"Radio" button parameters?

[TomWaltz]

I'm trying to figure out a way to do a really elaborate schedule for a 2 million + square foot project we have.

What I'm trying to do is create the ability to group 4 or 5 parameters in an object together. If a user places a value in one of them, the others go blank. Essentially the same function as a Radio Button.

I've been poking around the AC9 library for a function or kludge for this, without much luck.

Has anyone else done this? Or have an idea as to how it could be done?

Thanks!

[Karl Ottenstein]

TomWaltz wrote:
Or have an idea as to how it could be done?

Just guessing, but would GLOB_MODPAR_NAME in combination with setting the other params to blank and then LOCKing or HIDEing them do the trick?

Karl

[Frank Beister]

Try this (from brain to keyboard) in master:

! parameters btn1, btn2, btn3 as checkbox

if GLOB_MODPAR_NAME="btn1" and (GLOB_CONTEXT=1 or GLOB_CONTEXT=5) then
  btn1=1 : btn2=0 : btn3=0
  parameters btn1=btn1, btn2=btn2, btn3=btn3
  endif

if GLOB_MODPAR_NAME="btn2" and (GLOB_CONTEXT=1 or GLOB_CONTEXT=5) then
  btn1=0 : btn2=1 : btn3=0
  parameters btn1=btn1, btn2=btn2, btn3=btn3
  endif

if GLOB_MODPAR_NAME="btn3" and (GLOB_CONTEXT=1 or GLOB_CONTEXT=5) then
  btn1=0 : btn2=0 : btn3=1
  parameters btn1=btn1, btn2=btn2, btn3=btn3
  endif

[Karl Ottenstein]

F. wrote:
Try this (from brain to keyboard) in master:

Your brain is working better than mine as usual, Frank. 😉

Not sure what I was thinking with my original comment about LOCK or HIDE for the other params! Obviously, no other radio option could then be selected. Duh!

Karl "brain working better after dinner"

[TomWaltz]

Thanks, Frank. As soon as I'm done in XML he!! I'll be giving that a try.

FYI, I'm finding that it is much easier to create layer-to-layer translations with the Archicad translator by creating an "outline" in Archicad, then using an XML editor like oXygen to copy/paste in layer names from a layer list.

In fact, with two lists of layers, a spreadsheet, and a CSV conversion, I've almost gotten to the point where I don't type in a single layer name myself. (more on this later, when I have the whole thing figured out a little better.)

[TomWaltz]

Not sure what I was thinking with my original comment about LOCK or HIDE for the other params! Obviously, no other radio option could then be selected. Duh!

I almost went along with you on that one Karl!