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rocorona · 2015-04-05

With ArchiCAD 18 the "title" parameter of the UI_DIALOG command has no effect. Is this a bug, a new feature, or a transitory failure due to the new interface?(now the "parameter list" and the "custom setting" panes share the same location and the pan...

rocorona · 2009-04-08

People, and not only newbies, continues asking things like "how do I place a window one metre far from the corner", or "How to draw a wall at a precise distance from another"... There are a lot of methods, but I've just thought of a new one, maybe ve...

rocorona · 2008-12-14

We know that the GLOBAL variables are still improved, but for many uses the "new way" is the use of optional parameters wit fixed names. THIS PAGE gives us a full list of the recognized variable names. Or not? The GDL manual (AC12 page 188) says "If ...

rocorona · 2008-12-09

I was checking some GLOBALS, and noticed that the results of SLAB_SKINS_PARAMS and ROOF_SKINS_PARAMS are incorrect. First of all, in the GDL User Manual they are stated as 12-rows arrays, while the rows are now 15 (see WALL_SKINS_PARAMS, where it is ...

rocorona · 2008-12-02

can you reproduce/explain this behavior? In a master script: DEFINE TRANSLUCENT_FILL "test1" zero,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 0.25 zero=0 DEFINE TRANSLUCENT_FILL "test2" zero,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 0.25 when checking these instructions, ArchiCAD reports "insufficient par...

rocorona · 2018-01-23

Typically, the 2D script uses some parameters too (pen color, fill type, and maybe a selector [with VALUE list] for the symbol itself). Those parameters needs do be created in the target objet too.

rocorona · 2015-05-22

You need a new Pen-set, with the right line thicknesses, and assign it to the drawing.

rocorona · 2015-04-12

If you can live with a workaround, select the page, once placed on the plan or worksheet, and save it as a library object. Then you are able to check the "Mirrored" button, or use the Mirro command.

rocorona · 2015-04-06

mukster wrote: Don't know why it kicks things into different settings randomly. or people clicks things into different settings randomly... just kidding!

rocorona · 2015-04-06

oops... I was watching at the wrong place. The pop-up is inside the pane, not in place of the caption (that is still there, a little up). Sorry. I'm working a lot more in AC16 than in AC18, and just been confused.

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Fixed named optional parameters

Globals. Something wrong in SLAB & ROOF_SKINS_PARAMS

invalid non-declared variable

Re: Trees-2D Presentation

Re: line thickness when printing at various scales

Re: Mirror catalogue pages

Re: Window text not showing up

Re: UI_DIALOG title