Hiding the leader of an associative label

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2006-05-17 08:24 AM
I typically place the fixture type # next to all of the light fixtures on the reflected ceiling plans (F1, F2, F3, etc). Rather than scripting in "text2" in all of my light fixture objects, it would be so easy to use the associative label tool.
Turning off the associative label leader would also be helpful indicating partition types, because I could use a traditional partition type symbol (yes, there is a workaround by setting the arrow size to "0").
Scott
Windows 10
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2006-05-17 08:39 AM

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2006-05-17 08:52 AM
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2006-05-17 07:59 PM
What an effing mess of a tool. It looks like I'll just have to copy/paste "text2" script into all of my objects.
Scott
Windows 10

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2006-05-17 08:18 PM
jshuether wrote:It's such a shame. The Label Tool has so much power, but the Label Objects that come with Archicad are all supremely weak and do not show off any of its capabilities.
What an effing mess of a tool.
There is actually an array you can get through GDL to move the Label to a logical spot (0,0, relative to the element's center point). I did it once but cannot find it right now. It REALLY helped control the label tool!

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2006-05-18 03:30 AM
put in
EDIT::text2 0,0,Glob_ID
save into your library
Choose the label from the list in the info box.
make sure use symbol arrow is checked is in the label settings
This is the only way I know to do what wish.
As Tom says this put the text at the position if it had a leader which is very annoying. If someone can chime in how to set this at the origin of the object- please do!!!
I love the concept of the label tool and am sad that v10 appears to be leaving it withering on the vine. COME ON GS finish the feature pleaaaaaase.
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019 [/size]

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2006-05-18 04:14 AM
TomWaltz wrote:Is this the array you are thinking of - its called "offset"?
There is actually an array you can get through GDL to move the Label to a logical spot (0,0, relative to the element's center point). I did it once but cannot find it right now. It REALLY helped control the label tool!
Add this to the script just before the text and you should have a stretchy hotspot to move it around.
hotspot2 0,offset[1][2],unID,offset[1][1],1+128 : unID=unID+1
hotspot2 -1,offset[1][2],unID,offset[1][1],3 : unID=unID+1
hotspot2 offset[1][1],offset[1][2],unID,offset[1][1],2 : unID=unID+1
hotspot2 offset[1][1],0,unID,offset[1][2],1+128 : unID=unID+1
hotspot2 offset[1][1],-1,unID,offset[1][2],3 : unID=unID+1
hotspot2 offset[1][1],offset[1][2],unID,offset[1][2],2 : unID=unID+1
add2 offset[1][1],offset[1][2]
text2 0,0,Glob_ID
Hope this helps.
Just something I played with once to try to get the roof lable to work better.
I still don't use lables though.
Barry.
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2006-05-18 04:16 AM
Aussie wrote:John,
make a label object.
put in
text2 0,0,Global_ID
The correct code is:
Text2 0, 0, GLOB_ID
(caps optional)
The label tool continues to be my pet peeve and is one of the biggest missed opportunities considering how little effort it would have been to get it right. Rather than a great tool with tremendous power to automate the annotation process we have a promising demo of a feature that is barely usable.

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2006-05-18 04:42 AM
I have been scripting the graphical hotspot array and text2 command into all of my light fixture objects today since the label tool won't do what I want.
Windows 10

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2006-05-18 04:49 AM
Matthew wrote:Ooops too quick with the typing
John,
The correct code is:
Text2 0, 0, GLOB_ID
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John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019 [/size]