GRAB BAR ISSUE

[Anonymous]

ARCHICAD 11 LIBRARY PART NUMBER GRAB BAR 02 11. WANT TO CREATE A VERTICAL GRAB BAR. SET HORIZONTAL ANGLE TO 90.00 AND IN PLAN VIEW IT STILL SHOWS UP IN A HORIZONTAL VIEW BUT IN ELEVATION IT SHOWS UP VERTICAL. HOW DO i MAKE IT SHOW IN PLAN VIEW AS A VERTICAL BAR? THANKS.....USING WINDOWS VERSION

[Anonymous]

good question -still no option to do that in the AC12 .

On a similar note it would good if there were a whole disabled wc suite as an object. its called a Doc M pack in the UK.

Anyone modeled one of these?

[Dwight]

Quick GDL Edit to fix grab bar appearance:

IN 2D Script, add 2 lines of code


!handrails


PROJECT2 3,270,2
END


pen gs_cont_pen

[Anonymous]

Dwight - I'm trying to convert the "Grab Bar 01 11" library part to be vertical. I tried to input the code you suggested, but didn't get the correct results. I can get the "Grab Bar 02 11" to work, but not the 01 version. I'm a gdl rookie and wondered if you could offer any further assistance?

[rocorona]

You need to delete all the other scripts from the 2d script window.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestion, but nothing changed. It's weird that it worked for 02 but not 01.

[Anonymous]

Grab Bar 02 has the option to rotate. If you set the rotation angle at 90 after adding Dwight's PROJECT 2 statement then in plan you are looking down at the end of the bar(the effect you're after). 01 needs a ROTY 90 statement at the very beginning of the 3D script(keep in mind this will only allow the bar to be vertical). That way the bar is formed vertically and the PROJECT2 statement in the 2D script will see the the end of the bar the same way as it does in 02.

Hopefully this is clear enough,

Doug

[Gops]

Lennox wrote:
On a similar note it would good if there were a whole disabled wc suite as an object. its called a Doc M pack in the UK.

Anyone modeled one of these?

This would be vey nice.

[Anonymous]

4thorns - Thanks! Worked like a charm.

[Anonymous]

No Problem. Glad to help when I can!!

Doug