topic Re: Objects viewer in Modeling

Objects viewer

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:13:29 GMT

Does anyone know about a program/software to view the gdl libraries without loading all of them to Archicad?

So after that I only load that particular object that Im looking?

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:13:48 GMT

No but it would be nice. There used to be a Cumulus (digital asset manager) plug-in for that purpose but it only worked with previews and is long since gone.

What is really needed is improved library management and browsing within the program.

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:24:07 GMT

Within the program will make me load all of my libraries.

But yes it would be nice havng a software to view all the libraries and then only loading individual objects!

Thanks for the reply

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:00:52 GMT

wait a minute I did come across a software called "GDL browser" or something like that. I'd used it to sort out my libraries once.
it was stand alone too.
No Wait it was called GDL Explorer.
downloaded it from somewhere.
of course you'd have to rememeber all the object names before placing them in a folder that you ccan load as a library.

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:04:13 GMT

Oh Damn I looked it up
GDL Explorer IS from GRAPHISOFT.

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:53:34 GMT

Thanks. Im going to look for it to!

Re: Objects viewer

David Maudlin — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:06:04 GMT

Ruben wrote:
Does anyone know about a program/software to view the gdl libraries without loading all of them to Archicad?

So after that I only load that particular object that Im looking?

Ruben:

You can look at library parts that are not currently loaded. There is a popup list at the top of the object/door/window dialog box that lets you look at and load objects that are not in the loaded libraries. When I find the part I want, I typically move it to a loaded library (normally the project library) and reload, although it is not necessary.

HTH

David

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:34:02 GMT

true, but GDL explorer lets you look & manipulate the library part before you load it. If you have lots of GDL objects you can't remember all of them by name right?

Re: Objects viewer

David Maudlin — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:13:02 GMT

Ashy wrote:
true, but GDL explorer lets you look & manipulate the library part before you load it.

Ashy Dave:

Actually, this method lets you see and manipulate the part, changing various parameters, in the Object Dialog box just as if it is in a loaded library. It is then placed in the "Other Objects" folder in the Library Manager.

David

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:46:23 GMT

David wrote:
Ashy wrote:
true, but GDL explorer lets you look & manipulate the library part before you load it.
Ashy Dave:

Actually, this method lets you see and manipulate the part, changing various parameters, in the Object Dialog box just as if it is in a loaded library. It is then placed in the "Other Objects" folder in the Library Manager.

David

Hi David, Any chance that you would know why I should get a "master.gdl missing" error when I try to open directories other than the AC default library. Obviously the master.gdl file is missing since it's a different folder altogather but I have a lot of objects that I have downloaded from the internet in a different folder & do not wish to load them by default. Everytime I try to open these folders I get the error. Is there any work around to this?
ta,
ashy

Re: Objects viewer

David Maudlin — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:12:15 GMT

Ashy wrote:
Hi David, Any chance that you would know why I should get a "master.gdl missing" error when I try to open directories other than the AC default library. Obviously the master.gdl file is missing since it's a different folder altogather but I have a lot of objects that I have downloaded from the internet in a different folder & do not wish to load them by default. Everytime I try to open these folders I get the error. Is there any work around to this?
ta,
ashy

Ashy:

This is a file that some object creators use to define and create specific fill types, line types, materials and other attributes that will be used by their objects. This ensures that these attributes are present, as they are usually not part of the project file attributes. You might be able to get by without loading this file, but the objects may start giving you error messages for missing fills, etc. You can do a search for this file on your hard drive (but there might be more than one, and the various ones might not be the same), then drag a copy of this file into your standard library folder so it is loaded by default. The downside of this is that these extra attributes may be added to your project attributes, whether you want them or not. Some of the third party add-ons for ArchiCAD also do this, and it can create a problem for maintaining office standards.

HTH

David

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:12:25 GMT

David wrote:

This is a file that some object creators use to define ...

You can do a search for this file on your hard drive

The downside of this is that these extra attributes may be added to your project a...

HTH

David

Thank You David,
I did figure out that thee are more than one master.gld files.
& I also learnt the increase in materials etc by loading objects
(The hard way I must add )
The thing is in GDL Explorer there doesn't seem to be a way to load the file. One can load a specific folder as a library but not a file I think. At least I couldn't find a way. and Thus I can use the Explorer to browse the AC library but not others. (typically lots of downloded furniture etc stashed in a folder tree) and since I'm not much of a GDL expert I can't really manage to 'write' a master.gdl file( I belive it's just code text) ;I guess I'm stuck with loading a whole bunch of object types in the library. but at least I can use the explorer to browse the existing AC library.

Thanks again
ashy

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:08:09 GMT

I take a stand alone GDL Explorer any day. Is it around some were?
Thanks,
Joseph

Re: Objects viewer

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:17:45 GMT

I'd found one from graohisoft,
dunno if there's one available now,
google it I suppose...!