topic Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression in Libraries & objects

GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression required

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:11:08 GMT

I have an object I made a while back and have never had problems with it, now all of a sudden I'm getting the error message:

"Numeric type expression required at line 4 in the 3D script of file Shelf_16in.gsm"

Does anyone know what this error is, why its occurring and what I can do to fix it?

Here's a screenshot of the 3D script:

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:20:39 GMT

Here's the object

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:56:55 GMT

Vincon

The object you've attached is not the same one having issues in your error message!
The object you have posted works fine though!

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:31:37 GMT

Kristian wrote:
Vincon

The object you've attached is not the same one having issues in your error message!
The object you have posted works fine though!

Yes it is, what makes you think it's not?

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:49:11 GMT

The error message you put in your write up was "Numeric type expression required at line 4 in the 3D script of file Shelf_16in.gsm" and the object you posted is called 1x2 VT.gsm

It wasn't until after I opened 1x2 VT and had no issues with it that I re-read your message and saw the Shelf_16in mentioned.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:57:07 GMT

Kristian wrote:
The error message you put in your write up was "Numeric type expression required at line 4 in the 3D script of file Shelf_16in.gsm" and the object you posted is called 1x2 VT.gsm

It wasn't until after I opened 1x2 VT and had no issues with it that I re-read your message and saw the Shelf_16in mentioned.

I guess I'm getting an error with that object too, here's the messgae I get on the object I sent:

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:02:55 GMT

Ahhh, in that case all it can be is a missing material in 1x2 VT.gsm mate!
It works fine here on my machine but I have material '54'!

Check the .pln you're currently using has that material and it should all work fine!

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:13:19 GMT

Kristian wrote:
Ahhh, in that case all it can be is a missing material in 1x2 VT.gsm mate!
It works fine here on my machine but I have material '54'!

Check the .pln you're currently using has that material and it should all work fine!

Dang, this is bewildering, I have color 54, any other ideas?

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:17:22 GMT

Kristian wrote:
Ahhh, in that case all it can be is a missing material in 1x2 VT.gsm mate!
It works fine here on my machine but I have material '54'!

Check the .pln you're currently using has that material and it should all work fine!

Why do you think the color # is the issue here?

What does the color # have to do with a "Numeric type expression required at line 4 in the 3D script "?

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:26:07 GMT

Hmmmmm that is a little odd!

I don't have 11 here to check that it is an 11 issue but it works solidly on 12 & 13. The only other thing I can think it may be is the last status code, the -1.
You only need to use -1 if you're creating holes in the prism!
Try swapping it out for 15 and see if that changes it.

ie
cPRISM_ topMatl, bottomMatl, sideMatl,
5, ZZYZX,
0, 0, 15,
A, 0, 15,
A, B, 15,
0, B, 15,
0, 0, 15

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:33:06 GMT

Why do you think the color # is the issue here?

What does the color # have to do with a "Numeric type expression required at line 4 in the 3D script "?

It's just the same kind of error you get if you put a text value parameter in place of a parameter that needs a numeric value!
So i kind of assumed it would have something to do with the 'missing' part of the missing material! (Plus I hadn't had my morning coffee yet so i was a little blurry!)

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:44:21 GMT

Kristian wrote:

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:10:07 GMT

Hmmm the only other thing I can suggest is to comment out the cprism_ part of the script and try it with a simple prism_. Use the same values as your cprism_, except for the material codes. Just to see if the same error occurs!
If it does it should be the same error warning on a new line.

It is kind of odd that I cant replicate the issue here though! It's a simple clean script!

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:36:38 GMT

Kristian wrote:
Hmmm the only other thing I can suggest is to comment out the cprism_ part of the script and try it with a simple prism_. Use the same values as your cprism_, except for the material codes. Just to see if the same error occurs!
If it does it should be the same error warning on a new line.

It is kind of odd that I cant replicate the issue here though! It's a simple clean script!

What's odd is I have been using this object for well over a year and never had this problem.

I just opened up another pln file and the object works fine there, no errors.

So its somehow tied to the pln file I'm currently working in.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:49:09 GMT

Since it appears to be some random error generated by who knows what and the fact that it works fine in all my other pln files, I gave up and just turned off the error messages.

If anyone can suggest a solution to this problem, it would be great to know what the heck happened and how I can fix it.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:23:36 GMT

You have a Macro call statement in the Parameter Script.

CALL "Parameters Template" PARAMETERS ALL

Could it be the problem?
The macro is missing, but this doesn't seem to affect the object.
Neutralize this statement and see what happens. Just a guess.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:25:35 GMT

Sometimes I have had strange glitches in the code producing errors where none should be. Cutting and pasting the text back into the script sometimes fixes it. Other times I have to delete and retype it.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:06:35 GMT

Olivier wrote:
You have a Macro call statement in the Parameter Script.
CALL "Parameters Template" PARAMETERS ALL
Could it be the problem?
The macro is missing, but this doesn't seem to affect the object.
Neutralize this statement and see what happens. Just a guess.

i didn't attach the Parameters Template in the zip file, so that is why its not working on your end.

Re: GDL Object error message: "Numeric type expression

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:17:52 GMT

I've tried to think of what I have done with this file since the error started happening and the only thing I can think of that might have triggered this is transfering the file back and forth from pc to pc.

I have a portable hard drive that I save this file, all my object libraries, photos, etc that need to be loaded into the library manager. This is a duplicate of what is on my desktop hard drive.

Sometimes I work from coffee shops, etc, so I save the pln file I want to work on to the portable hard drive so I can work from my laptop

When I come back in the evening, I save the changed laptop pln file back to my desktop so everything is current and in synch

Can anyone think of anything I'm doing in this process that could be causing the problem?