how to get rid of library part materials?

[rm]

Ok,

my gut feeling is there is no solution to this problem, but I hope I am wrong. Lately I have collected numerous free library parts from the internet by developers all over the world who give them away, ( thank you all ).

Many of these objects are scripted in languages I can not read......so I have to play with the parameters to figure out what each one is. Given that they are free, I'm willing to accept that challenge.

But many of these objects load new materials into the material list, which messes with my standard template.

So the issues to me are as follows:

1. Once an object is loaded, and it brings in its materials, can they be permanently removed. I know I can remove them from my materials list. But it seems like they reload every-time the project is loaded.....am I missing the technique to permanently remove them?

2. If I cannot permanently remove them, or turn them off, does anyone believe the GS should give us that ability so our material list can stay standardized as the user sets them up?

Regards.

[Frank Beister]

@Gerd
Unfortunatly the transfer of the defining statements into the objects is only a work around for materials. Fill and line type definitions produce an entry in the project wide available attributes in masters as in GSMs.

[gerd]

every line type definition inside a object will be available in the list inside archicad?
... so, we can be happy that most people don't put linetype definitions and only materials in their objects. 😉

best regards, gerd

[Anonymous]

rm wrote:

Many of these objects are scripted in languages I can not read......so I have to play with the parameters to figure out what each one is. Given that they are free, I'm willing to accept that challenge.

Often when I find an object that is written in a language I can't understand I spend half an hour or so with the Google translator and edit the script so that I can tell what's going on - it saves me heaps of time in the long run.
I also find it a good way of learning GDL.

Thinking along those lines, to permanently remove defined materials from an object, could you not alter the GDL script of the object in question to use a standard material from your template?

[Anonymous]

Tom wrote:
Often when I find an object that is written in a language I can't understand I spend half an hour or so with the Google translator and edit the script so that I can tell what's going on - it saves me heaps of time in the long run.
I also find it a good way of learning GDL.

A great challenge for the community will be to translate the interface script —when it exists…— or the parameters of the object we find all around the net.
We can also imagine a dialog box —or other way…— to switch from a language to another…