Text on Elevation

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm trying to set up library parts for a hospital job, so that when you view the room through the room elevation tool, the library part shown a code beside it.

Can this be done, if yes is there an easy script for it.

Hope someone can help

Trevor

[Anonymous]

Yes this can be done and shouldn't be too difficult. The GDL statement to use is:

TEXT tk, 0, room_code

Where "tk" is the thickness of the lettering in meters, "0" is a placeholder for some parameter that may be used in the future, and "room_code" is the name I made up for your string parameter for the actual text. (You can name the first and third parameter as you like.)

The trouble is that this will normally produce outline lettering in elevation view. The trick I use is to set the text to a material with a solid fill (and appropriate pen color) and turn on the 3D fills in elevation.

If you place the part within the room's zone (assuming you are using the zone tool) it can automatically display the zone name and number buy using the "Request" function (see the Appendix in the GDL reference manual).

Since this is a true 3D solid library part you may have to figure out a few tricks to get it to display as you wish without showing up in places you don't want. I don't know your exact requirements so I'll have to leave this part to you to figure out.

[Aussie John]

I'm not sure i understand your query but here goes anyway:
select the object in the elevation view and apply a label to it and it will show the ID of the object. the defaut is an arrow to the ID but if you select another type can just be text next to the object.

the object needs to be activated in each elevation view, Applying the label in the plan doesnt effect the elevation.