North marker

[Anonymous]

hi guys, i am making a new north marker and am trying to add the option of getting it to follow project north.

is there some script that i can add to the object to get it to do this automatically?

many thanks

[David Larrew]

"GLOB_NORTH_DIR" or "U~" will give you the Project North.

[Anonymous]

Thank you David, can you please tell me how to apply it, do i just add that script to the 2D script?

as i cant get it to work.

edit: ok got it, i added the paremeter and text from the library north marker. all working now

[Laszlo Nagy]

I have done a North Sign before that does this.
I drew the sign in the 2D Symbol Window on FRAGMENT 1 (it's like a layer, only called fragment).
Then the 2D Script was the following:

MUL2 A,B
ROT2 GLOB_NORTH_DIR-90
FRAGMENT2 1,1

This should work.
Two remarks:
1. This does not take into consideration the Mirror checkbox in the Object Settings Dialog.
2. I think GS recommends using GLOB_NORTH_DIR as Global variable name, and not using these older names like U~.

[Anonymous]

thanks Laszlonagy,

this is my first real effort at creating .gsm objects, ive done it with stairmaker before but thats easy.

i have managed to do it and it works well, again this forum has come through for me.

how about a tutorial forum, where tutorials must be provided by people who have asked questions here and managed to solve thier problems with the help of other members?
thus helping newer members easier

[Laszlo Nagy]

Who would do it?
That's a lot of work.
Some of this is actually in the Tips and Trick Section, by the way.
You can also search for keywords.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

The symbol rotation should be taken into consideration too in addition to the mirroring.
For example;

if SYMB_MIRRORED = 0 then rot2   GLOB_NORTH_DIR -90 -SYMB_ROTANGLE
if SYMB_MIRRORED = 1 then rot2 -GLOB_NORTH_DIR +90 +SYMB_ROTANGLE
FRAGMENT2 1,1
del 1

Regards, Juha

laszlonagy wrote:

MUL2 A,B
ROT2 GLOB_NORTH_DIR-90
FRAGMENT2 1,1

This should work.
Two remarks:
1. This does not take into consideration the Mirror checkbox in the Object Settings Dialog.
2. I think GS recommends using GLOB_NORTH_DIR as Global variable name, and not using these older names like U~.