topic Re: gdl objects information in a Template in Project data & BIM

gdl objects information in a Template

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:51:17 GMT

is it possible to save the configuration of every door or windows or gdl objects in a template? so that whenever i start a project and i insert a door for example.. it's symbol would appear with the pens linetypes and even the scale that i assigned to it..

my current template only stores the information of the last door i editted.. when I change the doortype it appears with the default pens linetypes etc..

is there a way to change them all?

i suspect that maybe it is possible by entering into the gdl configuration.. however im not really into that subject yet..

Re: gdl objects information in a Template

Erika Epstein — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:14:04 GMT

You can save favorites.
or
Some prefer Visual Favorites where you place them in the file.

Both methods require you to create new ones when you upgrade,

Re: gdl objects information in a Template

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:20:37 GMT

You can also extract the ArchiCAD Library LCF file.
Then open each library part for editing and set their default parameter values to the values you need. Then save.
After you do this with all library parts, create an LCF container. You can even replace the default AC library LCF with this LCF. OR you can create a Template PLN file that loads this LCF as a Library and use that Template to start projects.

Re: gdl objects information in a Template

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:45:16 GMT

There is an article here that describes the use of favorites and visual favorites -

http://www.archicadwiki.com/Favorites

I believe there is also an add-on called BIMFast that allows the easy managnent of visual favorites from a toolbar.

See this thread for a description - http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=161889