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Global ID and Master ID in Label

Wokka
Contributor
I'm making a label to show just the ID's of windows and doors from hot linked files. If I use the standard 'ID' label from archicad, I get the information I want, but I need more control over it's look etc. Using glob_ID only shows the windows ID, not it's master ID and I can't open the 'id' marker to see the code used for calling up the master ID.
Any help would be great….
Warwick Lloyd-Martin
3 D E N V I R O N M E N T
http://www.3de.com.au
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
ArchiCad 4.55>27 AUS
Lumion 12.5/2023
D5 Render
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Lachlan Green
Enthusiast
As far as I know there is no way to bring up the Module's master ID. Hopefully in future hot-fixes / releases it will be addressed, but until then it's just going to sit there tempting us with something we can't have.
Lachlan Green | Wilson Architects | BIM Manager, Architect
Started on AC9 | Currently AC27 & AC28 | BIMCloud | GDL
Mac Studio (14,13) M2 Max, 64GB, 1TB SSD | MacOS 14.7
Wokka
Contributor
Thats what I thought, till I tried the ID label...
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Warwick Lloyd-Martin
3 D E N V I R O N M E N T
http://www.3de.com.au
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
ArchiCad 4.55>27 AUS
Lumion 12.5/2023
D5 Render
Wokka
Contributor
Master File
Warwick Lloyd-Martin
3 D E N V I R O N M E N T
http://www.3de.com.au
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
ArchiCad 4.55>27 AUS
Lumion 12.5/2023
D5 Render
Lachlan Green
Enthusiast
Interesting find. I haven't looked at the standard ID label for a while now and pretty much forgot of it's existence.
Lachlan Green | Wilson Architects | BIM Manager, Architect
Started on AC9 | Currently AC27 & AC28 | BIMCloud | GDL
Mac Studio (14,13) M2 Max, 64GB, 1TB SSD | MacOS 14.7
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Wokka,
The first three options for Labels (Text, ID, Unique ID) do not use GDL Script. They are all a single line of text, with a Leader in front of it.
This is why you cannot open the GDL Object, because they don't have any.

About the Hotlink Master ID: it can be set in the settings Dialog of the given Hotlinked Module:
Make sure "Suspend Groups" is OFF.
Select your Hotlinked Module, right click and select Hotlinked Module Settings from the context menu.
In the appearing Dialog you can set it in the Master ID field.
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
It looks like this new GDL command that was introduced in the latest AC18 update may be the answer to your original question:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=235152#235152
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