Window & Door Markers

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I've been going through the script of these markers (the LHS Marker in particular). What I'd like to do is have the marker know whether it is being used for a window or a door. Then I will use the "Parameters" function to place the text where I want it for each of these objects. I've tried GLOB_ELEM_TYPE but I'm not sure how to use it to find the object that the marker is being placed with.

Any thoughts?
thanks,

Doug

[Anonymous]

Well, after some more searching I found the AC_ parameters. I added the following to the 2D script as a test. The screenshot shows the error message I got.

IF AC_WIDO_TYPE=1 THEN
TEXT2 0,0,"Yada Yada"

Can anyone tell me the correct way to use this parameter?

Doug

[Anonymous]

Hi Doug,

Did you do an ENDIF afterwards?

IF AC_WIDO_TYPE=1 THEN
TEXT2 0,0,"Yada Yada"
ENDIF

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply Peter,

Yes I put the endif in there (just forgot to show it here).

Doug

[Anonymous]

id love to know how to make the window and door markers to be able to be placed where i want them.. i hate having a bunch of windows next to eachother and unable to use the markers cos they all overlap eacheother. and unable to move them

[Anonymous]

Well, it looks as though, after more digging I'm going to answer my own post again(believe me, I'm not doing this on purpose, I just hate to give up and wait for an answer . I found that the AC_WIDO_TYPE parameter had been set to array in the LHS marker.(I assume this caused the array warning ) This set it's value to [1], with the brackets. I looked at a few other markers and found that they weren't set to array and had a value of 0. I made the changes to the LHS marker and Voila! If I placed a new door then it showed the text...a new window did not. I'll tell you what...If you've run out of challenges in life (and you're not a gdl guru already), then Dive In!! (I would suggest making a backup copy of your libraries first though)

I'll be back!

Doug