Wall accessories documentation or manual?

[concepsys]

Hello,

Where can I find any documentation regarding programming gdl objects based on the Accessories add-on for Archicad?

[gaba]

@Barry Unfortunately...

That's why I smile at Graphisoft, which has removed this limitation, thanks to which building wall accessories will be easier and you won't have to load many ideas (grids, strips, pilaster etc.) into ONE object with a lot of parameters.

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[Piotr Dobrowolski]

I am searching for something that triggers the wall accessory to rebuild. No parameters are reported by glob_modpar_name, as far as I could find. A trick with "previous" length check does not work either. Any hint?

[Hmooslechner]

sorry but - no.

I really dont know - understand, why the deciders at Graphisoft won't let support this potential best of their own addons sufficiant enough, that simple scripters like us can get the full potential from it - and so - the whole community.

[SenecaDesignLLC]

Changing the id, or selecting the walls the accessories are tied to and open close settings will force the accessories parameters to update.

[SenecaDesignLLC]

I ended up building a wall accessory that has all the sheathing, Sheetrock, base and case, exterior cladding interior cladding, and framing all in one.

[SenecaDesignLLC]

I agree, i just barely figured out what I needed to get the opening shapes identified. It would have taken so much less time if there had been documentation on how the coverings are reading the openings.  I learned a lot this holiday season lol

[Hmooslechner]

Congratulations on Your developing skills! 

My 2 Cents: For the interest on it, i worked again on it about a month or so to get out the Group-commands to make it a little faster reacting in Archicad - made cutplanes and equals instead. But i was distracted by personal circumstances and made other GDLs.. 

What i tried to do - to make a copy of my original parts a little offset for comparing reasons - the thing under the roof - where i tried to figure out how- or if- its possible to get the whole profile of the wall - even if its cut per roof.. 

for interested:

AC28EduAut: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nbo05akqw6x7xed7djajn/Archicad25-GDLs-f-r-Wandaddon-Fensterumrandunge...

[SenecaDesignLLC]

I will take a look, the accessories that came with the add on have code for reading the top and bottom shapes of that's ultimately what you are after.

We need to have a community collective and write our own documentation lol

[concepsys]

Hello SenecaDeslignLLC,

Thank you again for your availability. 

I have now developed Wall, Roof and Slab objects.

Yet, I still don't understand the use of some default arrays...

I am now struggling with what I believe can be some kind of BUG with the Wall accessory, I have posted on a different thread: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/GDL/Possible-BUG-on-WALL-Accessory-objects/m-p/644921#M7286

[Piotr Dobrowolski]

I found a trick to update (apart from "update" button in the UI), though it might work only partially: the addon does not update parameters unless forced, so the calculations and parameters have to be done straight in masterscript (which i did at the first time, but after checking modpar change which did not wok) or in the 2d/3d scripts, and then if anything is called the parameters + values have to be listed straight (not "parameters all"). I have a "tile" editor in every tile (int parameter in an array) so when user is wiling to use it the object has to be rebuild. Now I am working to put the geometry to editable array, so the geometry will be user changeable if necessary.