Elevation marker with arrows to point in 4 directions

[Anonymous]

We use the section elevation tool for our interior elevations. We use the elevation marker in floor plan so it looks like an interior elevation tag instead of a section marker. Some rooms are very small like toilet rooms and we need 2 arrows instead of just one. Does Archicad have an object we can choose that allows for this. We also want the tag to automatically to put the number in from plotmaker. We would aim the section elevation to the first interior elevation and then put in extra interior elevations that wouldn't show up in plan. THis way the interior elvation on the floor plan would be correct and we would just have one long interior elvation in plotmaker made up of the 2 or 3 or 4 elevations. THe ELEVATION MARKER object looks like it would work but it doesn't in version 9. ANy ideas?

Thanks,
Michele

[Anonymous]

That is a long standing wish! I usually have to put/hide the sect/elev. on a different layer and then put the symbol of what I want it to look like on the floor plan. Unless someone can enlighten me I think that's what we're stuck with at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Yo can't be serious!!!!! THIS is a wish item? I guess I'll have to make an object myself.... which will take days or months cause I'm not so good with code. If I get something I'll post it.

Thanks,
Michele

[Anonymous]

Has anyone made any progress with this problem. It's extremely frustrating.

[TomWaltz]

We have a custom elevation marker, which is just one arrow that is hotspot-editable to be able to move the marker. One section is placed facing each direction, then the markers are moved to align with each other.

The text in the middle of the arrows finds the drawing and sheet number (4/A4.1), but the letters in the arrows (A, B, C) are set to read the last character of the name of the section, so users are instructed to name their elevations "Kitchen Elevation A."

I also threw in text in a non-plotting pen which shows the section ID number to make them easier to find in Navigator.

Seems to work pretty well so far.

[Anonymous]

Tom,
Would you like to share w/ us or maybe sell the object to Graphisoft so that it can be in the next version!!!!! I haven't had time to play with it yet.
DO your letters rotate when the section/ elevation is rotated?

Thanks,
Michele

[TomWaltz]

No, the letters always read upright, and I managed to get a switch in for the occasional "diagonal" view.

[Karl Ottenstein]

TomWaltz wrote:
We have a custom elevation marker, which is just one arrow that is hotspot-editable to be able to move the marker. One section is placed facing each direction, then the markers are moved to align with each other....

Thanks for sharing this, Tom, and congratulations on your Tip of the Month award for it!

I was swamped when this thread was happening and didn't download your marker then ... and the download count suggests lots of other people didn't either. So, another way to celebrate your award is to for everyone to come back here and get your marker and add it to their libraries. Interior elevations that are live and have a standard marker format. A long term wish granted by your contribution. 😉

Karl

[lagodue]

Thanks for posting this file.
When I download to my PC, I am not given a choice about where to download to. It simply downloads/extracts in the blink of an eye and I don't have a clue where it went, despite many searches for "IntElevMarker".

Any ideas where to find it?

[Karl Ottenstein]

lagodue wrote:
Thanks for posting this file.
When I download to my PC, I am not given a choice about where to download to. It simply downloads/extracts in the blink of an eye and I don't have a clue where it went, despite many searches for "IntElevMarker".

Any ideas where to find it?

This is a Windows setting that you apparently changed without realizing it. Normally, when you click on a zip file, you will be presented with a download dialog. There is a checkbox in that dialog that says "Always ask before opening this type of file". The behavior you describe is as if you had at some time (accidentally?) cleared that checkbox.

There is a registry fix to bring it back, but the easiest solution is to RIGHT-click on the download link (instead of left click), and then select the pop-up menu option to "Save Target As" ... then navigate to where you want to save the downloaded file. Unzip from there.

Karl