New GDL Features in ArchiCAD 16
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1. Purpose of the document
This document informs you about the new GDL features in ArchiCAD 16. You can find the definition of the new and changed commands in the GDL Reference Guide. Some of these topics are described in the Basic Library Documentation, too. The links in this document refer to the latter one, if available.
2. List of new features
New/changed global variables
Label globals
These new globals can be used in label elements.
- LABEL_ARROW_LINETYPE
- LABEL_TEXT_BG_PEN
- LABEL_FONT_STYLE2
Morph globals
These new globals can be used in markers for new shape elements.
- MORPH_LINETYPE
- MORPH_FILL
- MORPH_FILL_PEN
- MORPH_FBGD_PEN
- MORPH_SECT_LINETYPE
- MORPH_SECT_PEN
- MORPH_VIEW_PEN
- MORPH_SOLID
- MORPH_MAT_DEFAULT
- MORPH_CASTS_SHADOW
- MORPH_RECEIVES_SHADOW
- MORPH_SURFACE
- MORPH_VOLUME
- MORPH_FLOOR_PERIMETER
Project location and time globals
These new globals tell about the location of the building. The date value is for supporting sun calculations across the year.
- GLOB_PROJECT_LONGITUDE
- GLOB_PROJECT_LATITUDE
- GLOB_PROJECT_ALTITUDE
- GLOB_PROJECT_DATE
New commands
The new textblock command can identify paragraphs identified by numerical IDs.
- TEXTBLOCK_
New request options
- REQUEST ("Home_story_of_opening", "", index, story_name)