Displaying a GDL object on all relevant stories

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a GDL object that goes through multiple stories and I'd like to make the 2d projection appear only on the relevant stories based on the objet's size.

I've been unable to do this as of now.

Could somebody point me in the right direction to achieve this?
I've attached an example GSM file to illustrate what I'm trying to achieve.

Thanks!

[Christophe Fortineau]

Hello Johan Cosandey,

I do not know if I have all understood but you can find my first answer just below :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MtaGOsXsNUPtGL_-ypJl5GGboYEBeXKE

[Anonymous]

Hi Christophe,

Thanks for your answer, sadly it does not solve my problem.

What I am trying to do is the following :
Setting the object on "Show on relevant stories" (montrer sur tous les étages appropriés) and having the 2D symbol show on relevant stories depending on the height of the object, but not on every stories.

I already have a workaround which consists on setting the object to "Show on all stories" and not drawing anything on certain stories but this technique is not perfect because even though nothing is drawn on theses stories, you can still select (and move or delete) the object, which is dangerous.

[runxel]

Does a projection via project2{4} suffice for your needs or do you actually want to do custom 2d stuff?

[Anonymous]

I'd like to to custom 2d stuff 🙂

[runxel]

Johan wrote:
I'd like to to custom 2d stuff 🙂

Okay, no big difference.

That's what the ac_bottomlevel and ac_toplevel params are for 😉
Set them accordingly.
Then make clever use of REQUEST ("STORY_INFO") and REQUEST("STORY").

[Laszlo Nagy]

There is an earlier discussion about these with a GRAPHISOFT developer.
Hopefully, most or all of what he is saying in the thread still applies today:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34971

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot!

The answer was lying in the ac_bottomlevel and ac_toplevel parameters.
I defined them in the parameter script and now my object is displaying perfectly on every relevant story.

Johan

[SenecaDesignLLC]

The elevator object is a great place to find the code for stories