Python - Handling Zone information

[pedrocollares]

I've been starting to dive into the Python integration in order to put up a few routines regarding zone information in our firm. I'm a little bit familiar with the programming language itself, but I'm clueless on how to get the info from the elements.

I'm starting out with this, to get a list of all Zones in the project. Then there's a few things I need to be able to access in each of those zones. Which are:

• Zone name
• Layer to which they belong
• Calculated area
• Zone category
• Home Story index
• Home Story name

I'm not even sure if such information is available through the Python integration, though, in case they are, it would be good if I could, inside that 'element' loop assign them to variables so I can handle them across the code.

I hope there's a way to do such. Thanks in advance! 🙂

[pedrocollares]

Updates on my own thread 😅

Apparently all those worked:

They were put out correctly at the listener:

Although, as it seems, there is no Built-in property available to get the Home Story Index. I think I'll handle that by doing a comparison between the elevation to Project Zero and the Project's Story elevation

Anyone has directions on how to obtain those Home Story info?

[BerndSchwarzenbacher · Accepted solution]

Hi Pedro,

There was a discussion about this a few months ago which I think is relevant for what you want to do: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Developer-forum/Home-Story-Name-in-Python/m-p/31298

It boils down to 2 solutions:

• Make expression properties which return the home story name and/or home story index
• Make a C++ add-on which exposes additional API commands to Python (see for example https://github.com/tlorantfy/Archicad-additional-json-commands)

The first option is easier to realize but needs extra steps in each project. The second option needs additional expertise with C++ Add-Ons.

Best, Bernd

[pedrocollares]

Indeed, I'm for now going through this direction. Since the routines I mentioned are meant to be used only inside our firm, I think having the need to configure custom properties won't be an issue.

Thanks for the response 🙂