181

12

172, 177

160, 177

INDEX

Numerics

2D script 11

2D symbol

generating Door/Window ~ 253 3D script 11

A

ABS 199

ACS 200

ADD 27

ADD2 25 ADDGROUP 108, 111

ADDITIONAL_DATA 177 ADDX 26

ADDY 26

ADDZ 26

advanced commands and features 16 AND 198

arc definition 121 ARC2 121

ArchiCAD 12

Component Lists in ~ 181 Element Lists in ~ 131

ArchiFM 12

ARMC 57

ARME 58

arrays for parameters 23 ASN 200

ATN 200 attributes

defining ~ 19

B

BackgroundColor 128 base 10 logarithm 200

basic syntactic elements 21 BEAM 52

beam definition 52 BINARY 11, 114

binary 2D data 11 binary 3D data 11 binary data reference binary properties data

BINARYPROP 12, 181

bitmap pattern 168 BITSET 201

BITTEST 201 BLOCK 31

block definition 31

bodies 93 BODY 98

body definition with primitives 98

Boolean difference 109 BPRISM_ 38

BREAKPOINT 214

breakpoint definition in script 214

BRICK 31

BWALL_ 47

C

CALL 218

CEIL 199

changing element type in listing 181 Character strings 22

characters available in GDL scripts 21 circle definition 121

CIRCLE2 121

CLOSE 221 closing a file 221

colons in GDL scripts 21 commas in GDL scripts 21 comments 12

complex transformation matrix 29 COMPONENT 180, 181

components 12

~definition 180

~reference 181 conditions 210 CONE 33

cone frustrum definition 33 COONS 84

Coons patch generation 84 COOR 96

coordinate system definition local ~ for primitives 96

coordinate transformations 25 basic ~ 14

intermediate level ~ 15 COS 200

CPRISM_ 37

CSLAB_ 45

curved prism definition 38

curved wall definition 47 CUSTOM 183

CUTFORM 106

CUTPLANE 100

CUTPOLY 102

CUTPOLYA 104

CUTSHAPE 106

cutting polygon definition 102, 104 CWALL_ 45

CYLIND 31 cylinder definition 31

D

database definition 179 DATABASE_SET 179 DEFINE FILL 177, 278 DEFINE FILL_A 177 DEFINE FILLA 169 DEFINE LINE_TYPE DEFINE MATERIAL

DEFINE STYLE 173

DEFINE SYMBOL_FILL 171, 177, 279

DEFINE SYMBOL_LINE 173, 177 DEL 29

DEL TOP 29 DESCRIPTOR 180 descriptors 12

~definition 180

~reference 180 DIALOG 303

DIM 195

DO 210

draw order definition 159 DRAWINDEX 159 DRAWING 182 drawing

~definition for Element Lists 131

~reference in 2D script 182 DRAWING2 131

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DRAWING3 131

DRAWING3{2} 131

E

EDGE 95

edge definition 95 edges 93 ELBOW 58

ELLIPS 32

ELSE 212

END 21, 214

end of script definition 214

ENDGROUP 111 ENDIF 212

ENDWHILE 210

entry level commands 13

exclamation marks in GDL scripts 21 EXIT 21

EXOR 198

EXP 200

expert level scripting 17 exporting values to a file 221 EXTRUDE 64

extruded prism generation 64

F

file operations 220

FILE_DEPENDENCE 178, 220, 280

FILL 159, 166, 219

fill pattern definition simple ~ 166

fill pattern setting

~ in 2D views 159 FILLA 169

flow control statements 16 FOR 209

FPRISM_ 39 FRA 199

FRAGMENT2 11, 127 FULLPATH 303

G

geometric primitives 17 GET 214

global origin 18

global variables 19, 23

GOSUB 212, 213

GOTO 212, 213

GROUP 111

H

half ellipsoid definition 32 HIDEPARAMETER 185 HOTARC2 138 HOTLINE2 137

HOTSPOT 133 HOTSPOT2 117, 133 HPRISM_ 41

hybrid 110

I

Identifiers 22

IF 212

importing values from a file 221

IND 202, 247

INPUT 220 INT 199

intermediate commands 14 ISECTGROUP 108, 112 ISECTLINES 109, 112

K

KILLGROUP 112

L

labels 21 LET 151 LGT 200

LIBRARY 303 library parts 11 LIGHT 89

light source definition 89 line definition 117

line type

~definition 172

~setting 160

Line Types 172 LINE_PROPERTY 119, 155

Line_Property 282 LINE_TYPE 160, 172, 219 LINE2 117

lines in scripts 21

local coordinate system 18

local variables 22 LOCK 185 LOG 201

log wall parameters 49 loops 209

Ludolphs constant 200

M

macro calls 17

~definition 218

~for doors/windows 254 macro objects 218

mask values 140 masking rules

~for meshes 56

~for prisms 139

MASS 87

master coordinate system 18

Master Script 11

MASTER_GDL 19, 23, 160, 182

MASTEREND_GDL 19

MATERIAL 156, 160, 219 material definition 160

material setting 156 MAX 201

MESH 56 mesh definition

equidistant ~ 56

mesh generation 87 MIN 201

MOD 198

MODE 303

MODEL 155, 219

MODEL SURFACE 111 modeling mode setting 155

moving the local coordinate system 26 MUL 27

MUL2 25

MULX 27

MULY 27

MULZ 27

N

natural logarithm 201 NEXT 209

node definition in 3D 94

~ with texture origin 94

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non-rectangular doors/windows

~in curved walls 263

~in straight walls 256 NOT 201

NSP 215 NTR 30

Numeric expressions 23

O

OPEN 220

opening a file 220

OR 198

OUTPUT 221

P

Parameter Script 12

PARAMETERS 184 parameters 12, 23

~buffer 214

~in GDL scripts 17 derived types 23 locking ~ values 185

modifying ~ values in GDL 184 simple types 23

PEN 219

pen color setting 154 PGON 95

PI 200

PICTURE 12

picture element definition 91, 126

picture polygon definition 96 PICTURE2 12, 125

PICTURE2{2} 126 PIPG 96

PLACEGROUP 112 planar polylines

circle using centerpoint and radius 147

segment by relative endpoint 142 POLY2 118

POLY2_ 119

POLY2_A 119

POLY2_B 120

polygon definition 95, 118 advanced ~ 120

polygons 93 POSITION 181 preview picture 12

PRINT 220

PRISM 33

prism definition 33

~with hill 39

~with non-parallel upper polygon 41 extended ~ 37

extended oblique ~ 44 extruded general ~ 64 oblique ~ 44

PRISM_ 34 programming language 11 PROJECT2 127 PROJECT2{2} 128

projection of 3D script into 2D symbol 128 prompt 24

Properties Script 12 PYRAMID 67 pyramid definition 67

Q

quotation marks in GDL scripts 22

R

RADIUS 152, 219 RANGE 183 RECT2 118

rectangle definition 118 rectangular doors/windows

~ in straight walls 254 REF 180

REQ 202, 242

REQUEST 202, 243 request calls 202 resetting counter

~ for primitive elements 100 RESOL 219

RETURN 213

REVOLVE 69

revolved surface definition 69 RICHTEXT 93, 288 RICHTEXT2 126, 288 RND 201

RO 303

roof definition sloped ~ 53

ROT 28

ROT2 26

rotating the coordinate system 28 ROTX 28

ROTY 28

ROTZ 28

RULED 72 RULED{2} 73

S

scaling the local coordinate system 27

script types 11 SECT_FILL 157

SEPARATOR 303 156, 160

SET FILL 159

SET LINE_TYPE 160

SET MATERIAL 156

SET STYLE 155 SGN 199 SHADOW 158, 219

shadow casting control 158

simple shapes 13 SIN 200

smoothness definition for cylindrical elements

~by approximation 154

~by radius 152

~by resolution 153 SOLID 155

solid 110

solid base 110 special characters 24 SPHERE 32 sphere definition 32

spline definition 123 Bézier type ~ 125

SPLINE2 123 SPLINE2_A 124 SPLIT 205 SPRISM_ 41 SQR 199

square brackets in GDL scripts 23

statements 21

STEP 183, 209

storing values in parameter buffer 214 STR 202

STR{2} 202 string expressions

creating ~ from numeric expressions 202 format string 203

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length of ~ 206

position of ~ in each other 206 splitting ~ 205

substrings 207 width of ~ 206

STRLEN 206

STRSTR 206

STRSUB 207 STW 206

STYLE 155, 173, 219

SUBGROUP 108, 111 subroutines 212, 213

SURFACE 155 surface 110 surface base 110

surface generated by polyline

~from planar curve and space curve 73

~sweeping along space curve path 78, 82

~sweeping space curve path 75

surface of the 3D shape of the object 181 SURFACE3D 181

SWEEP 75 SWEEPGROUP 109, 114

T

TAN 200

TEVE 94

TEXT 92 text definition

~in 2D 126

~in 3D 92

Text Extension 295

text style

~ setting 155 TEXT2 126

TEXTURE 164

texture definition 164 THEN 212

TO 209

TOLER 154, 219 transformations

deleting ~ 29 TUBE 78

tube definition

~starting from another tube 57

~starting from ellipsoid 58 bending ~ 58

TUBEA 82

U

UI_BUTTON 186 UI_DIALOG 185 UI_GROUPBOX 187 UI_INFIELD 189 UI_OUTFIELD 188 UI_PAGE 185 UI_SEPARATOR 187 UI_STYLE 188 UNTIL 211

USE 215

user global variables User Interface script

V

value assignment 151 value lists 19, 23 VALUES 183

VARDIM1 196

VARDIM2 196 variable 24

variables 22 VARTYPE 221 VECT 94 vectorial hatch 168 vectors 93

~ definition 94 VERT 94

vertices 93

volume of the 3D shape of the object 181

W

WA 303

wall definition 45 curved ~ 47 extended ~ 49

Wall End 227 WALLARC2 266 WALLBLOCK2 265 WALLHOLE 256 WALLHOLE2 264 WALLLINE2 265 WALLNICHE 260 WHILE 210

WIRE 155 wireframe 110 wireframe base 110

wireframe modeling mode 155

WO 303

writing out arguments 220

X

XFORM 28

XWALL_{2} 51

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