Working with GDL objects and materials/textures/colors
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2007-03-12 12:40 PM
2007-03-12
12:40 PM
As a complete newbie to both ArchiCAD and GDL, I am trying to figure how materials work.
I specifically need to create my own materials and/or colors for my objects, and would like it to be part of the object, not the archicad material lib. For now I only need to assign colors, but it is possible that I need to assign textures later on.
A RTFM-link would be good, since I need some basic explanation to how all of this works.
Besides that, I'd like links for other resources on GDL - maybe You know of some reference guide or the likes, that I don't...
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2007-03-12 01:25 PM
2007-03-12
01:25 PM
Do you speak a bit the language of your neighbours? See DEFINE_MATERIAL our switch to pure German on the page.
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2007-03-12 02:18 PM
2007-03-12
02:18 PM
Well, I can read and understand the most of it, so thanks! Seems like a really nice reference guide 🙂
Seems like DEFINE_MATERIAL is just the thing I need🙂
But if there's an english reference guide out there, I'd like to know😉
- Jeppe
Seems like DEFINE_MATERIAL is just the thing I need
But if there's an english reference guide out there, I'd like to know
- Jeppe

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2007-03-12 03:04 PM
2007-03-12
03:04 PM
That would be the one coming with the USA version, perhaps??
Dwight Atkinson
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2007-03-12 08:56 PM
2007-03-12
08:56 PM
jeppe.liisberg wrote:I assume you've looked under the help menu for the GDL Reference Guide. I know it's a bit cryptic but it is (pretty much) all there and (mostly) accurate.
But if there's an english reference guide out there, I'd like to know😉
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2007-03-12 09:05 PM
2007-03-12
09:05 PM
Well... I have now! (Dwight also sent me a copy) 🙂
I didn't take a proper look at it yet, but it seems reasonably useful.
Thanks,
- Jeppe
I didn't take a proper look at it yet, but it seems reasonably useful.
Thanks,
- Jeppe