topic Re: editing a GDL object? in Libraries & objects

editing a GDL object?

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:42:18 GMT

how do i make changes to a gdl object? I created a library part from a skecthup model, but its got a big rectangle base on it in the GDL form (not in sketchup), how do I remove the base thats been created for the model?

using os x.

Re: editing a GDL object?

TomWaltz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:02:23 GMT

That depends. Did you save it as a script or as a binary?

If it's a script, I usually place the object in my drawing, select it, then click File > GDL Objects > Open Object... which opens the editor. The downside: you have to edit the script.

If it's a binary, sorry, there is no way to edit it.

Re: editing a GDL object?

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:04:07 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
That depends. Did you save it as a script or as a binary?

If it's a script, I usually place the object in my drawing, select it, then click File > GDL Objects > Open Object... which opens the editor. The downside: you have to edit the script.

If it's a binary, sorry, there is no way to edit it.

i think its a binary (gsm?). how do I save it as a script so i can edit it?

i exported 3d model as dwg from sketchup and then imported into library as an object.

Re: editing a GDL object?

TomWaltz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:10:54 GMT

slothdog wrote:
i think its a binary (gsm?). how do I save it as a script so i can edit it?

i exported 3d model as dwg from sketchup and then imported into library as an object.

As far as I know, a binary GSM is pretty much uneditable.

It's been a while since I tried, does the import from DWG give you an option between script and binary?

Re: editing a GDL object?

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:14:13 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
slothdog wrote:
i think its a binary (gsm?). how do I save it as a script so i can edit it?

i exported 3d model as dwg from sketchup and then imported into library as an object.
As far as I know, a binary GSM is pretty much uneditable.

It's been a while since I tried, does the import from DWG give you an option between script and binary?

the only options it gives are to keep the faces, text, geometry, construction, edges or dimentions. i exported it keeping the faces, edges, geometry and dimentions.

could i export it in a diffrent format?

or are there any free or cheap shareware tools to edit gdl binaries/scripts?

Re: editing a GDL object?

TomWaltz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:30:11 GMT

I was hoping there was a different import option, like saving it as a script instead of a binary. I thought you could do that, but I don't have a 3D DWG to test it on.

Again, as far as I know, there is no way to edit a binary GSM (at all, in any software, at any price). The scripts are trivial to edit in Archicad. There are a few editors out there but none that have impressed me at all as being better than the native one.

Try this: go to File > Open GDL Object.... and select the DWG file you are trying to import. That should spur Archicad to open it as an object.

Like I said, you would still have to find the pedestal in the GDL script, which might no be the easiest thing, but at least it's possible.

Re: editing a GDL object?

Dwight — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:41:51 GMT

In any event, opening a non-binary script in GDL that is imported merely becomes a series of faces that don't make logical sense to the user.

Re: editing a GDL object?

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:10:59 GMT

i figured out how to get rid of it.

the problem was that the object was a component group in skecthup, which puts a box around the whole object so its like a big group. when i exported the object as a dwg, it kept the bounding box of the group, thats what was creating the base. so by exploding the groups down to nothing but faces and lines, then exporting it, it imported into archicad without the square base. woo hoooo!