GDL toolbox Zoom gdl

[Anonymous]

I have been looking for a version of GDL toolbox in order to make some of my modelling a little more detailed for viz purposes. I have found many broken links to it on various web sites and only found a download vor the archicad 9 version.
Does anyone have or know a link to download version 8.1.

Also does anyone use Zoom gdl and how do you find it?

I can script but find it a bit slow and cumbersome and as I only do modelling for viz purposes I dont really need a lot of the parametric details just a way to create better looking objects fast.

Thanks in advance
Russ

[gerd]

hi russ,

you can find informations and a trialversion on the abvent website:
http://www.abvent.com/softwares/zoomgdl/

I didn't try it by myselve (i make objects with scripting or with drawing in archicad floorplan and dragging into a script window), but I'm sure, it gives more / faster possibilities than working only in the archicad scripts, if you need it often and if you like the way, it works.


the gdl-toolbox is free, but there is only a version for archicad 9 (I asked them by e mail). here you can get it:
http://www.eptar.hu/eptar_letoltes.php#gdltb
or here:
http://www.gdl-centrum.com/

best regards

[Geof Gainer]

I bought ZoomGDL a year or two ago after comparing it with Archiforma, GDL Toolbox, and Shade. Although I haven't use it that much, it definitely surpasses the limitations of Archiforma and Toolbox. It's got a somewhat quirky interface (though not nearly as awkward as Shade), and can be slightly buggy, but on the strong plus side, you can bring up front, side, top and 3D windows simultaneously -- great for visualizing as you go.

Nothing available at the time was anything close to being as user friendly and intuitive as other non-GDL apps like Strata, or now MaxonForm.

In terms of wishful thinking, the ideal might starting an email campaign to get Cheetah3D to export GDL -- it's made for Mac 0SX, and is the most amazingly simple, smooth, effortless, user-friendly, "hey even I could do that!" interface of any 3D app I've spent more than ten minutes fumbling over. And the thing's CHEAP AS DIRT. The guy's got a long list of file types he'd like to export to but is open to adding to it...

http://www.cheetah3d.com/