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Change swing direction text on door

Erick Thomas
Contributor

Hei everyone,

 

I am working on the AC25 norwegian version and I would like to change the swing direction text on doors.

Swing direction in norwegian is H (høyre = right) or V (venstre = left). How can I change this text from H-V to the english R-L?


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Erick Thomas

AC 25
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Solution
julienK
Advocate

Go to options>property manager and create a new rule that is a string with a formula:

at step 5 chose the orientation parameter you selected in your schedule and edit the formula by replacing D by H and G by V.

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

It used to be set in the 'Compatibility Options' section of the GDL scripts.

 

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaborate-forum/Assign-other-letters-for-the-meaning-of-Left-a...

 

But that does not seem to have any affect now.

I think it has something to do with the parameter ... ac-OpeningSide

But I have not managed to track back through all the macros to see where that parameter gets the value from.

 

Barry.

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Solution
julienK
Advocate

Go to options>property manager and create a new rule that is a string with a formula:

at step 5 chose the orientation parameter you selected in your schedule and edit the formula by replacing D by H and G by V.

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Thanks a lot for your detailed description Julien. I think this is the way to go to avoid changing the object in the BIMCloud library that everyone at the office uses.

Erick Thomas

AC 25

Thanks a lot for the answer @Barry Kelly . I managed to change the letters as you showed on the link but I went for @julienKs solution as I don't wanted to change the library part for everyone in the office.

Erick Thomas

AC 25
Patrick M
Advisor

I'd just use properties

BIM solutions and trouble shooting (self proclaimed) expert. Using Archicad 26 5002 US on Mac OS 11.5.2

Hi Barry,

 

ac_openingside should be set by the objects, and schedules can read its value with the Window/Door > Orientation field without having to select the actual GDL parameter.

It's value in the Archicad Library is localized though.

Péter Baksa
Software Engineer, Library as a Platform
Graphisoft SE, Budapest