W1 casement 13 pivot lines in elevations and 3d

[Anonymous]

Can some1 help me, ive been looking for 25 minutes where i can turn off pivot lines on W1 casemant 13 window and i cant find it Can some help ? Am i blind ?

thx

[Kevin Motyka]

You have done a nice job Barry explaining some sample script. However, I am not yet understanding how this works. Still a little abstract for me.

Do you have a source that could shed some light? I am also not understanding the GDL reference guide either.

At this point I am not interested in creating a new tab in the MVO. I would just like to take advantage of the existing tab, either in AC 13 or 14. What are the parameter names that should be used? Is the parameter in the command (middle value) the parameter name of the libraryglobal or the script I creates parameter? What about the value (third value)?

My goal is to switch the door/window swings on my office created doors/windows to be controlled by the out of the box MVO. I am struggling where to obtain enough information to help this newbie gain some insight.

Kevin

[Barry Kelly]

Kevin wrote:
Do you have a source that could shed some light? I am also not understanding the GDL reference guide either.

No, I just tried to copy from the GS objects (doors and windows are way too complicated to follow!) and from the GDL referenece guide.

Kevin wrote:
At this point I am not interested in creating a new tab in the MVO. I would just like to take advantage of the existing tab, either in AC 13 or 14. What are the parameter names that should be used? Is the parameter in the command (middle value) the parameter name of the libraryglobal or the script I creates parameter? What about the value (third value)?

My goal is to switch the door/window swings on my office created doors/windows to be controlled by the out of the box MVO. I am struggling where to obtain enough information to help this newbie gain some insight.

Kevin

As far as I can see from the standard GS library the door swings are controlled by with the macro "RequestDWGlobals"
So in your objects you need to call this macro.

This macro checks the values of the MVO and sets some other parameters.

success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_showBOpLine3D", bOplinesTemp)
if success > 0 and bOplinesTemp <> 0 then
bOplines = bOplinesTemp

reqOplinePen = 1
success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_opLinePen", reqOplinePen)
if success > 0 then
gs_opLinePen= reqOplinePen
endif
endif

bOplines - is the 3D door line on/off value
opLinePen - is the 3D door line pen colour


So in your object I would create a new Boolean (on/off) parameter “Use_MVO_3D_doorswings”

Then in the parameter script of your objects call the “RequestDWGlobal” macro like this.


If Use_MVO_3D_doorswings = 1 then
CALL "RequestDWGlobals" PARAMETERS A=A, B=B,
RETURNED_PARAMETERS bOplines, opLinePen
if bOplines = 1 then
my_door_swing lines = 1
my_door_swing_pen = opLinePen

endif
PARAMETERS my_door_swing lines = my_door_swing lines, my_door_swing_pen = my_door_swing_pen
endif


This way you can choose in you object whether you want to use the MVO settings or not.

“my_door_swing lines” and “my_door_swing_pen” you will need to change to be the same as your parameters in your objects that control the line on/off and pen colour.

I hope this helps (I have written this without actually testing it).

Barry.

[Kevin Motyka]

Barry,

I am very thankful for the help you have provided!!

I will look into this macro more. That sounds like a good start in the right direction for understanding what parameter names I need to seek for different controls.

No, I just tried to copy from the GS objects (doors and windows are way too complicated to follow!) and from the GDL referenece guide.

Thank you for saying this. I thought that was only my perspective.

You have provided many items to consider. I will try your suggestions and see how it goes. If I get stuck I will be back on this forum.

Thanks again Barry!

Kevin

[Kevin Motyka]

Barry,

This communicates an error stating that the second line is uninitialized.

success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_showBOpLine3D", bOplinesTemp) 
if success > 0 and bOplinesTemp <> 0 then 
bOplines = bOplinesTemp 

reqOplinePen = 1 
success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_opLinePen", reqOplinePen) 
if success > 0 then 
gs_opLinePen= reqOplinePen 
endif 
endif 

I have been unable to get beyond this point.

Kevin

[Barry Kelly]

Kevin wrote:
Barry,

This communicates an error stating that the second line is uninitialized.

success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_showBOpLine3D", bOplinesTemp) 
if success > 0 and bOplinesTemp <> 0 then 
bOplines = bOplinesTemp 

reqOplinePen = 1 
success = LIBRARYGLOBAL ("LibraryGlobals13", "D_opLinePen", reqOplinePen) 
if success > 0 then 
gs_opLinePen= reqOplinePen 
endif 
endif 

I have been unable to get beyond this point.

Kevin

I'm not sure what is happening there.
But you don't need to add this to your objects.
I probably wasn't very clear but this is part of the macro that gets the values from the MVO settings.

In you object in the parameter script you should just need to add ...
Bur not originally I had the returned parameter "opLinePen" when it should be "gs_opLinePen"

If Use_MVO_3D_doorswings = 1 then
CALL "RequestDWGlobals" PARAMETERS A=A, B=B,
RETURNED_PARAMETERS bOplines, gs_opLinePen
if bOplines = 1 then
my_door_swing_lines = 1
my_door_swing_pen = gs_opLinePen

endif
PARAMETERS my_door_swing_lines = my_door_swing_lines, my_door_swing_pen = my_door_swing_pen
endif


You will need to create a parameter for ... Use_MVO_3D_doorswings

And the parameters "my_door_swing lines" & "my_door_swing_pen" need to be changed to whatever the parameter names for these are in your objects.

Mind you I just tried something quick and I couldn't get it to work with the default Graphisoft library.
Must be something more complicated in there that I am missing.

My own parts work fine but then I made my own MVO object page.
Barry.