Window & door Tag in Elevation

[Anonymous]

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

[Aussie John]

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.

[Karl Ottenstein]

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

[TomWaltz]

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.

[Aussie John]

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.