ArchiCAD 19 interior lamp object fill

[Anonymous]

In AC19 INT library some (not all) lamps have greyed options for selecting fill type, pen and background pen in floorplan. Is there any checkbox that I am missing or what? I have checked in AC18 and it works without any problems.

[David Maudlin]

Adam:

Makes sense. I don't know if it helps but I show the library build number as 4554.8 (USA library).

David

[Erwin Edel]

The updates of the dutch subscription library don't show up in ArchiCAD update and need to be downloaded from the reseller website, this might be the case in NZ as well, perhaps.

[David Maudlin]

I received some information from Graphisoft about this issue:

Hi David,

I'm Tamás from the Hungarian GRAPHISOFT Technical Support Team. Thank you for your comment about the Lamp Object. We added your case to our Database with the ID #55761.

Unfortunately we are not planning to release a library update for ARCHICAD 19 in New Zealand, this why you still have the issue with the lamps. Officially this is planned to be part of ARCHICAD 20.

As a workaround, you can modify the GDL parameters of the lamps. I tell you how to do it step-by step.

- Create a lamp (the problematics are: Ceiling Lamp, - Ceiling Ventilator, - Chandelier, - Fluorescent Lamp, - Fluorescent Wall Lamp, - Halogen Recessed, - Pendant Lamp, - Recessed Spot, - Spotlamp Ceiling, - Spotlamp Ground, - Spotlamp Wall, - Spotlight Kit, - Wall Lamp, - Wall Spotlight)
- Select it and open the GDL Editor (Ctrl + Shift + o)
- In the Parameter script, search (Ctrl + f) "lightMacro_m"
- Select only lightMacro_m (so you don't need the " marks), then press Ctrl + Shift + o again.
- In the new GDL Editor, go to Parameter menu and at the very end of it, there will be a parameter called "bEnableFillOnRealisticSymbol = 0,"
- You need to change this 0 to 1.
- Close the tab, Save and overwrite the lightMacro_m, close the GDL Settings of the lamp, Save and overwrite it too.
- Put a new lamp and that will work properly.

It seems a bit complicated, but it is easy and fast. I fixed the Fluorescent Lamp Object, and on the following link you can download a PLA that contains it
https://graphisoft.sharefile.com/d-s15d3d51692c4ed29

If you have further questions don't hesitate to write us.

Best regards,
Tamás Gáspár

In addition to Tamás' description, since the macro is in the .lcf library file, the library will need to be Extracted and then put back into a new Container to create a new .lcf file. For those who have done some GDL scripting the fix is simple, but can seem a bit intimidating for novices.

David

[Paul King]

Adam wrote:
Thanks David, library is up to date... we think it might be a NZ issue. Will contact the local distributor...

Confirmation from another Kiwi that as of September 2016 this is still an outstanding bug under version 6006, latest NZL libraries (no further updates exist)