A "Smart" roof label

[Anonymous]

I've searched this forum and can't find anything.

I want to make/get a label object that can be used in the following manner:

Click on a roof then click on the desired location for the label. The label needs to display the rise and run of the 'clicked on' roof.

Is this possible? and How?

[Nuge]

Sorry for the delay in replying

Dan the arrow should point UP the slope

Cheers Nuge

[Aussie John]

Nuge wrote:
Sorry for the delay in replying

Dan the arrow should point UP the slope

Cheers Nuge

In Australia the arrow points down the fall of the roof

[Anonymous]

Sorry, Nuge. I disagree. I think the indicator on the roof plan should point down the slope (i.e. fall). Where did you go to draughting school?

[Nuge]

Dan

is it possible to have an option as to which way it points ?

Cheers Nuge

[Anonymous]

Nuge wrote:
Dan

is it possible to have an option as to which way it points ?

Cheers Nuge

Nuge,
Based on the latest replies it looks like I should add a parameter to allow a change to the pointing direction. I'll set the default pointing down the slope and allow for an option to change the direction. Shouldn't be too hard...I look into it.

Dan K

[Anonymous]

OK, here we go one more time. I think we have all the bases covered now. This version now allows the user to define the slope arrow direction UP or DOWN. I also added a parameter to allow a seperate color for the arrow head.

I hope everyone has been able to follow/download all the updates. This is the 4th time I've updated the object...The last couple of script tweaks have made it a pretty good tool. Hopefully it won't be necessary to do it again. Please let me know if you find this object helpful.

Have Fun!
Dan K

[Nuge]

Dan


Works great thanks.

Stuart is a slope up or down ??

Cheers Nuge

[Anonymous]

Some improvements to roof label accessory. Real text hight size on drawings in 'mm'. Degrees options is now absolute value 'ABS".

Best regards
Pawel

[Anonymous]

Pawel wrote:
Some improvements to roof label accessory. Real text hight size on drawings in 'mm'. Degrees options is now absolute value 'ABS".

Best regards
Pawel

Pawel,
That's great...thanks for the improvements. I guess the text in "mm" makes better sense for all the metric users. In the US we use points "pt" for text...I 've always been aggravated that we don't have a good straightforward way to script for point text in objects


Do you have any suggestions for scripting text in point values?

Dan K

[Anonymous]

Hi Nuge,

A slope does indeed go both up and down, but you (at least I and others here in my office) indicate the slope of a roof in the downward direction (fall).
Also, always show stairs going up, but that's another argument...

Cheers