Creating a New Zone Stamp

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to create a new zone stamp? I want to be able to add considerable more information in to the zone stamp. So I am trying to find a way to create my own. Yet I can't seem to be able to find any documentation that will walk me through the process. Has anyone done this before?

I am using ArchiCAD 12.

Thanks

[Karl Ottenstein]

James wrote:
Is there a way to create a new zone stamp? ... Has anyone done this before?

More times than you would think... search the forums. I do not know of a step-by-step, though.

Generally, you'll want to open an existing stamp and modify it. Requires knowledge of GDL scripting.

Karl

PS I'm moving this thread to the Libraries / Library Parts / GDL forum where it belongs. 😉

[Laszlo Nagy]

The best learning would be to open the stamp as Karl suggested, but also try to understand each line of code, for example when it defines styles, uses REQUEST functions to get the setting of Dimensions that were set in the Project Preferences Dialog. Another thing is that there are many string functions as you are mostly dealing with Texts in a Zone Stamp.
Also, there are many GDL Global Parameters related to zones. There is an article about those:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/gdl-guide-for-archicad-18/chapter-12-miscellaneous/fix-named...

Otherwise, a Zone is similar to any other GDL script so the general GDL rules apply.

[Karl Ottenstein]

laszlonagy wrote:
http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/gdl-guide-for-archicad-18/chapter-12-miscellaneous/fix-named...

Laszlo,

Any idea what the word "Fix" is supposed to mean in the title of that article (Zone Fix Parameters)? Seems odd...

Karl

[Laszlo Nagy]

I agree, Zone Global variables or something similar would be more appropriate.
I do not know, but I have a guess: if you open the Zone Stamp for editing you can see that these parameters are displayed in blue like the A and B parameters, which means that they are hard-wired into the Subtype and cannot even be deleted.
That would be one explanation for me for "Fix".
But as I said, this is a guess.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Ah, thanks. Subtype seems as good an explanation as any. 😉

Karl

[Christophe Fortineau]

Hello, 

This link seems to be brocken : http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/gdl-guide-for-Archicad-18/chapter-12-miscellaneous/fix-named...

I want to try to make my own simple zone stamp like this one :

With "Name" on up/left, "N°" on up/right and "Area" below

Without creating my own I get this :

I do not want to create a complex parametric zone stamp.

 

[Barry Kelly]

You would need to script your own zone stamp as I am not aware of one that could be manipulated as you want.

But don't forget in 25 you can now label zones.

It can almost be done with the 'zone label 25' - but not quite.

However you can create your own custom labels by addining some autotext and lines - set out as you want.

Then FILE menu > Libraries and Objects > Save selection as library part > label.

Now you can use it to label your zones.

It won't be parametric so you won't be able to stretch the boxes - you will have to GDL script to do that.

It won't be perfect but not too bad I think.

Only scripting will get you exactly what you want.

Barry.

[Christophe Fortineau]

Hello Barry,

I know but I don't have to create this zone buffer on AC25 but on AC23.

I have to find the best of AC23 solutions.

I know it might be easier with AC25 but I think I'm able to get another way with GDL.

I very much appreciate your richly illustrated explanation and nevertheless continue my search for a pre-AC25 solution.

[Barry Kelly]

With the default zone stamps, you have probably gotten as close to it as you can get.

Similar to what I could get with the zone stamp, except I had the comma as a separator instead of the vertical slash.

To get neat boxes you will need to script the stamp.

Barry.