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BUG: WALL_SKINS_BMAT_NAMES - Slanted Wall, Outlines Only

scottjm
Advisor

So I have stumbled across an unusual bug.

 

If you have a composite wall set to slated, and the floorplan projection set to Outline Only, archicad fails to fill in the data in the WALL_SKINS_BMAT_NAMES array.  All the array fields are blank.

 

Given it is still reporting the 7 rows in the array, which matches the number of composites skins, but is failing to input their info into the array fields, leads me to believe it is indeed a bug, and not a 'GDL limitation by design'.
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As soon as I change the floorplan projection to any thing other other than Outlines Only, the Array correctly lists the skin names of the composite skins.

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Settings of the wall that trigger the bug:

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Tested in AC26.7004 and AC28.3001
 
Cheers,
Scott
Scott J. Moore | Fulton Trotter Architects | BIM Manager, Associate, Architect
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Barry Kelly
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I won't swear to this, but I think with a slanted wall, the information for the building materials in the skins comes from where the Floor Plan Cut Plane cuts the wall.

By changing the wall to 'Outline Only', you are effectively by-passing the FPCP.

So maybe the wall thinks it is not being cut?

 

But then if you set it to 'Overhead All' it still works.

So maybe my theory doesn't hold water.

 

Barry.

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scottjm
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That was my initial thought too as I know thats what is does with the skin list when you have a complex profile wall.  But given the array has the right length but no data in the fields in hoping that means it's a bug. 

Scott J. Moore | Fulton Trotter Architects | BIM Manager, Associate, Architect
Since AC13 | Current versions AC23.7000 & AC26.5002 | BIMCloud Basic | Python, GDL, VBA, PHP, SQL, CSS
Certified Graphisoft BIM Manger (2022)
Win 10, i9-9900K, 32GB, Quadro P2200, 500GB NVMe

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