Hello all,
I'm trying to set up a wall node that will automatically draw some walls along a series of user-defined lines, with a user defined height and width as well. However, it seems that getting user defined height and width is a bit iffy, at least in the version of GC I am using (CONNECT Update 3).
The height and width of the wall are governed by Wall_Application_Height and Wall_Application_Width respectively, however when I plug in an expression with value "1235" for instance, the line does not draw but the entry for Wall_Application_Height changes to 'length(1234.859002225)', i.e. very nearly 1235 but not quite!
The way I plug it in is draw a line from the value output (equivalent to typing expression1.Value in the Wall_Application_Height input). I have also tried just drawing a line from the expression itself, however this does not work.
I am stumped, can anyone help?
Thanks,
Walter
Hi Walter,
Thank you for pointing to this defect. Our development team is already investigating.
Meanwhile a work around would be to define wall types that have the required width and height values and use those for creation as Wall nodes by GenerativeComponents.
Regards,
Volker
Ok thanks Volker, please do let me know if you manage to fix this!
Cheers,
Ok Volker, I've figured it out a bit, I hope this helps
I was using a Wall ByLines node, which I now believe is the issue. I have switched to a Wall node by LinearBetweenPoints, which in my case is actually better as it cuts out the middle man, and now setting the Top by FixedHeight works, as well as Top by ConnectShapes.
My conclusion is that something funny was going on with the Wall ByLines. I hope you can replicate this at your end!
Anyway, problem is now solved at least for me.
I hope I've not wasted too much time!
Answer Verified By: Walter Thompson
Thank you for finding a solution. I'll continue to investigate and file defects as applicable.
Thank you! It's not just ByLines, there seems to be quite a widespread issue with many other types of wall not accepting that input.