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GDL & Model View Options :?:

Anonymous
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Ok I have an object that in plan is supposed to represent one thing on one plot sheet and something else on another. Is their a way to for the object to automatically take settings based on the Model View Option?

Example – if you draw a wall with a door and then go to the model view option and then go to RCP-empty... the door swing is gone.
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TomWaltz
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Mryan wrote:
Ok I have an object that in plan is supposed to represent one thing on one plot sheet and something else on another. Is their a way to for the object to automatically take settings based on the Model View Option?

Example – if you draw a wall with a door and then go to the model view option and then go to RCP-empty... the door swing is gone.
The RCP option works by completely removing the object and only showing the opening. It's really not even GDL-related.

The only Display Option accessible from inside GDL is the Door & Window Marker setting and the Construction Fills display.
Tom Waltz
Anonymous
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Mryan wrote:
Ok I have an object that in plan is supposed to represent one thing on one plot sheet and something else on another. Is their a way to for the object to automatically take settings based on the Model View Option?

Example – if you draw a wall with a door and then go to the model view option and then go to RCP-empty... the door swing is gone.

Yeah, sort of...basically you have to script the objects to be aware of the status of the "Doors & Windows:" display options.

Following is a snipet of a master script I use to turn on and off special 2d text display on my windows:

xyz=Request ("window_door_show_dim", " ", show)
if show = 0 then
state=0
else
state=1
endif


So basically when state =1 then you can script whatever behavior you wish when that display option is active.

HTH,
Dan K
Anonymous
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Dan wrote:


Yeah, sort of...basically you have to script the objects to be aware of the status of the "Doors & Windows:" display options.

Following is a snipet of a master script I use to turn on and off special 2d text display on my windows:

xyz=Request ("window_door_show_dim", " ", show)
if show = 0 then
state=0
else
state=1
endif


So basically when state =1 then you can script whatever behavior you wish when that display option is active.

HTH,
Dan K
Little confused ... I'm not sure exactly how this works
TomWaltz
Participant
Dan wrote:
Yeah, sort of...basically you have to script the objects to be aware of the status of the "Doors & Windows:" display options

HTH,
Dan K
That command is a pretty limited use, though, since it only works if the Show Doors/Windows is get to "Show with Dimension." The other settings cannot be individually identified to only use the RCP option.
Tom Waltz