Looking for a better Interior elevation marker object

[Chazz]

I'm in desperate need of a better interior elevation symbol --one that has linking to PM via sheet and drawing number, but which (crucially) can be rotated without the text going sideways. Also, it needs to have the drawing # at one point. See the sketch, below.

Has anyone made or seen such a beast? For me the "Interior elevation tool" doesn't cut it (no live linking to the sheets). My hope with this is that I can use the section tool and overlap as many section markers as req'd (up to 4) to elevate the interior walls I need.

Willing to buy, just haven't found it yet.... Unfortunately I don't have the GDL chops to make this myself. Any info greatly appreciated.

[Stress Co_]

I too, would be interested in a marker like this.

[Anonymous]

The attached symbol is close (I downloaded it from this forum but can't find the reply again, sorry). I would actually prefer it to be simpler with just the sheet number in the center and the drawing number in the arrow. It seems like it should be a simple edit but I'm still new to this and can't figure it out.

[Anonymous]

sbatchelor wrote:
I downloaded it from this forum but can't find the reply again, sorry

The KA in the name suggests that it came from Tom Waltz. Is that right, Tom?

[TomWaltz]

Yep. That was my "tip of the month" object a while back.

Do you have a sketch of what you want? I could probably talk you through modifying it pretty easily. It sounds mostly like we need to delete the LINE2 statement that is the center line and change the TEXT2 statement for the sheet number to 0,0.

I can tell you more after I see your sketch (and get some sleep).

[Anonymous]

Here's a quick image of what I'm looking for. If you could talk me through it that would be great.
Thanks,
sam

[TomWaltz]

Is this your first GDL modification? It's not a hard one, but markers are a bit strange so the code is not as straight-forward as most are. This was also something I modified from a GS object. I tend to code a lot cleaner than this!

In the name of making this a learning experience, what have you tried so far?

Whenever I modify an object I am not familiar with, I start with figuring out generally what needs to be done.

From a conceptual standapoint, you need to:
1) Remove the line across the middle (remove a LINE2 statement)
2) Move the Sheet Number to the center of the box (which means removing an ADD2 statement and its corresponding DEL 1 statement, then changing the text STYLE to be middle-center justified (anchor 5 instead of 2)
3) Change the text in the arrow point to be the drawing number instead of the sheet number. (alter the TEXT2 statement to use the drawing number instead of the arrow text)

If you do not have any GDL experience, this might be a bit challenging, but the code has several comments in it (lines starting with an exclamation point) that might help you find your way around. If you have an hour or so to try it, I really recommend it. I think GDL is the most powerful feature of Archicad and the least used.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I think I got it. I had to do jurry rig something to center the sheet number in the box. I'm sure it's far from the most elegant script ever but it seems to work.
Thanks,
Sam

[TomWaltz]

sbatchelor wrote:
Thanks, I think I got it. I had to do jurry rig something to center the sheet number in the box. I'm sure it's far from the most elegant script ever but it seems to work.
Thanks,
Sam

In order to work, it just has to work. Elegance doesn't get the rent paid 🙂

[Brad Elliott]

Not to hijack this link but I think the Elevation Marker that is included will work fine for me except that it doesn't resize. I can resize the text but not the marker. And being inexperienced in the code I made a copy but can't figure out how to change the size. Any ideas?