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2002-04-30 |
• ArchiCAD 9.0 |
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• Mac OS X |
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Winner of the TechTip Contest of the month of April, 2002
Submitted by KarlOttenstein of Archispectives LLC, Sandpoint, Idaho, USA, with a refinement by Frank Beister of Hansmann + Partner Architekten, Hamburg, Germany
Want to have a visible Project North symbol in your plan that matches ArchiCAD's Project North used for sun studies/shadow calculations?
Open the 2D object "North Symbol 70" from this location: Object Library 70 / General 70 / Graphic Symbols 70 / Signs 70 / [Note: these names are based on the ArchiCAD 7.0 US library.]
Type the following lines before the first line of the 2D Script for North Symbol 70:
mul2 1, 1-2*SYMB_MIRRORED
rot2 GLOB_NORTH_DIR + 180*SYMB_MIRRORED - SYMB_ROTANGLE - 90- then save the object and close it.
Afterwards, even if you rotate or mirror the placed North symbol, it will always point to the Project North as defined in the Sun Settings dialog.
Note: after changing the Project North direction, a Rebuild is needed for the North Symbol to turn into the new direction.
Note: for US users, this functionality has been included in the standard library, beginning with the Special Edition 9 library.