save GDL object for anterior versions

[Anonymous]

Is their a way to save an Archicad12 GDL object to open it with ArchiCAD 11 OR 9 ?

[Anonymous]

There is no way I know of to directly save a GDL object
in an earlier version format but there is a tedious way to
create a copy of it in an earlier format. Using a text editing
application, copy the scripts of the library part and paste them
into the appropriate script windows of a new library part
opened in the AC version you are making the copy for.
Now the tedious part. Open the library part in the latter
AC version and make a screen shot of the parameter list
and make a parameter list for the new part using the
screen shot as a guide. If there are GDL commands in the
later version that did not exist in the earlier version of GDL
you will get errors and the part will not work.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Hi

You can also use the GDL to XML converter tool. However if you aren't familiar with it, it can be a bit hard to get used to.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Just post the library, I can make the XML conversion.

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[Barry Kelly]

Peter wrote:
Using a text editing
application, copy the scripts of the library part and paste them
into the appropriate script windows of a new library part
opened in the AC version you are making the copy for.

No need to use a text editor.
Just open the library part in Archicad 12 and copy & paste the scripts to the older Archicad.

Peter wrote:
Now the tedious part. Open the library part in the latter
AC version and make a screen shot of the parameter list
and make a parameter list for the new part using the
screen shot as a guide.

You can also copy and paste the parameters and there descriptions (and values if needed).
It is still very tedious though if there are a lot of them.

The XML converter is what you will want to use if you intend doing this a lot.

Barry.