Typical Floor Scheduling

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I have created Zones, Doors and Windows which display the story number as part of a custom field Output Zone Number, Output Door Number or Output Window Number.

This is so that an element that is placed in a typical hotlink file, will show its relevant story number when brought into the main file.

I have done this by using the 'index' for the story number in
Request("story", "",index,story_name)


For Example, Zone Output Number = 'story number'-'Zone Number
05-001

All works well in plan, that as the typical module is copied up the building, the zone number looks as I like
i.e.
05-001
06-001
07-001
etc.

However when I open the schedule and add the custom parameter, it doesn't pick up the same number, it picks up the story number of the hotlink
ie
00-001
00-001
00-001

Is there a way around this to pick up the main file story in schedules??
I'm stumped

Thanks
Tom

[Anonymous]

Hey Tom

Are you doing units within the overall building and are you saving the modules as .pln or just .mod?

[Anonymous]

Hi Kristian,
We are using a separate pln authoring file, which has many stories to represent all the seperate typical files.
We then publish to mod

[Anonymous]

Ahhh ok
Unfortunately the mod file wont pass any of that info into
the master folder!You might be able to create a second parameter
that calls the story number as just text from your story_name parameter. (say, story_name_txt)
If you use the GLOB_MODPAR_NAME you should be able to get it to fill out once... maybe??

So something like
IF GLOB_MODPAR_NAME = story_name THEN
PARAMETERS story_name_txt = story_name
ENDIF

I'm not at a machine with AC on it at the moment to test it mate but it's worth a shot!

[Anonymous]

No luck.
I just find it really odd that when I check the parameters of the object in my combined main file, the parameter looks good.
When I check the schedule which is calling up the exact same parameter, it reads a different number. I don't understand how this can happen

[Anonymous]

The thing is when you use modules, it essentially drops the project settings
of the original file and adopts the environment of the file its brought into!

I'll have a dig at it tonight mate and see if I can come up with a way around it!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kristian,
I actually want it to drop the properties of the mod file so it reads the story settings of the main file.
I guess it would make sence if the parameter read the same number in plan and schedule. Im confussed

[Anonymous]

ahhhhhh ok now I see what you're doing mate
I just did a quick test with another object.
Where in the script have you placed the request and parameter value? (Master, 2D, Parameter etc)
I did mine in the master and I can get it to keep the info from the authoring file (which could be handy) but I can't get the 00 like you have mate!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for looking at this Kristian,
I am doing everything to do with this in the parameter script. I think I have over complicated things by also doing something such as if index = 0 then output = "00".
I will try simplifying and moving to the master script and hope I can pull the number from the main file
Cheers

[Anonymous]

That's no sweat at all mate!
I'ma actually working on some module stuff myself so I've just tagged it into that!