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Is there documentation on how to write a gdl object

Anonymous
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I have a need to draw a tower that will be used repeatedly though some of the info inside will change, like: height and width of various parts as well as text and claddings. is there somewhere i can find info on how to write the script for this in particular?
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Anonymous
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Karl Ottenstein
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While the manual explains the syntax, David Nicholson-Cole's "GDL Cookbook" has for years been the guide for creating objects. Unfortunately, it has been out of print for some time, while David works on a revision.

Karl

PS Do take a look at David's book on Object Making that is also included in the online help (and in PDF format on the installation CD for US users, and in the Documentation folder for other countries).
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Dwight
Newcomer
Don't be intimidated.

A parametric tower would be a good GDL exercise to start with!
Dwight Atkinson
Dwight
Newcomer
It turns out that I DO have a GDL cookbook in stock. With the CD.

Collector's item.

It is US$45.

PM me for shipping etc...
Dwight Atkinson
Djordje
Virtuoso
Also:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=9441
Djordje



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__archiben
Booster
or even...

http://www.gdlcookbook.com/

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Dwight
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So now he gives it away.
Dwight Atkinson
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Dwight wrote:
So now he gives it away.
huh? i just googled . . .

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Dwight
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No, not like you gave away a secret. I mean that David seems to have published his book on the net.
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