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Using #HomeStory in Archicad title block always shows Floor 0 instead of actual story

bimerbioboi
Contributor

I’m setting up a smart title block in Archicad 28 and wanted each sheet to automatically show the story name.

In my Master Layout I added #HomeStory as Autotext. But when I place a floor plan of the First Floor on the layout, the title block still shows Floor 0 as the home story, instead of Floor 1.

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Barry Kelly
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Layouts and Masters do not have stories.

So it is probably showing 'floor 0' by default as it is the base storey.

 

You would have to use a Drawing Title for each drawing that shows the drawing (view) name.

Or manually add the info on the layout.

 

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is there any less manual way for it?

 

graava
Contributor

I don't think so but the most common practice is to use #LayoutName and #SubsetName for your title block. Usually you write your floor plan name under the layout name.

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As you can have many different plans, sections, elevations on a layout page, I think you will find most people will use the Drawing Title to describe the drawing type (name) and scale.

Personally I have a text object that I place i the actual Archicad model (view), and I don't even use drawing titles.

 

If you really need to note that information in the page's title block, then add the text in the Layout rather than the Master Layout.

If you add the text in the master, then you will need to create a new master every time you want different text.

 

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Lingwisyer
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The only thing a Drawing Titleblock can reference from the Views placed on the page is the scale.

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