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Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:18:06 GMT

Hi all

Can anybody please tell where Can I get gdl tutorials and help.

thanks
Suresh

Re: Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Ben Odonnell — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:30:40 GMT

Hi there,
You could start out by checking out David's GDL Cookbook site

HTH
Cheers
Ben

Re: Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Anonymous — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:36:16 GMT

Suresh_rcms, there´s a book on the market maybe you can find it on amazon.com Object Making with Archicad (GDL for Beginners) from David Nicholson-Cole, also you can find more info on this link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archicad-university/

And for the GDL Tutorials, go to help inside archicad, select archicad help,
and opens more options, the you´ll see the GDL reference tutorial guide.

Good Luck
Regards,

David W

Re: Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 26 May 2005 23:03:29 GMT

David wrote:
Suresh_rcms, there´s a book on the market maybe you can find it on amazon.com Object Making with Archicad (GDL for Beginners) from David Nicholson-Cole...

Actually, this book has been re-written and updated for 9.0 and is included FREE as part of the 9.0 installation.

It is in the helpfile (Help menu), and is also in PDF format on the installation CD.

For those without the 9 CD, the helpfiles are also online at:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/documentation/
(INT=English, or GER=German)

Karl

Re: Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Djordje — Fri, 27 May 2005 10:43:10 GMT

While OMWAC (Object Making With ArchiCAD) will teach you how to crawl and make the first steps with GDL, the GDL CookBook will teach you how to run and even fly ... but the real flying is up to you!

Check the ArchiCAD University postings in the Evens forum and contact David Nicholson Cole, the GDL guru. I know that he loves Indian food, at least he did in Dubai in june 2000

Re: Where can we get GDL tutorials and help

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 27 May 2005 18:00:10 GMT

David Nicholson-Cole's GDL Cookbook is definitely the place to go after you have mastered everything in the object-making book (which he also wrote) that comes with ArchiCAD 9.

I was hesitant to mention it because it has been out of print for a year while he has been working on version 4 of the book (publication date still not announced).

I see now that his website mentioned that he is selling the PDF version of the Cookbook 3.01 in the interim. Certainly anyone trying to learn GDL should obtain a copy. 😉

(Personally, I use the PDF version more than the hard copy anyway, since the search function in Adobe Reader will find many more things than are listed in the index. An added plus is that the PDF is in color.)

See:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/cookbook/gdl_cookbook/index.html
and email David directly at one of the addresses listed at:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/cookbook/
to purchase the PDF.

Karl