2019-05-02 12:30 AM
2021-04-28 12:00 PM
DGSketcher wrote:Do you mean editing a module on the fly?
I still think a Block / Module solution is needed that would also address many users need to make one off or limited use models.
2021-04-28 04:05 PM
Braza wrote:Yes that's the one, it only been on the Wishlist for 18 years though so it won't be anytime soon.
Do you mean editing a module on the fly?
2021-04-28 09:28 PM
DGSketcher wrote:Agreed... much needed.
Yes that's the one, it only been on the Wishlist for 18 years though so it won't be anytime soon.
DGSketcher wrote:I mean: One could just create a regular custom window (selec > save object > window) using CP Beams and the LOD would be displayed according to the view map. You would just need to create a single 2d/3d model to various LODs. In LPM, you have to create each Model LOD. But yes... LPM is still the only one that can automatically associate 2d and 3d model for custom objects.
I don't see CP's replacing LPM as CPs are only 2D whereas LPM can produce 3D objects.
2021-05-05 08:57 AM
David wrote:Oh, VisualGDL This brings up fond memories, as I was part of the original development team...
27 years ago (!) Visual GDL was definitely a good start, let’s not get too nostalgic. It had its issues:
• Crashes were frequent and final.
• It scripted objects in binary. Parametric variables were not possible.
• The interface was clunky and baffling, as was the documentation.
We have a pretty decent Visual GDL editor already built into ArchiCAD: the object editor combined with drag-and-drop from ArchiCAD proper. Any Archicad element can be dropped into the object editor and it will write out the script for you. You can then tweak that script to accomplish pretty much anything you want.
Okay, maybe it’s not that simple, especially for someone who refuses to learn even the most basic GDL, but I think expanding the drag-and-drop interface would be a more promising approach to Visual GDL than the direction PARAM-O is taking.
What if you could take a simple 2d polygon drawn in ArchiCAD, drop it into the object editor and a menu would walk you through a dialog that converted it to any kind of 3d object you wanted ?
2021-05-05 11:41 AM
Akos wrote:Don't know why, but this talk reminds me "Obi-Wan Kenobi".
Oh, VisualGDL This brings up fond memories, as I was part of the original development team...
2021-05-05 02:06 PM
Akos wrote:Now I feel bad that I had mean things to say about it ! To be fair, it clearly needed a lot more memory than what I had in my computer back then.
Oh, VisualGDL This brings up fond memories, as I was part of the original development team...
2021-05-05 02:51 PM
Braza wrote:If I remember well that was a third-party product, having a similar, albeit younger age.
Hi Akos, and thanks for stopping by.
Akos wrote:Don't know why, but this talk reminds me "Obi-Wan Kenobi".
Oh, VisualGDL This brings up fond memories, as I was part of the original development team...
BTW... What about ZoomGDL? Was it related with VisualGDL development?
Cheers,
2021-05-06 11:09 AM
2021-05-06 12:19 PM