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About building parametric objects with GDL.
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North of a view in the layout

Mathias Jonathan
Advocate
Hi everybody,

Is there a way to get the north orientation of a view placed on a layout in GDL? It would be for a title object that show the north of the associate view.

Thank you in advance,

Mathias
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Csilla Mai
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Hi Mathias,
I asked other GRAPHISOFT developers and they confirmed: it is a limitation of the Layout. The "view_rotangle" returns the rotation of the current view, in the Drawing Title's case the rotation of the Layout, which will be 0. This does not only occur at Drawing Titles: if an object is placed on a view which is rotated at 2D plan and it is placed on Layout, its "view_rotation" value is also 0.
Unfortunately this value is only available in 2D plan.

Best Regards,
Csilla Mai
Library Platform, Engineering Manager
GRAPHISOFT SE

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Csilla Mai
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Hi Mathias,

An Archicad project can have one Project North value, which is available in
GLOB_NORTH_DIR global variable. The view rotation is available in the "view_rotangle" request: n = REQUEST ("view_rotangle", "", angleViewRotation). I hope these data will help to fulfill your need for your object, if not, please let us know.

Best Regards,
Csilla Mai
Library Platform, Engineering Manager
GRAPHISOFT SE
Mathias Jonathan
Advocate
Csilla wrote:
Hi Mathias,

An Archicad project can have one Project North value, which is available in
GLOB_NORTH_DIR global variable. The view rotation is available in the "view_rotangle" request: n = REQUEST ("view_rotangle", "", angleViewRotation). I hope these data will help to fulfill your need for your object, if not, please let us know.

Best Regards,
Thank you for the answer.

I tried to use this request, but it doesn't work on the object when it is used as a title (It works when it is used as an object on the 2D plan).

Is it a limitation of a title object?
Solution
Csilla Mai
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Hi Mathias,
I asked other GRAPHISOFT developers and they confirmed: it is a limitation of the Layout. The "view_rotangle" returns the rotation of the current view, in the Drawing Title's case the rotation of the Layout, which will be 0. This does not only occur at Drawing Titles: if an object is placed on a view which is rotated at 2D plan and it is placed on Layout, its "view_rotation" value is also 0.
Unfortunately this value is only available in 2D plan.

Best Regards,
Csilla Mai
Library Platform, Engineering Manager
GRAPHISOFT SE