Zone Stamp showing w/d surface

[Anonymous]

I Would like to see in my zone stamp the total surface of doors and windows. Is there a way to include this call to the zone stamp object?

Anyone knows how?
Thank you.

[Anonymous]

laszlonagy wrote:
...I think if this is possible, it is possible only with API.

Yes, this is what I suspected. I was just hoping that there might be a way that I had ovelooked. I have resorted to creating light and vent values for each of my windows with a formula based on how the manufacturer calculates the values... I then place the values into parameters that I call into additional parameters of an interactive schedule...its sort of cumbersome and not without other problems.


The zone tool has so much potential as it is aware of all the objects, etc. it contains...I just wish there were easier more understanable/intuitve ways to harness the power.

Dan K

[TomWaltz]

Dan wrote:
Laszlonagy,
Nice example...I wonder how you might extend this to use the zone tool in creating Light and Vent shedules??? The values returned seem to give the overall opening surface...how might one get it to display only the glass surface area??? And since different types of windows have different operations, i.e., a fixed window provides no vent where as a single hung window might provide close to 50% of the surface area,etc.,etc.

Any thoughts?

I would think you would have to use the Interactive Scheduler or a Listing to get that information straight from the Doors/Windows/Louvers themselves. I believe going through the Zone to get these settings would only give you the size of the wall opening (WALLHOLE for you GDL types. Even then, the object itself would need some way of distinguishing glass area from frame area.

[Anonymous]

TomWaltz wrote:
I would think you would have to use the Interactive Scheduler or a Listing to get that information straight from the Doors/Windows/Louvers themselves. I believe going through the Zone to get these settings would only give you the size of the wall opening (WALLHOLE for you GDL types. Even then, the object itself would need some way of distinguishing glass area from frame area.

Tom,
Yep...that's pretty much what I've attempted...see my post immediately preceeding yours. I have had some successes with this approach but I had to make all my windows "smart" enough to report this info as needed,i.e., special formulas placed into parameters.

Unfortuantely, this all kinda falls apart when I try to schedule multiple "additional parameters" from different criteria types...the I.S. currently cannot do this in one schedule...arghh!... It's been a while since I tried to set this up so I don't remember, exactly what all the problems were...I can tell you, however, that I met enough roadblocks to abandon the whole effort.

I got so close...but not close enough.

[Electric Flute]

Thank you Laszlonagy for your great help.

I´m also trying to create a Light and Vent shedules with IS like Dan Kunschik. I can´t get it!!
Please Graphisoft, let Zones read glass surfaces from doors and windows. That shouldn't be that difficult. Light/Vent shedules is a very important issue.

BTW, zones can´t read "W bottom hung" surface. Seems to be a bug with it's GDL script.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Electric wrote:
Thank you Laszlonagy for your great help.

I´m also trying to create a Light and Vent shedules with IS like Dan Kunschik. I can´t get it!!
Please Graphisoft, let Zones read glass surfaces from doors and windows. That shouldn't be that difficult. Light/Vent shedules is a very important issue.

BTW, zones can´t read "W bottom hung" surface. Seems to be a bug with it's GDL script.

Guys, you should make a wish for this item.
I can imagine there could be new GDL Global variables implemented which could solve this.

[Anonymous]

laszlonagy wrote:
Guys, you should make a wish for this item.
I can imagine there could be new GDL Global variables implemented which could solve this.

Laszlo,
I made this wish quite some time ago...Actually exactly one year ago today. There was only one response to it and 7 favorable results.

Here it is for anyone interested:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=3807

Maybe we can ressurrect some activity in the wish and see something out of Graphisoft by version 10???

[Laszlo Nagy]

Cool. I voted essential.
It would be a nice addition to ArchiCAD's abilities.

[Electric Flute]

Sure it is! Count on me to vote.
Sometimes I feel demotivated to vote on these wishes. If Graphisoft could at least make some feedback....

Man, I do like ArchiCAD but hate their silence. Things are not like before, Autodesk with Revit is there now...

Bigger feedback means more development.


Hey! happy birthday for you wish!
I also have 2 little wishes, one has 1 year and the other has 2. We are a happy family!