topic Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD in Libraries & objects

GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:44:34 GMT

Hello!

Is it possible to import by other type of Objects into ArchiCAD?

The GDL Library's and stores are SO limited.. Are there any other file types ArchiCAD users can import..?

Sites like Turbo Squid with all their .obj, CD4 and .3DS files etc are so mouth watering - and then when you try to search for a similar GDL object.. there is nothing .. ObjectsOnline, the GDL Depository, TheObjectStore, SmartGDL, Archibase etc are all good - but the volume, selection and quality from other file types on other sites far exceeds them.

I hope my comments are ill-informed because unto-known by me as there is the perfect GDL Object site out there waiting for its reveal.. is there? (please say yes!)
..

Wishful Chrissy.

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

Dwight — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:00:53 GMT

It is simple to import 3Ds files, then open and save them as GDL objects.

The downside is that many of the objects you love in 3Ds have too many polygons to be productively used in Archicad.

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:05:11 GMT

Fair Enough.. GDL will have to do and some creative internal object modelling.. more polygons are not an option..

Thank you for the reply Dwight!

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

owen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:06:43 GMT

Depends what you are using them for - documentation or visualization?

Noticed you were asking some questions about C4D in another thread so i'm thinking the latter, in which case I think getting decent looking 3DS and importing them is a much better option than spending your time creating them in AC.

The imported 3DS will probably look terrible in AC and take ages to render, but most of the time the import does not 'dumb down' the model from the original 3DS so when you export your AC file back out to Cinema they should render just fine.

Another way is to just use AC for the building modeling and then add all your scene filler/entourage stuff directly into Cinema. This is what we tend to do

hth

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

Fran_ois Chatelain — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:03:40 GMT

Well well well, for those patient enough to browse through stacks of object (duly categorised), there's still http://archive3d.net to have a look at. As mentioned previously, most object are available in 3ds and gsm format.
Cheers
Francois

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:28:22 GMT

François - you legend!

I found the object I am after - table with a table cloth!

But when I go to download the licked file i get a text file jargon thing..

How do you download the objects?

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

Dwight — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:32:05 GMT

Stop licking files.

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:35:24 GMT

ha ha ha - sorry! can't help it - they just look so delicious!

I am dying rendering out my animation - archiiCAD keeps quitting 'unexpectedly' after 6 frames or so frames.. i should have investigated CD4 and Artlantis Studio earlier! Never making this mistake again!

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:05:10 GMT

its all good!

The problem was the the .rar files were opening as .txt files - once downloaded you can just manually modify the extension type back to .rar

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:32:36 GMT

Hi!
http://archive3d.net is the same as a page "Free 3D Models" at http://archibase.net. Only without advertising and the rest.

Re: GDL Objects for ArchiCAD

muzedesigns — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:16:13 GMT

I thought the objects looked familiar..