topic Re: save custom material to object? in Libraries & objects

save custom material to object?

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:17:01 GMT

Is it possible to save my own custom material to a custom object?

The cup I made has the material I created.

But the material only works if it is added to the embedded library of the project.

Is there a way to 'embed' the material within the .gsm file so that when uploaded to BIMCOMPONENTS it is available as a whole file?

I hope that makes sense, many thanks

Sui
AC16

Re: save custom material to object?

Piotr Dobrowolski — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:01:46 GMT

You can define custom material in GDL (refer to Material and Texture commands in GDL manual)

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: save custom material to object?

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:28:02 GMT

Thanks Piotr, will have a go at scripting. Looks complicated though! do you know if it is covered in the creating gdl objects ITG?

Re: save custom material to object?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:45:00 GMT

You can check the GDL Reference Guide PDF for the command DEFINE MATERIAL.
It has many parameters but many of them correspond to the settings and sliders in the Materials Dialog so you can get an idea of what each is controlling.
There are also examples there.