Question about SYMB_MIRRORED ?

[Nader Belal]

Hi there,

SYMB_MIRRORED is an Archicad Global Variable to indicate if the object have been mirrored.

My question, how to extract the mirror operation value ??

ie: was it mirrored on the X-axis, Y-axis, arbitrary axis .

[runxel]

Moonlight wrote:
My question, how to extract the mirror operation value ??

You have SYMB_MIRRORED and SYMB_ROTANGLE.
If the rotation angle is 180° (and symb_mirrored is set of course) you can tell it was mirrored a long the x-axis. If no rotation angle is set the mirror axis was the y-axis.

But I don't think you can tell what the very last operation was, since there is no way to compare between states in GDL.

[Nader Belal]

That's why I think there should be a Global variable that can tell us the values

[Barry Kelly]

I think you will find the object is always mirrored about the Y-axis when you look at it in the symbol 2D view of the script editor.
i.e. positive X becomes negative X.

Rotation of the object placed instance does not affect the mirroring, as it will always mirror along the original Y-axis of the object.

Barry.

[Nader Belal]

@Barry Kelly

Is there a way to make the object quasi (self-aware) of the mirrored value ?

Like what happens with rotation and XY position ?

[Barry Kelly]

I”m not quite sure what you mean.
An object either is or isn’t mirrored.

You can always force an object not to mirror.
If it is mirrored you just MUL2 -1,1 in 2D and MULx -1 in 3D.


Barry.

[Nader Belal]

Example,

What if the the correct form to prevent mirror is mul2 1, -1?

[Barry Kelly]

It is always mirrored in the x-axis (about the y-axis) so you only need to MUL the x value at the beginning of your script.

Barry.