ( ie slab, fill, door etc), from the list. You can then give that element a particular label style, control the paramenters and give it a layer. You may need to check "use symbol arrow" or whatever it says.

I really like labels but find they are a little temperamental, eg sometimes they move, sometimes they drop off if you change the element. Once you get the hang of them they are a real time saver. Great for ceilings as you can get them to show the elevation and it is associative so if you adjust the ceiling level the notation changes. Great for roofs as you can show the roof pitch.

Its a case of label once show many times in the various views your element might be visible.

Numbering doors and windows in elevations are a breeze.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:46:05 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
The easy approach is to use the Label Tool, and click the "Label Element" box for each elevation you want to the window/door labeled in.

Thanks for that post, Tom! I knew that you could get labels in elevation this way ... but have never needed them so hadn't experimented with this until just now.

You've taught me something new:

What I didn't realize is that the "Label Window (Element)" checkbox is not a global setting, but is associated with each section (and plan) independently! I didn't remember ever reading this ... and just checked the manual, and don't see it stated there...? The end result is good - get the associative labels just on the sections/elevations desired, but the concept of an element setting that is view-dependent is inconsistent with the rest of ArchiCAD isn't it? So, this one setting - the label checkmark - is invisibly saved as part of the section or plan settings?! Do you know of anything else that behaves this way?

Regards,
Karl

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

TomWaltz — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:51:38 GMT

Karl wrote:
TomWaltz wrote:
The easy approach is to use the Label Tool, and click the "Label Element" box for each elevation you want to the window/door labeled in.
Thanks for that post, Tom! I knew that you could get labels in elevation this way ... but have never needed them so hadn't experimented with this until just now.

You've taught me something new:l

I kind of want a T-shirt that says "I tought Karl something." I don't get to do that often!! 😉

The Labels are REALLY powerful, though a little misbehaved (as mentioned). It took me a little simple GDL to make the proper symbols with the GLOB_ID text inside it. (It would make a good starter project for those interested in GDL, actually).

You can call out wall types, door numbers, roof pitches, you name it. Anything that the GDL/Label system has access to, you can label.

Re: Window & door Tag in Elevation

Aussie John — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:11:37 GMT

Karl wrote:
Do you know of anything else that behaves this way?

Regards,
Karl

The only thing that comes close that I can think of are objects that can be made to behave (view) differently depending if placed in plan or in section. But that is not the same thing.