dimension marks for doors

[Anonymous]

Hello.
I work with a lot of doors now on a 1:100 plan, which requires the text to be quite large in comparison to the doors. I am trying to make things easily read. That is why I would need the 2 dimensions of a door to be more close together and closer to the mid line. I found no such setting in the dimension marker settings. Have I missed anything?
Thank you.

[Laszlo Nagy]

As far as I know there is no such setting.
This could be changed only by modifying the GDL script of the Door Marker object. I have checked and you would have to go into a Graphisoft Macro and modify some settings there to move the Width/Height texts closer to the line and each other.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the answer. What you write sounds a bit complicated. If you have the time, can you please tell me how exactly I could go to a Macro and how the editing happens?
Thank you.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Sorry, I started to try to write down how to do it but it is pretty complicated. If you are not familiar with GDL programming then I would not try to tamper with modifying a macro in the default ArchiCAD Library if I were you.
You should probably hire someone to do it for you.

Basically, in the 2D Script of the gs_DW_Marker.gsm macro file you would have to modify the way the posY value is calculated to bring the text close to the axis.
There are four lines where it is set, lines 855 and 857, and lines 875 and 877.
In both cases you would have to give a smaller value instead of -1.5 (like -1.2 or -1), or you would have to set a higher value instead of the 2 (like 3 or 4).

[Frank Beister]

I have modified the GS marker for AC14. I do not know, if it fits better for you. -> openGDL.org
You can combine it with OpenLibraryGlobals,, a common setting macro in the model view options. By this you can turn on/off informations independent of layer and scale settings.

[Frank Beister]

I have integrated in Open Library globals two infields to enter a global text size for markers. This can be selected now in a changed DW marker 14.04, which has additional an infield to enter the line distance by a factor between 0.75 and 2.0, as Laszlo described above.

To realise it by line distance works not for all font types, but quiet well for Arial and Helvetica.

The DW-Marker is not uploaded yet. Still 14.03 on openGDL. Someone, who is in a bit of a hurry, can ask me directly for it.

And: DW-marker in German only. Sorry. If someone wants to do some translations, you can ask me for making a multilingual preparation for it.

[Frank Beister]

Uploaded now: FT Marker 14plus.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the repies. What happens after I download the FT Marker? How do I use it? I understand it is optional. I am afraid not to ruin anything with my Archicad, which is irreversible.

[Frank Beister]

You download the zip and extract the containing lcf file. Then you add it to your library. You can load it as an separate library container or add the container to your office library and reload it in your project.

Afterwards you have two new markers "F marker 14 plus" and "T marker plus" in the settings dialog of doors and windows. Beside the settings for the dimension text you get a factor for line spacing.

You have to change the marker of each window to the new one to get it to affect.

Additional you can add the "open library global" makro to your library. With this you can set the font size for your markers in the model view options. You have to select "one size for all" ("einheitlicher Text") in the marker settings. After you turn it on, there comes up a globe icon, which is the button to activate the font size out of the MVOs.

[Anonymous]

I have added the file to my library. Now I have two more options for doors and windows. Can you tell me exactly what the setting for text spacing is? I know a bit of German, but not that much. Then, I did not understand much about the "open library global" makro...