Hi, i'm finding that when i make certain things into 3D objects, the corner nodes do not always appear at the corner of the object making it extremely difficult to place them accurately. In the attached example i created a simple ramp with side rails...
Currently I am working on a project for refurbishing an old house from the beginning of the 20th century. My problem is that I cannot find a window and door library part with two parallel sashes - the kind of windows used in construction of this peri...
Greetings, I have accomplished this before, but alas not today. My usual procedure is to open the imported DXF/DWG survey file in ArchiCAD, toggle through the layers, decide what I want and don't want, select everything I want to include, drag a copy...
I want to make a picture frame that is oval and able to put a jpg in it. I already made something that you can change the material but I can't align the material to fit the oval shape I chose. Is it that you can only align materials in things other t...
I am wondering how to turn the recessed light from the Archicad 8.1 lib so that it points up. I want to use it as a floor light in a cupboard lighting clothes from below. It only seems to rotate around one axis (Z) whereas I would like to rotate it a...
We have a few users who like to turn off the "Use Object Color" and "Use Object Linetypes" options when placing objects, making objects completely one color or another. Is there any way to over-ride the override, FORCING Archicad to use the intended ...
A new GDL portal: the GDL-CENTRUM.com was launched early in the May, what will not become a free Object Store only, but builds specifically Database for access free and commercial objects; which are published via Internet, CD and SalesCAD. We would l...
Hi, I made a series of shutters top half being louvered. I did this quickly with slabs for frame and bottom panel and roof tool for slats. Some have an arced top (as opposed to a quarter round). I had some trouble with the slats that need to be trimm...
When I stretch the object Railing Vert. Straight my snap-to-grid is turned off. I have not noticed this in any other object so far. I am working with the US version, llatest updates to the program and library. Any idea what can be going on? The same ...
I want to put a curved roof on a building & then put a window in with multiple vertical & horizontal mullions that will match the curve of the roof. The wall is vertical and only curves to meet the roof. It does not curve in plan. Is there an object ...
Is there any way to cut/call a door or window in an Object? We are using a type of pre-fab wall system, that I was going to try to create an object that has all the joints and contruction in it. I had considered making the plans and elevations from t...
Hi I have just noticed that object text misbehaves when exporting DWG files. I have a site plan with several objects containing text. The input for the text is generally at the centre of the object, using the following subroutine: 300: !text fc=bd+2*...
I'm using the Object Explorer to proof my libraries before running them through the web publisher and I'm getting these errors in every single object. What exactly does this error mean and where should I be looking in my scripts?
I need to share electrical symbols (2d objects) created in 8.1 with a colleague who still uses 6.5. Is there a way to convert them back to this older version, so they can be used in ArchiCAD?
I would like to create a list of furniture (objects) for a project based on the rooms (zones) they are contained in. Using the Interactive schedule a basic summary list is possible, but by zones it does not appear possible. Looking at the calculate l...
Hello, Some info about the behavior of the SECT_FILL command in AC 8. I recently reported an apparent bug in the way the section/elevation tool was showing the cut lines in section. It was showing the default cut pen even though the "use objects attr...
....to be completely in the dark. How can I add the picture of GDL object in to preview picture ( icon of GDL file) please give me some advice.
I was just fine tuning some library objects and was wondering.. Is that ok to do while people have those libraries loaded? I know not to move library prats when people have the libraries open but can you fix them and should it be okay? And how do you...
Sometime when I try to render, it will have window pop out said "erro #64". Then, it will stop rendering. What's erro Type #64? How could I solve the problem so I can keep work on the rendering?
Is there a way to make an object that can stretch in two directions from a common origin point? At a 90, the objects uses the A and B codes to stretch each leg, but we would like the objects to work with variable angles. Any help or suggestions would...
I have a collection of 'old libraries' such as Hoshino, Transport and People collection which still have some useful items - these don't seem to work in 8.1. Is there a fix or am I stuck with the limited standard libraries. Thanks Harry
I am trying to make a detail marker that complies with our office standards. I have the basic gdl for auto numbering, and I have the basic graphic drawing the way I want it. I'm having trouble with getting the marker to rotate properly, though. When ...
There is a new interesting GDL Website with a database for gdl objects at http://www.gdl-centrum.com
I have a Library part called SO_Renumber, it used to work in ArchiCAD 7 but it is not working at all in ArchiCAD 8.1. Its job is to give automatically consecutive numbers on every mouse click. If you want to insert in-between a new item you would Alt...
Is it possible to have an object stretch (snapping to ) by an increment of say 8" ?
We are int he process of dwon addition work for some clients we did work for using ARchicade 6.5 and 7.0....What is the best way to relink the part to the euivalent 8.1 library parts..... jose Kuhn
If someone has some Haworth Furniture in GDL could you please sent me an email or call me. I'm not looking for something that "could" be a Haworth piece, but something developed more specifically to this manufacture. http://www.haworth.com Thanks
I have only just registered with Architalk, so this question may have been placed before, I appologise if it has. The issue I have is with the Poly2 (and all its varients) in AC 8.1 R2, I just cannot seem to get it to display fill patterns, any clues...
There is this project that started from a file that contained ArchiCAD 6.5 US library parts, on which I worked first on ArchiCAD 8.1 Intl and then on ArchiCAD 8.1 US, which I ended up loading both on the same computer. For expediency I worked for a w...
i just made a 2d object but now i want to make changes to it and this change will affect the same 2d object i have placed in the drawings. i saved this 2d object- File/Save Special/Archicad Object as shown in page 13 of Object Making with Archicad fo...
I know that this has been discussed in one of these forums before. I could not find it using the search tool. I hope that someone has already done this before an knows what to use. I have a detail box and want to use the auto numbering feature of Plo...
Whatever happened to the nifty find and select duplicates tool that existed under AC 8.0? It has been badly missed under in 8.1! Does anyone know how such functionality can currently be achieved?
One of my students write to me (DNC): > Just a small question: is there a limit in the number of objects that can be > used within an onject when you save it directly from the 3d window in > archicad? It's just that I was trying to build an archicad ...
Where to find free gdl objects. I need various types od trees for my project of city park.
Every time I insert a 'Skylight Top Hung' into a 4/12 or something roof I am getting this warning pop-up message about skylights in such slopes requiring special flashing whatever (it got very exasperating the other day when I multiplied to get dozen...
Some time in the past i downloaded the transportation library that is on the graphisoft site. I opened a file that had a car park on it and all the cars that i previously put on it from this library have disappeared. I have searched high and low on m...
Can an objects layer be predefined w/in GDL. My guess is no, but I wanted to ask just to make sure.
howdy - does anyone know how to get the length (width) of the autotext drawing name (). Of course I mean the inserted text not the actual length of "". Thanks
Hi there, My problem is as follows... I did an gdl object for having a trace of the plans we issue and their modifications. This object used to work with the "gdl tex in-out" extension writing the modifications in a folder located on the server. Whil...
I would like to publicly thank Christopher Church, for the English translation of GDL Lesson 2. You can find it on ArchiRADAR: http://www.archiradar.com/eng/gdl.htm --Roberto Corona--
A long while ago it was possible to get ArchiCAD to open a new file and set out on a grid the contents of a library with the file names. Does anyone know if this is still possible?
Hi, anyone have a claw foot tub. Thanks MVC
Hello, Someone posted the autoscripted 3D script for a window and I noticed that the dimensions were in meters and the number of places or range that AC had written out was 13 places. I made a slab in plan with working units set to meters and saved s...
Hello, I am trying to help someone on autocad who has used the "gdl adapter" for autodesk to see the archicad library part that was created in archicad and then put through the translator. I have never used autocad/autodesk so I am not sure how to di...
is there a library part(s) that is just the faucet and hot and cold water taps? I've looked in the library and objects on line and can't find anything thanks for any help on this donald mac donald
I have written an object in which the lower-left corner is the anchor for the object. Using hotspots on the top and right, you can stretch it in the X or Y directions on the floor plan. However, I set limits on how small the object can be stretched w...
I'm looking for expensive designed toilets (low profile) & faucets. I tried objects on line without success. Does anybody have an idea where I could look?
Dear People I have created a 3D block in AutoCAD that I would like to import in ArchiCAD and use it as railings pattern in most of my projects.It is shown in the attachment.How can I import it in ArchiCAD?I must say that the use of this specific rail...
How do you break a single long line of code into several shorter lines? In Visual Basic you can put an underscore character at the end of one line to tell VB that the statement is continued on the next line. Any equivalent in GDL?
We need a girder truss that has a top chord that is sloped and a bottom chord that is arched. I looked on Object online and couldn't really find what I think I'm looking for. (Truss set is the closet but I don't know if it can make a sloped top and n...
I am excited to start working with GDL. I have been exploring the scripts in the aC 8.1 library and reading the GDLmanual that came with AC 8.1. This seems like a good place to start but I would like some more resources. I tried to order the GDL Cook...
How in GDL to read the version of programme ArchiCAD?
I generated an autoscripted non rectangular window, which works excelent in a straight wall but it dosen't in a curved one Can anyone help me please ? Thanks a lot ! ! 3D Script ! ! ! Written by ArchiCAD ! MULX A/18.5246010346 MULY B/2.484291118305 M...
I'm creating some 3d objects in other programs (wings, blender) and when I'm importing it through 3ds import plugin sometimes (not always) I get strange problem. Whenever I use marquee to see selected region in 3d (crossing or no that object ) I don'...
I used David's bendybartool (which comes with many other great objects in his GDL Cookbook) in a project I started in 7 and am now completing on 8.1. I used it to make rain pipes which looked very rain-pipe-like on 7 and now on 8.1 shows what look li...
has anybody noticed that if you tried to change a library object's parameter with 'range' limitation from the user (custom) tab and you filled in a number out of the range the user/custom interface would disappear to the limbo-bimbo land and would no...
How I can make stairs without handrails? , in edit stairs they appear options but all includes handrail. thanks
Hi, Im a new user , I need help URGENT anyway my question for example if i would create three stories/floors in Archicad model with doors/ windows, furniture and etc ,how would i combine all into one story and one block by keeping the height of each ...
i have a 'missing' library part in one of our projects: "slab on ground PATCH". it's a throwback from the bad old days of a certain draftsperson and i want to get rid of it! it's no longer in our libraries, so pops up as a missing library part each t...
Have you noticed the entirely regrettable and politically incorrect fact that the "Man in a Wheelchair" object has been omitted from ArchiCAD 8.0 and 8.1 libraries. This must be rectified. Its an important design criterion that new buildings must be ...
How can I get the markers to automatically rotate. I noticed that it has something to do with reveal_side. Any help would be great.
Is there a way in GDL to determine the name of the Display Option being used? I would like to explore using the Display Options to control how my Zone tags appear -- such as having the area only appear on the finish plans.
Does anyone know if there is a library object available anywhere on the net of a fixed access ladder with safety cage similar to the image attached below? I have tried Objects Online but I couldn't see anything there. Thanks
I bought an object that was written in 6.0, but it needed some modifications. AC informed me that it was going to update it to AC8.1R2, and now the extrusions don't work. What is wrong with the following code? PUT 0, wr/2, 0, ld, wr/2, 0, ld, lt+wr/2...
Hey.....why doesn't our UK version have that very nice storefront lib. part that the US version has? We use storefronts over here cross the pond ya know! The curtainwall lib part is a bit tedius. I asked reselller for this part to no avail..... Is it...
I use a lot of multiple buildings—of varying heights—on a site. To do this I save entire individual building files as library objects (File>GDL Objects>Save Project as). On my site plan file I add in the various buildings as GDL Objects. Often in the...
for some strange reason, i create an elevator using elevator 2 from archicad v8 lib. It consists of 5 openings, but when i edit the height of each floor (each segmant per floor) in the Story and Opening Type settings, i get the following results L0 =...
This may be obvious to some users, and while I don't claim to be a GDL guy, I just found it out. On a PC, if you right click on a library part and select 'Properties', you can find out many things about the part, including the scripts and preview inf...
~/archiben wrote:on a general note, i do think that the whole library process needs a complete overhaul:... why do we have to reload the entire library set when just adding a library to the current set (maybe mac only?) This has been one of my boggle...
We have a number of library parts created a long time ago with ArchiCAD 4. When these are brought into AC8 the text ends up being extremely small. The parts have gone through all versions being updated as we went along and worked fine up until AC7. T...
By any chance does anyone have a Rock gsm that you can send me for a rendering. If you do have one, could you email to noeldesigns@cox.net Thanks, Grant
I am cleaning up my office and was about to throw away an old ArchiCAD 7.0 Anniversay package. THe package includes a bonus CD with libraries and textures. Are the textures and library part compatable with ArchiCAD 8.1? If so, how can I use the textu...
I never use Profiler myself, if i want anything lathing, i can do it in GDL faster than I can do it with Profiler. But I have to use the ugly beast today as i am writing a chapter on Object making without GDL for the new OMWAC, and I have to mention ...
Ok im back, a new project and at least 2 million questions, ill start with 1 Ok im trying to edit the floor to ceiling height of Elevator 2 (default furniture item in archicad 8.0) i can edit everything except its height. The elevator rises a total o...
I'm not quite sure if this is the right area, but... here goes. I'm having a problem when I try to pull up some schedules. Probably my reluctance to read the manual in full has gotten me to mess up some settings (though I can't imagine which ones - I...
In AC8/AC8.1 you can create custom panels, but ... is there any way to use in sliding/bifold doors panels from other door types (D181 have 28 types). Sometimes we need type that is already there. How to make it ?
When I try to change the height of the W Square Bay object from the Windows Classic 81 Library, I get: Wrong hole definition. at line 284 of file Casement_a.gsm. Polygon is degenerated. at line 302 of file Casement_a.gsm. User break at line 327 of fi...
An undocumented Function of the User Interface allows UI_INFIELDs and UI_OUTFIELDs and UI_PICTUREs and others in a wider field then the documented width of 466 pixels. See the screenshot below and the script: ui_dialog "TEST OBJEKT" UI_GROUPBOX "Test...
Anybody know where to find, or to make screen mesh for porches. I'd like to be able to see through it both in elevation and the 3D window. I thought I saw something posted on this at one time, but I can't find it. Thanks.
Anybody know where I can get a roof shingle texture, silver grey, architectural grade shingles, not a typical 3 tab shingle. Thanks
Am I missing the obvious or what? Re: Stairs Why would I want to have text say down when the stairs go up? Is there any way to orient/position text to say down in the direction the stairs are going down? Apologies if I am missing something simple. Th...
5 minutes before a client is due in my office I find what I think is a duplicate slab in the section window. I delete it, and without saving (so I could just undo if necessary), view the model in 3D to make sure I didn't just trash something I wanted...
In older versions (up to 6.5) of ArchiCAD, when I created a new object and saved in the correct library, the object was immediately loaded into the library. From 7.0 to now this object is added to the 'others' folder although it's saved into the libr...
Hi all I'm trying to write a script for an object that will display random/different people in 2d for elevation drawings. Problem is that the random numbers that ArchiCAD generates are generally the same and not very random! Is there some way I can f...
I am getting the next generation of TJ objects ready to post on the web and I need some v8+/Mac users to help out with some UI stuff. I've recieved some great suggestions already but the more help the better the library. If anyone is interested, repl...
Just wondering if there is an official list of commands available for GDL, possibly from the creators of the GDL language (that's AC, right?). I'm thinking similar to the many lists that exist on the internet of all the HTML tags and their meanings. ...
I try to use some model for current project. Someone told me that I can also use .3DS file. How do you put .3DS file into the library manager?
Hi everyone, It's been a while since the last time I was here. I hope I am not breaking any rule. Can anyone tell me where can I find a dormer object with a hip roof instead of a gable one and with a louver instead of a window? Thanks in advance. Jos...
Since I can't sell my objects at Objects Online as I live in the UK, I might as well give this simple little object away for free. It's a simple object for drawing in 2d and 3d Forticrete Stepoc walls http://www.forticrete.co.uk/standard-masonry-prod...
I download some GDL file for my ArchiCAD library, but I don't know how to make it work. I can open the file in the ArchiCAD, but I cannot use it as part of library. How could I make it work as part of my ArchiCAD library?
Mostly I've been working with old 7.0 files brought into 8.1. I've just noticed that the 8.1 library does not include the Detail-Marker that used to be included in the 70 library. This was a very useful part. It could be modified to any geometric sha...
I have a very rimple TUBE command. The section is a SQUARE, centered on the path. In the syntax of the command there is the "angle" parameter, that allows for rotating the section along the path... The angle can be different at each node of the path,...
I've created a barrel vaulted roof which is comprised of: BPRISM_ ... one item for the vaulted roof CUTPLANE ... four items to trim the roof edges CUTPOLY ...one item to trim the roof CUTPOLYA ...ten items for skylight holes in roof CUTEND ...as requ...
I have this code (the following is just a section of it). It works fine unless I put the object on a basement story. The object looks to see if it is located 18" above the story foor and if it is then the height (18") is not shown. If the object is l...
I seem to have a duplication of libraries somehow. My report when I open AC shows that roof parts like rafters, jacks, are duplicated. Acutally, I've never used the roof maker and don't know how it could have happened. I see where there are two diffe...
I am trying to insert a jpg or gif as a painting on a wall in a 3D view. The library has a standard painting object that can be inserted into a drawing. Under "Picture File Name" it references "Picture 1" but I am not sure how to substitute another i...
Dear Friends, I have a problem with old library parts (e.g people and more), there is always a message [error binary 1, or binary 4] when I want to view in 3d while they appear ok on plan. Please advise Youssef
Johan Gielis, a Belgian biologist, has modified and extended the formula of a superellipse, which was found 1818 by the French Mathematician Gabriel Lamé. It discribes in one simple formula a large group of different organic forms. From a square abou...
please help me out with loding model. I load model from the internet, unzip them and load into the liberary manager, but after I open object setting, I still cannot find those model. Please teach me how to load those model success into the ArchiCAD. ...
does anyone know any website that I can downlard free 3d model for ArchiCAD?
Wondering if anybody can help me with this Door Marker (Door Marker_NCS). I got it to display on two lines, but there's no horizontal line between the top and bottom half. I'm wondering if 1. that is even possible, 2. how to insert that line in the b...
Hello to all Mac users running 10.3.3 with libraries located on remote machines. Just ignore, those who are running Windows as I am sure you are unaffected. I am attaching a picture of the before and after of the Library Manager window. I, last week,...
I can just about swear I saw a Palladian window in the window library at one time, but now I can't seem to find it. Does anyone recall seeing this, or am I just imagining it?
I'm losing it...I know I've created subtype templates before, I can see them, it looks like I even created some by accident. Can't find it here or in GDLTalk. If anyone knows that, maybe they can also point me at the tip about using subtypes to copy ...
I am having problems with some recently created library parts. I have done New & Reset on the computer. Nothing has changed to make it work. Even found this to be happening on all of our other computers as well. Here is the problem. I have created a ...
The thread below is the topic above and is GDL related, so wanted to post this reference in this forum in case someone has some better ideas: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=10452#10452 Karl
I can never get an object to cleanup at a 3D intersection with a slab in the same way a wall does. ( see attached elevation) Is it possible?
This is probably quite simple, but this late in the day it's killing me. I want to set one of the FM parameters using the following line: FM_InventoryNumber = sPrefix + sGauge + sSuffix Assume all of the variables are set to string values. Where shou...
Many of the doors in the 8.1 US library allow for the use of a Custom Panel style (see attached image) ... which is a custom library part saved by the user. I know that I've seen the documentation for how the panels are suposed to be built (size, wha...
Dear friends, I have problems with frame selection I think is the correct name in english,(marco de seleccion)in spanish. I´m creating a new stair, and when I want to make a detail in 3d with this tool disappear the stair only I can see the handrail....
Can the trim included in the finishes library be run on an angle to follow the slope of the roof on a gable end? Can it be done with the profiler? Thanks
Please""" to guide When I make new GDL objects complete. The gdl object come to other objects folder. But I want make new folder for my gdl objects. Help me just once. thank
some of the electrical sybols have a letter "A" next to them. Anyone know what they are for, or how to eliminate them? They show up when I open the object, but there does not seem to be any way to manipulate it. Thanks
One of the longest process that happens to take place when you open a drawing is loading up the library (for me at least). I was therefore wondering if something can be done about this. To explain a bit more, I have a few files that were created in 7...
Right-click on an object and you can select 'Go To Info Web Page'. How is this information customized within the library part?
Can anyone else verify that the multiply tool in the Library part symbol drawing area does not work at all? I went to draw an object. Tried to copy some lines evenly distributed across a box. To find that the tool did not work. Even tried to use the ...
I have to build some window fittings as GDL-Objects and some of them are a bit complex (like the added file) and I think programming them would last quite long. So I think, maybe with one of the GDL-Addons like ArchiForma, ZoomGDL or GDL Toolbox coul...
I would like to add moveable hotspots to a S/E marker, but it doesn't seem to work. Has anyone encountered this? Thanks, Miguel
Hello! my is archicad user in Thailand. ....Now I create GDL roof tile by zoom gdl. After that I insert 3D script as tile to add number of pice, angle of roof and new material create. The problem is when I imported my gdl roof tile to other machine. ...
I have been writing a section on smart ways to use Project2. It struck me that, just as you can set up the GDL Web publishing with a parametric choice of view types including perspective (with parameters), there could be a simillar thing with somethi...
if roof_angle<>0 then e=roof_angle +"º" gives an error incompatible expression Is there any way to combine numbers and text in a string?
We reference our job by a Job # and Job Name. We now have a need for several different library parts to include these values. What is the easiest way to achieve this so that a designer does not have to open every single part and enter the values? I t...
Hi, I am looking for a library part, simple, exterior, wall hung sliding (exposed track, surface mounted) barn. garage door. I would like to be able to have the option of iserting a 'light' into the panel, like a 'french' door. I tried using the Pock...
Hi, I am a new user of ArchCad 7.0 and while drawing a small plan I find I could not put door because it was not available on the left hand side. I find window tool, slab tool etc on my lleft side but no door tool. I can see the doors in c:/ArchiCad7...
Howdy, I'm hoping some of you will share your thoughts on which third party cabinet objects you like and would recommend as well as any that have proven a disappointment. My complaints with the GS cabinets are: No flat panel (or Shaker style) door op...
Can anyone tell me how to change the intensity of the spotlight lamp in 8.1? I know a spotlight is supposed to be bright but I want to dim it for an interior use - Directional light to wash a wall. The down light can't be angled like the spotlight ca...
Hello! I have discussed the following problem with the german hotline, but got the reply (sent from Budapest) that its a feature. But I still think, that its a bug. This post is to check, who's wrong. OK. The problem: If you use transparent storys, t...
Is anyone getting proper values using J_? I don't know when it started. Here's the behavior: (I've used a PARAMETERS statement to display J_ in the settings box: "PARAMETERS J_display = J_" ) For elements on story 1, J_ returns 0. On story -1, J_ ret...
I really enjoy the 8.1 detail marker's ability to correctly show both the referenced drawing number and the sheet number in PlotMaker. I have not found that the section/elev marker has the same functionality. I can only get it to show the sheet numbe...
I would like to get a Zone to show on all stories. How do I do this or is there a simple GDL script to add to that particular Zone? The purpose is I want to create a "Project Data" table with the square footages of the areas referenced from the zone ...
I don't know, if it was noticed: the GDL Publisher 2 for publishing GDL Objects on the Web is free downloadable under http://www.graphisoft.com/products/object_technology/downloads/. Very interesting is that you can encrypt the objects, so that they ...
If the angle of rotation exceeds 360°, it falls under 360° when stretching the hotspot. Is there a way to fix it?
I have just watched an intersting GDL presentation demo called "What is GDL", you can download it from http://www.gscne.com/softwaredemos/default.htm What interested me was in the section sample developments, there was an item about fouseasons sunroo...
i'm a new user of ArchiCAD (version eight), when trying to save a new object what filetype am i meant to save the object as- i know previous versions saved them as .gsm filetypes which is no longer an option. i've read in the manual about the Master ...
Still not sure about how to attach images. Hope I did it right. Problem here is with a AC library part which is in a PLA library. I know how to open the library into a folder of parts. I know how to correct the problem of the part. (Which I am pissed...
I am using the corner window tool with a basic casement window from the 8.1 library (not classic windows). When I apply an opening angle to the 3D view the hinge side of the window is always on the corner. I would like the hinge side to be on the opp...
Is there any possibility to place my own pictures, photos, posters on the wall? Igor
It's been a while since I've worked with AC7 so I need a quick memory refresher. By default, the 2D hotspots show up in the 3D view. If I'm not mistaken, all it takes is a HOTSPOT x,y,z command in the 3D script to over-ride this yes? These 2D hotspos...
Hi, I'm looking for a scale sensitive zone stamp that will show only the room names and numbers at 1/4" yet show more info on enlarged plans. Anything out there?
I created a rotated wallhole like in the image below whit this GDL script: WALLHOLE 5,1, 0,0,15, 0.148,0.26,15, 0.122,0.174,15, -0.26,0.148,15, 0,0,-1 but it dosen't work Please help me to make it work, or another method to make another whit parametr...
We've got a project that somehow lost many of it's fill patterns and many of the library objects now have missing fills associated with them. For instance, D2 Transom 81 is looking for fill patterns 19, 73, and 28 - all of which are missing. Using At...
I've created a .gsm object with profiler. It has a brick hatch pattern on it. I'm bringing the drawing with that object in it into another drawing as a module. Now, is there any way to turn the hatch off but still leave the outline. I've tried constr...
If you can make it through this mess! Can someone please help me with this one!! I added a lot of script below to help provide my point. Anyway every one of these rafters is working correctly except for 9”ø. Maybe I have fat finger somewhere along th...
Is there any way to take Autocad 3d objects and convert them into Archicad GDL objects. I saw the enabler for Autocad to read GDL, but not vice versa. I thought I saw something about it on this forum.
I copied one library part, then modified the 2D code so about 25% of it is now different. When I reloaded the library, the Library Manager tells that my new part is a duplicate of my old part. I have this same problem on a couple of other GDLs. What ...
I am trying to create a master list of materials based on the CSI format. This list has about 300 materials. I would then like to change library parts to use these default materials. 1. When I open the part the materials are selected in the parameter...
I decided to combine the AC library with my own into one PLA file. My library has maybe 2 dozen GDLs and 200 textrures. After saving the library, I notice it was 100MB larger than the standard AC library. What should I be doing to ensure that I'm onl...
How do I get a parameter from one GDL using onother GDL? I want to create an ID tag that uses a parameter (not ID or GLOB_ID) as it's value. How do I do that?
I' d like to deploy a special library with furnitures. These furnitures have special materials created by modifying exesting ones of the basic lib. and adding textures to them. I make sure that the the textures are in a folder within the new library....
I have just loaded 8.1(from 8.0 r3 aus) and thought that the problem of parts of stairs such as flights and landings dissappearing when viewed in a 3D marquee was fixed in this version. I'm finding no change even when I create a new stair in 8.1. Is ...
Posted on GDLTalk, but two advices are better than one. It seems that User interface is not supported with labels on 8.1. Look at the attached files Two small pla.files, one for 7 and the other for 8.1 Objects are the same, just updated for 8.1 with ...
I will like to know if somebody can tell me when its going to happen this compatible plug in with Mac osx. Thanks
Hi, I'm trying to set up library parts for a hospital job, so that when you view the room through the room elevation tool, the library part shown a code beside it. Can this be done, if yes is there an easy script for it. Hope someone can help Trevor
I have a client who has, IMO, been wasting a lot of time "updating their library parts" with the update library parts command in the special menu. I have used this in the past and have not seen any evidence whatsoever that this does anything at all t...
MATERIAL 1 MODEL WIRE BLOCK 1.00, 3.40, 3.00 ROTy 90 ADDz 0.75 ::CUTPLANE DEL 2 MATERIAL 41 MODEL SOLID ADD 0.50, 0.50, 0.00 CYLIND 1.00, 0.50 ADDz 1.00 CONE 1.00, 0.50, 0.00, 90, 90 ADDz 1.50 SPHERE 0.50 DEL 3 MODEL SURFACE ADDy 1.20 ADD 0.50, 0.50,...
Hi, I am using the PROFILER to create column dressings and coping these column bases to other columns. Everything looks fine in all windows except in Section/Elevation & 3D Hidden line some of the visible lines disappear! Any reason why? Thanks
Hi guys my maiden post.Great site here! not a GDL guru but i have always wanted an inclined hedge for use in, say,sides of exterior steps or a slopped site.I got it by taking the linear one in the library and using ROTX. Now the trouble is i cannot o...
Serves me right for snooping around the US Graphisoft site when I live in Europe, but I found this pdf describing new storefront doors and windows for 8.1, which I can't find in the International 8.1 library. Are they actually only in the US version ...
Is there a place that people ask beginner-level API questions? We're looking at getting the kit, and want to see if there is any kind of support group for it. Thanks!
Does the AC 8.1 Library contain any large rocks or boulders?
Hi I"m wondering if it's possible to turn zone stamps, section markers, etc. into library parts? They have .gsm file extensions, but we can't see them in the Object Settings dialog - only from the tool that you are going to put them in with. Any help...
In poking around in the level dimension markers, I found the text codes for those dimension texts (such as ) Is there a list of all of those codes somewhere? I was hoping to be able to do something similar with linear elevations (i.e. 3'-4" R.O.) and...
I'm a new user about the Archicad(V8.0 R2). Great to here, let me know and learn lots of tips. now i get a problem, hope somebody can help me : " I use the lib. to creat the arched-railing, but it seem to put at different position when i check in 3D....
Is there a global variable or Request that can get the name of the current user? I looked in the latest GDL manual, without any luck.
hi there, can anyone point me to or help with an object - i'm chasing a pillow, plain and simple - will pay, based in perth. i can't find anything to isolate, and can't locate one in any libraries. regards jc
I'm having a problem with the Elevator 2 object in AC8. For some reason the second storey floor to floor height is produced at a different level to that set in the parameters. This then throws out the rest. Has anyone encountered this and are there a...
I want to make a 2d object (to be used in sections) that can have x number of cmu high. I have the sub routine for the cmu shape for the 1 cmu. How do I write a code to say look at cmu_no and if cmu_no (cmu number) is 4 then take sub routine 100 and ...
Hey guys you've been a great help to me so far, so I thought I'd share this object, and get some feedback. I modified the NCS Room Marker to allow for two-line Zone names. It reads two consecutive spaces as "line break." I also created a setting to "...
I attempting to make the simple sash window from the gdl cookbook. I started it as an object and now want to save it as a window. How do I accomplish this? I did it once before but I'm not getting the option to do it this time. Thanks, Michele
I am looking to code a strip concrete footing under a masonry wall. I asssume that using wall accessories is the way to go. Any suggestions as to where to start? I have tried making a block (or a prism) but not sure how to call up the length of the w...
Here's my code: PEN 20 SET FILL "Brick Face " POLY2_B{2} 5, 2, 20, 0, 0', 0', 0', 0', 0'-4.3750", 1, 0'-3.6250", 0'-4.3750", 1, 0'-3.6250", 0'-8.0000", 1, 0', 0'-8.0000", 1, 0', 0'-4.3750", -1 HOTSPOT2 0', 0'-4.3750" HOTSPOT2 0'-3.6250", 0'-4.3750" H...
THis worked at one time and then i thought I fixed something but broke something else in the meantime. I know I should of made a copy. Here's the code: 200:!Only lines **Phone with height of symbol !IF SYMB_POS_Z=18" THEN GOSUB 300 DEFINE STYLE STYLE...
I keep seeing references to an "easy way" to import 3D Studio objects into Archicad, but I can't seem to find the procedure itself. Does anyone have a link to it? Thanks!
Hello archi-mates -- I am in need of an orchestra - plan symbols of musicians, that is - and can't find anything at all in Objects Online nor other DXF-type sites on-line. Can anyone offer direction before we embark on drawing one up ourselves?
I am creating furniture objects wich should have "cost", "manufacturer","serial number " parameters. I discovered that in the standard library some elements already have these parameters under gs_list variable. So I thought it is a good idea to write...
I would like to know the usage of CUTPOLYA My script is as following: ADD 1, 1, 0 ROTX 90 MULZ -1 ROTY -90*(Openings-1) CUTPOLYA 4, 1, 1, -0.5, 0, 15, 0.5, 0, 15, 0.5, 3, 15, -0.5, 3, 15 DEL top FOR i = 1 to 4 ROTZ 90 ADDY -2 PRISM 4, 4, 0, 0, 0.2, 0...
How should inverse tangent be worded in script? Everything I seem to try is not working out correctly.
I know a lot of the objects on Objectsonline.com have most of their scripts hidden. How is this actually done? Are they just saved as binary?
In earlier version could open a stairmaker stair to edit the scripts but now it just opens the stairmaker palletes. Is it possible to access the scripts? Sometimes i think I should write a decent GDL stair.
Has anybody encountered the situation where AC loads the ArchiCAD Library 81.pla twice during the file open process? This is on a new & reset file with cleared caches and preferences. The only path the Library manager shows is to the /Applications/Ar...
Recently I was making a retail display rack, and I made it on ArchiCad using slabs and walls and some opening to get my design. I used the parallel projection to get the top view for the rack. Then I save it as an editable GDL object. When I try to u...
I have a project that I am currently working on that was created by another person that has left the company. This project contains a baseboard that wraps the room, created in ARCHIFORMA. I have changed the size of the room... now how do I change the...
I've started using 2d library parts to supplement our 3d model. I've found it very useful when we model the main parts, we can show a representation of further information in 2D without unecessary modelling. I've created a 2D library parts using the ...
Basically I have four different types of windows here. Right now when listing them for B.O.M. as you can see 1 and 2 both true for HLH_Color_Known so thats cause a conflict. Can someone explain a way for substituting code or just a better way to scri...
Im using the latest US library. Removed the old lib. and installed the latest ok. ...this has prolly been brought up a gillion times but why or how do I get rid of that pesky Library Loading error message when I open a new template file? Im using a n...
can anyone tell me how to modify a roofmaker part then save the modified part replacing the original part. So that the roof wizard will use the modified part. I can't locate the roof maker library anywhere!!
I have no zones in my template. And the zone tool States Zone Identifier in the Zone Stamp dbx. What is calling for the Zone_Stamp_01?
We're trying to export the gridlines for our architectural backgrounds, but only the text on one end of the gridline is exporting (the text in the opposing bubble doesn't export). We've tried exploding the .gsm part, but this looses it's associativit...
I received instruction from someone last year on how to invert the W Trapezoid Fix 70.win with: IF Flip then addy b Muly -1 ENDIF In the 3D Script And adding the "Flip" Parameter with the on/off option. This seemed to work for 7.0 Trapezoid. Invertin...
I know with 8.1 we can now set the section/elevation markers to either display as section or elevation. It was a great improvement, but now I'm trying to find if there is a way to "slide" the marker along the section line. By default, it places one "...
Is there anyway within GDL to script in the height that the window would be off of the floor? Or to the top of the window. Maybe a global parameter that I'm not finding?!?!?!?!
Dwight wrote:Does anyone else on this forum experience a file preview that looks like a quicktime movie playbar in the preview column when selecting a library object [ .gsm]???? Yes I had this with the previous version of the GDL web plugin when usin...
I want to change the attributes (pen color, styles,etc.) of the original Archicad Library parts to adapt it at our drawing standards and not to have to change it manually every time, but I don't know how to do it to guarantee futures upgrades of libr...
I always have a dozen or so "Missing Objects" when loading my libraries (Bolt 2, Scotia, Interior Reveal 2, etc.) They are objects I've never used. Is there a way to track down which library they are from and discover why they are "missing"?
How do I modfiy the roof label to show the pitch in the "3:12" format? It would also be nice to have the arrow show the pitch direction. I obviously have no gdl experience. I figure I need to look for all the assiciative labels before I "dumb draft" ...
I'm having trouble with library access--but only occasionally. I keep my libraries as PLAs, and in some cases nested within a few folders. Working in most PLNs, the I have access to the libraries, but occasionally, there will be one PLA that I have t...
I am trying to make light library part that could understand wattage/type of lamp/lumens definition (as we know them from lightning catalogues) by "twisting" Archicad standard parameters to particular rendering engine param's such as Archicad interna...
It seems that an object containing macros cannot function as an operator in a solid element operation of the Upwards or Downwards extrusion types. Addition, intersection, subtraction all work. Even non-macro shapes won't cut if a macro call is taking...
When I go into Windows Explorer and look at GDL objects in the thumbnail view, all I get is a generic icon. I have seen on someone else's computer thumbnails of the actual objects. Does anyone know what setting I have to change or what program I need...
