Label / tag on a morph

[Foti]

Hello

I was wondering in AC25 if it was possible to label/tag a morph element? I use morphs to to create stone blocks, and in the past i would manually use a basic text tool to indicate some information about it. See image attached for example. I can colour code the the blocks but would need the information to also so in elevations. 

I don't see any infomation that a label can use in the morph properties.

AC25

PC

[Lee Hankins]

You should be able to. You can label any 3D element. As long as you have a property assigned to the correct classification and the morph is classified correctly. 

[Foti]

I tried the Classification/component/dimension/generic labels, i played around with the settings and I see options for height and width, but it wont read those from a morph. It reads the volumes and surface are.

[DGSketcher]

@Foti Have you considered using something other than Morphs to create your stone blocks. Morphs generally struggle under labelling because they are considered freeform and therefore don't easily deliver dimensional values other than volumes & surfaces. If you used the wall tool for the blocks then a lot more information for labelling & scheduling would be available to you. Just because a tool is described as a Wall or Beam tool etc it doesn't mean you can't use them to create something different e.g. a stone block. It depends on what you need to create as to the best option.

[Mahmoud Qenawi]

You can use Curtain wall tool to draw stone blocks wall, watch this video explaining more than speech, I hope it helps.

https://youtu.be/-KCaNJDSypI

[Foti]

I have tried other methods, but the wall tool wont work. If I make one block as a wall and stack "block" no joint line will be visible. That would be a simple wall. But I use the morphs because the blocks are not just simple shapes, they have specific cuts and from there I can pull out a block to hand over for a cut schedule.

The screen shot below is two morphs I shaped that will get tagged numbered.

 

 

[Foti]

Thanks for the info will keep this reference, but I need more control block by block. Not sure how this will work.

rk when I have a flat arch.

[Mahmoud Qenawi]

So try this: https://youtu.be/wVYqONROsIg

[DGSketcher]

@Foti I can see why you are using the Morph tool. So the question really is what do you need to include in your labels?

ID & Surface are easy, they are available straight from the Label Tool Autotext values. It may be a case of setting up additional Properties if you require more information for your labels, but this would be manually entered for each block or several blocks if they share the same data. It isn't difficult to set up if that is a solution?

[Foti]

I never went into the custom properties, I would need basic, overall lenght, overall height and depth. A label that would display (2000 H1000) the 2000 is the lenght and H for height and ID. I then make an coloured elevation, I colour match all the same stone that have the same depth and height. Most will be the same dimentions, but complex ones will have some repetition but some manual. I know I cant automate the full process (it can be done using Catia 😞 ) but at least minimize my input as much as possible.