Pictures into a GDL object

[Ingolf]

I would like to place a picture (a simple icon) on a surface on a Block in GDL. I have converted a picture to GSM by saving an Archicad-file with this (sole) picture as GSM. But from here I am stuck. Is it at all possible to place a picture on a surface on a GDL-made object?

[Jochen Suehlo]

There are 2 different ways to do this:

a) use an image as texture for a material

b) use the PICTURE command

attached find an object that uses method a)

[Ingolf]

Dear Joachim

Thank you for a really fast answer 😊  I am able to use method A. But I need to use method B if that may help me to put the icon on any surface exactly where I want it. I have searched; https://gdl.graphisoft.com/reference-guide/elements-for-visualization#PICTURE_gdlcommand

But I am in the dark on how to place the picture into the GDL-editor in Archicad.

[Jochen Suehlo · Accepted solution]

An example would be:

BLOCK A, B, zzyzx

ADD 0.25, -0.001,  0.25
ROTx 90
PICTURE "BERGMANN_001.png", 0.5, 0.5, 1 + 2
DEL 2

in the 3D-Script.
You could also use the picture object in the Archicad library and drag it to the object, where it should appear. 

[Ingolf]

Thank you SO much! 😀 That worked very well.

BLOCK 0.8, 0.8, 0.96
ADD 0.15, -0.001,  0.25
ROTx 90
PICTURE "LEGO_ikon3.png", 0.5, 0.5, 1 + 2
DEL 2
ADD 0.4, 0.4, 0.96
CYLIND 0.16, 0.24
DEL 2