2 weeks ago
I don't understand HOTLINE2's strange behavior in window/door marker.
Example: I created a new simple window marker and in the 2D script I just entered:
line2 0,0,1,1
hotline2 0,0,1,1, 1
Then in the project I connected this marker to the window and then:
1. I move the cursor over the line and HOTLINE2 does not work - why?
2. However, when I move the cursor to the end of the line, ArchiCAD recognizes the end of the line and then HOTLINE2 starts working!
Why doesn't hotline2 work immediately in the window marker?
2 weeks ago
I don't know why.
It is recognising the end of the line because there is a node there, not because of the hotline.
Once you have activated the snap guide at the end, I think you will find it is still not recognising the hotline at all.
The cursor is picking up the 45° snap guide.
Maybe hotlines just don't work in markers?
I just tried and they just don't seem to work.
Hotspots work though which is odd.
Barry.
2 weeks ago
Barry, when I disabled hotline2 in the script, ArchiCAD does not recognize the end of the line!
Therefore, it seems that hotline2 in wd markers works to a limited extent: it recognizes endpoints but does not recognize lines.
2 weeks ago
@gaba wrote:
Barry, when I disabled hotline2 in the script, ArchiCAD does not recognize the end of the line!
Therefore, it seems that hotline2 in wd markers works to a limited extent: it recognizes endpoints but does not recognize lines.
Quite true, so it does.
I have no explanation for it though.
Sorry, I just assumed it was picking up the extent of the line - a bit like bounding box hotspots.
Barry.