Position (exterior/interior) in GDL

[Mathias Jonathan]

Hello everyone!
I'm working on a mark for a door that behaves differently if the door is inside or outside.

I've seen that you can display the parameter interior/exterior in a label, but when opening the GDL of the label, the corresponding macro is too complicated for me as it displays all the properties, so I can't get this one piece of information.

How can I retrieve the interior/exterior information simply in GDL?

Thanks a lot!

[Barry Kelly]

There really is no interior/exterior.

It is all a bit of a trick, so long as you place your windows and doors consistently with the reveal on the 'outside' of the wall, and then the second click to place the door/window selects the swing/opening direction - you click either out side (the same as the reveal side - WIDO_REVEAL_SIDE value will = 0), or the inside (opposite side to the reveal side - WIDO_REVEAL_SIDE value will = 1)

Then it is a case of checking the value of the Global parameter ... WIDO_REVEAL_SIDE in your script.

Barry.

[Mathias Jonathan]

Thanks Barry,

I wasn't talking about the interior/exterior face of the door, but the parameter that you manually check and that is exported in IFC (Position Category for Ifc).

[Barry Kelly]

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@Mathias Jonathan wrote:

I wasn't talking about the interior/exterior face of the door, but the parameter that you manually check and that is exported in IFC (Position Category for Ifc).

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Ah, you mean this setting.

It is not an actual object parameter.

I think you have to get that with a REQUEST in GDL.

What label is it you were using?

I might be able to help track it down for you.

Barry.

[Mathias Jonathan]

Yes, it's this one!

I found the info in the label " Classification and Property Label"

But when I open the object, it refers to the macro:

call "PropertyParamRequest_m"

Which is a macro that calls alls parameters, so it is difficult for me to find this specific info.

Thanks!

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

It is a REQUEST.

The position is a Core Property.

I found out is is a Core Property called ... Main.Position

You can use this REQUEST to get is value ...

n = REQUEST ("Property_Value_Of_Parent", "Main.Position", type, dim1, dim2, propertyValues)

print propertyValues

propertyValues will contain the value you want.

Barry.

[Mathias Jonathan]

It works well, thank you!

I want to use this request in order to have different representation of the door marker when the door is inside or outside the building

I have an error message when saving the GDL object, but It works.

Here is what i wrote:

In Master Script:

n = REQUEST ("Property_Value_Of_Parent", "Main.Position", type, dim1, dim2, propertyValues)

In Master Script:

IF propertyValues= "Extérieur" THEN
TEXT2 0,0,"It works"
ENDIF

How can I avoid this error message?

Thanks

[Lingwisyer]

Did you forget to attach the error message?

[Mathias Jonathan]

It says " The 2D script has errors. In the project, the library part will be shown with its 2D symbol"

[Yves]

Hi Mathias,

To avoid the error message you can do this
Part of script taken from this example on GDL Center

https://gdl.graphisoft.com/tips-and-tricks/display-properties-with-labels
I removed the gosub which is not needed with a string

_valueToConvert = ""
_valueString = "Value: "
dim _propertyValues[][]
_dim1 = 0
_dim2 = 0
_stringPropValue = ""

n = REQUEST ("Property_Value_Of_Parent", "Main.Position" , _type, _dim1, _dim2, _propertyValues)

if n then
	! change zeros to ones - it is easier to handle all possible arrays in a double loop
	if _dim1  = 0 then _dim1 = 1	
	if _dim2  = 0 then _dim2 = 1

	for i = 1 to _dim1
		for j = 1 to _dim2
			if (i + j) > 2 then _valueString = _valueString + "; "

			if _type = 4 then		! Type is string - no conversion needed
				_stringPropValue = _propertyValues[j][i]
			else	! bool, real, integer types - conversion needed to string
				_valueToConvert = _propertyValues[j][i]
!!!				gosub "convertToString"
			endif
			_valueString =  _stringPropValue
		next j
	next i
endif


if _stringPropValue = "Extérieur" THEN
TEXT2 0,0,"It works"
endif