GDL Parameter List

[Vitruvius]

Does anyone know of a quick method for printing out the GDL parameters for a symbol? The parameter window in the symbol doesn't seem to support printing and it would be a real asset when scripting GDL to have a print-out handy.

Cheers, Cameron

[Rob]

Cameron,

It is a problem actually. What you can do though is copy the screen to clipboard and print that as image. When the parameter list is longer then the actual screen resolution I usually move and capture that and reassemble in Photoshop to one piece. It is a bit silly but this is the only way (to my knowledge) how to do that.

[Vitruvius]

Thanks Rob - I suppose this is one we'll have to add to the wish list and hope they pick it up in the next release. I'd imagine it's fairly easy to implement.

Cheers, Cameron

[Laszlo Nagy]

I just got into SQL a little bit.
It is a simple but powerful database query language.
Within a couple of hours, you can start turning out nice results.
If you go to Calculate\SQL\Query (make sure SQL is enabled from the lowermost drop-down list in Options\Preferences\Imaging and Calculation, so it appears in the Calculate menu) and type the following:

SELECT O.PARAMETERS.NAME, O.PARAMETERS.TYPE, O.PARAMETERS.VALUE
FROM FLAT(OBJECTS, PARAMETERS) AS O
WHERE OBJECTS.LIBRARY_PART_NAME='Armchair 01'

then click Execute,
you will get a table you want in a newly-created XML file.
In place of 'Armchair 01' you may enter the name of the Library Object

HTH
Laszlo

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Important addition based on James Murray's reply: make sure at least one instance of the Library Object is placed in the ArchiCAD Project.

[James Murray]

Lazslo,

Very excited about this tip... except it didn't work. A result opened in the browser but it was empty.

Any ideas?

[__archiben]

maybe you don't have an armchair in your library?


~/archiben

[Laszlo Nagy]

Hi James,
Make sure at least one instance of the Library Object is placed on the Floor Plan. Since SQL gets data from the ArchiCAD drawing database, only what has already been placed once can be queried, I guess.
First I tried it without placing one 'Armchair 01' object and got the same blank result you did. Then I placed one instance of it and it was correct.
I think having the Object loaded in the Libraries is not enough, it must be placed.
Laszlo

[James Murray]

laszlonagy wrote:
at least one instance of the Library Object is placed on the Floor Plan.

Duh...It is a database query, not a library query... Thanks.

[James Murray]

One more question...

Where can we find a reference for the AC-specific terms (O.PARAMETERS.NAME, etc)? Thanks,

[Jochen Suehlo]

There is another way to put out a parameter listing (since ArchiCAD 8.0),
there is a fuction called REQUEST ("ASSOCLP_PARVALUE",....
with which you can do this.
Combined with TEXT OUT you get a Text-File with a complete parameter listing. The routine was first written by Frank Beister and improved for text output by me. The object you can find in attachement as zip.file.
If you want to use the routine, you only have to copy the master script to your library part and add a boolean parameter named "outdate_p".

This could become an object for Franks opengdlboard on http://www.opengdl.org