topic Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window in GDL

Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

ShaunTaylor — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:06:07 GMT

Hi,

Is anyone else experiencing extremely slow speeds and lags with the new GDL tool in Archicad 27?

I am experiencing this when I have 2 object tabs open and I try and write in any of the scripting windows. Copying and pasting script from one object to the other is probably the biggest lag that happens. I am using Windows 11, not sure if this is an OS problem, hardware problem or simply a bug in Archicad 27.

Cheers,

Shaun.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Danny Sparks-Cousins — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 06:44:53 GMT

Hey Shaun,

Yep - massively slow and gets slower the more objects you have open. I have found that if you are using a widescreen monitor - resize Archicad down smaller so it is like 1024 x 768 or something and the new GDL editor will be quite a bit faster.

Hope this helps until we get a fix from GS.

Cheers,

Danny

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

ShaunTaylor — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 06:59:51 GMT

Sounds like they aren't going to fix it. I got the whole, "we do not support GDL related issues" from Central Innovation. They claim this is what Graphisoft said. So I am not overly optimistic we will have a fix for this soon.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:02:32 GMT

It is not a GDL coding issue - I can understand they may not support that.

It is a program issue if the editor is not behaving as it should.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

ShaunTaylor — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:06:06 GMT

Thats what I said to them. But feels like talking to a brick wall. They really know how to P*** their customers off.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Danny Sparks-Cousins — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 07:15:37 GMT

Id be happy to just be able to turn the new editor off and return to the plain old text editor.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Ruben V — Tue, 07 May 2024 08:06:03 GMT

Same issue here. Tried following steps without effect:

dock all windows (I tend to have floating windows when doing GDL scriping)
disconnect second monitor
set screen resolution of MacBook Pro back to "standard"

The lagging in the typing is really annoying as it stops the "flow" constantly, especially when you're fixing typing errors (backspace "crosses" other key strokes...).

I also noticed that the menu bar at the very top is blinking at every key stroke...

(I recorded the sound of me typing - emphasizes the lag... - apologies for "breathing" sounds 😅)

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Piotr Dobrowolski — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:41:00 GMT

Refer to this topic: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/GDL/GDL-editor-AC27-far-from-being-usable/td-p/581752

maybe we should ask for merging the topics...as more people started to feel the pain with the new editor 😛

the only one thing is faster than in the old one: search an replace... 😛

The first thing I would make the syntax plug switch which is absent...the syntax highlight is the resource hog in this implementation.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Ruben V — Fri, 24 May 2024 06:58:38 GMT

how are you sure it is the syntax plug?

When typing comments, the syntax plug should not be doing any intensive work? But even then there is lag...

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Piotr Dobrowolski — Fri, 24 May 2024 13:15:42 GMT

Not 100% sure, but when You open a really large file.... the editor kicks in without syntax preview, and the syntax kicks in after looong seconds.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

ShaunTaylor — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:09:51 GMT

Is there any update on Graphisoft's end? Does anyone know if this is an issue with Archicad 28 or 29 as well?

Also and update from my end. When using Archicad via Microsoft Remote Desktop. The GDL window is painfully slow even with just 1 object open.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Lingwisyer — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:21:45 GMT

I am surprised that AC even works properly for you using Microsoft Remote Desktop, as last I checked, RDP did not support DirectX which is required for AC...

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

ShaunTaylor — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:49:54 GMT

I am led to believe from my IT specialist that DirectX and OpenGL can be enabled via changing some configurations on the host machine, RDP app and the graphics driver app. DirectX and OpenGL appear to be working on my end.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Lingwisyer — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:17:59 GMT

Guess your IT specialist found some way to force AC to launch with DirectX, or maybe there has been an update to it with Win11. I was needing to use a 3rd party remote app to launch AC, but while that worked, the performance over RDP was horrendous that I just stopped using it for AC work...

Other than the GDL IDE, AC is performing fine over RDP? Maybe something else is not initialising properly over RDP?

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Piotr Dobrowolski — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:49:07 GMT

RDP is just a terminal. The host machine has to be equipped with appropriate video card and then the connecting one just works like a remote monitor. the only thing important is the fair internet connection.

Re: Archicad 27 - Slow GDL Window

Lingwisyer — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:04:08 GMT

Ah, did not realise it was updated with Win10/Server2016. Pretty sure we were still running Server2012 when I last used RDP... Only just recently finished changing everything over to Win11...