topic Re: GDL help in Libraries & objects

GDL help

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 09:23:53 GMT

Hi, sorry to be a pain but I really need to rotate a column in 3D but the way that I used to do it in AC 8 no longer works in AC 9.

I've never used GDL before and don't really know where to start. I know how to open the object etc.

I want to take a column (or a round slab) and rotate it by a few degrees. Could someone please tell me how to do this and what bits of code I need?

Thanks a lot

Andy

Re: GDL help

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:36:54 GMT

Hello Andy,

You may add a parameter, 'angy' by example, —or more if you want to rotate in more than one axe— to your object.
Add a ligne at the beginning of your 3D Script :

Roty angy

and utilise in your 2D Script the "project2" fonctions

project2 3, 270, 2

Take a look to this links :

For the rotation
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=5715
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=5679
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=5201

For the project2
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=6742

HTH

Re: GDL help

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:40:34 GMT

after much playing around it works!

Thank you ever so much

just printed out the GDL manual to learn