Hello GC Community.
Lately we are testing possibilities of OpenBride Modeler and GenerativeComponents to see if it is possible to implement them into our company and optimize current workflow. During test we encountered some issues which we do not fully understood as we are absolutely new with this environment, please keep this in mind while reading questions below. :) Sorry for it is kind of long text (can replace morning newspaper :) ) but I have found it difficult to explain in lesser words, if someone is going to read it all I am impressed. If someone is going to explain any of these questions I am even more pleasantly surprised. :)
A: GENERAL PROGRAM ISSUES:
The question is, if I am doing anything wrong, or do we need to wait for any OBM nodes to make it possible, or there is a workaround for this?
3.Is there any possibility to group nodes and attach to them any comment which will help to find out what its meant to be done with this group? I am worried that for larger macros it will be difficult to find exact node trees especially after weeks or months. I have found only possibility to color nodes or arrange their spacings as groups.
4.Can I export all the transactions that macro includes and attach it to many different OBM files? I have found in GC Help suggestion to use: File > Export Transactions to GCT. Unfortunately there is no .GCT export format in my list, am I missing something? https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20GenerativeComponents%20Help-v10/en/GUID-B3C629BE-2144-4701-B63A-FF543DE3CEF6.html Another try was “Utility node – Export” which brings only an element that is made by macro and locate it into another file which is not the result that we looking for. https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/OpenBuildings%20GenerativeComponents%20Help-v10/en/GUID-9CD05E8E-2015-8FE3-8623-2B135B270736.html
B: LESSER TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH EXACT NODES:
As its suggested in forum (link above), I tried sweeping surface cross section along path (first picture below) but looks like that used cross section exploded in different directions(second picture below), moreover made an offset upon guiding line which is unacceptable. What could force that kind of behavior? Did I do anything incorrectly?
Regards,Sebastian
Hi Sebastian,
QA1-A. At this moment OpenBridge doesn't have the node types for the bridge components. but OpenBridge enhanced to utilizing GC components as OpenBridge objects for substructures through the *.gcp file(GC package file). Also, we have plan to develop custom bridge components like sound barrier, precast barrier etc.
QA2-A. I am not sure the macro. what do you mean the macro? you are able to extract the objects from OpenBridge models through the color, level names.
QA3-A. GC doesn't have the function to group the particular nodes. but please use Note on Utility pallet with particular node colors.
QA4-A.
step1. go to Transactions,
step 2. select edit entire transactions list.
step3. Select File menu
You will be able to save or import the GCT files through Save or Replace.
Would you please send me the model files that relate with questions of B?
yujin.lee@bentley.com
Thanks.
Hi Yujin.
Thank you for your interest on issues above, really appreciate your explanations. Ad. QA2-A. I have been trying to “catch” element’s geometry at the beginning of list of transactions and use it by whole path of the graph (macro).
Node Solid.ByElement could “catch” geometry only with typical solids placed inside the drawing or only with a referenced “Deck” element which was recognized as solid, but could not catch any referenced barrier, parametric cell or smart solid element.
Attempt to “catch” support or any barrier geometry was resulting with an error shown below.
Was also trying to do it by Cell.ByElement since support is a parametric cell, but result was the same. I have sent to you model related to questions of B (it is also related to question QA2-A). Thank you again for your help.