Attributes in can be created using the surface, fill and line type dialog boxes. These floor plan attributes can be referenced from any GDL script. Attributes can also be defined in GDL scripts. There are two different cases:

The Check GDL Script command in the script window helps to verify whether the surface, fill, line type or style parameters are correct.

When a surface, fill, line type or style is different in the 3D interpretation of the library part from the intended one, but there is no error message, this probably means that one or more of the parameter values are incorrect. The Check GDL Scripts command will help you with detailed messages to find these parameters.

DEFINE MATERIAL

DEFINE MATERIAL name type,
        surface_red, surface_green, surface_blue
        [, ambient_ce, diffuse_ce, specular_ce, transparent_ce,
        shining, transparency_attenuation
        [, specular_red, specular_green, specular_blue,
        emission_red, emission_green, emission_blue, emission_att]]
        [, fill_index [, fillcolor_index, texture_index]]

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

Any GDL script can include surface definitions prior to the first reference to that surface name.
This surface can only be used for 3D elements in its own script and its second generation scripts.

DEFINE MATERIAL "water" 0,
        0.5284, 0.5989, 0.6167,! surface RGB [0.0..1.0]
        1.0,                   ! ambient coefficient [0.0..1.0]
        0.5,                   ! diffuse coefficient [0.0..1.0]
        0.5,                   ! specular coeff. [0.0..1.0]
        0.9,                   ! transparent coeff. [0.0..1.0]
        2.0,                   ! shining [0.0..100.0]
        1,                     ! transparency atten. [0.0..4.0]
        0.5284, 0.5989, 0.6167,! specular RGB [0.0..1.0]
        0, 0, 0,               ! emission RGB [0.0..1.0]
        0.0                    ! emission atten. [0.0..65.5]

DEFINE MATERIAL "asphalt" 1,
        0.1995, 0.2023, 0.2418,! surface RGB [0.0..1.0]
        1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0,
        !      ambient, diffuse, specular, transparent
        !      coefficients [0.0..1.0]
        0,               ! shining [0..100]
        0                ! transparency attenuation [0..4]

DEFINE MATERIAL "matte red" 2,
        1.0, 0.0, 0.0    ! surface RGB [0.0..1.0]

DEFINE MATERIAL "Brick-Red" 10,
        0.878294, 0.398199, 0.109468,
        0.58, 0.85, 0.0, 0.0,
        0,
        0.0,
        0.878401, 0.513481, 0.412253,
        0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
        0,
        IND(FILL, "common brick")    ! fill index

DEFINE MATERIAL "Yellow Brick+*" 20,
        1, 1, 0,         ! surface RGB [0.0 .. 1.0]
        0.58, 0.85, 0, 0,
        !      ambient, diffuse, specular, transparent
        !      coefficients [0.0 .. 1.0]
        0,               ! shining [0.0 .. 100.0]
        0,               ! transparency attenuation [0.0 .. 4.0]
        0.878401, 0.513481, 0.412253, ! specular RGB [0.0 .. 1.0]
        0, 0, 0,         ! emission RGB [0.0 .. 1.0]
        0,               ! emission attenuation [0.0 .. 65.5]
        IND(FILL, "common brick"), 61,
        IND(TEXTURE, "Brick")
        !      Fill index, color index, texture index

DEFINE MATERIAL BASED_ON

DEFINE MATERIAL name [,] BASED_ON orig_name [,] PARAMETERS name1 = expr1 [, ...]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = expr1 [, ...]]

Surface definition based on an existing surface.
Specified parameters of the original surface will be overwritten by the new values, other parameters remain untouched.
Using the command without actual parameters results in a surface exactly the same as the original, but with a different name.
Parameter values of a surface can be obtained using the REQUEST{2} (“Material_info”, …) function.

n = REQUEST{2} ("Material_info", "Brick-Face", "gs_mat_emission_rgb",
        em_r, em_g, em_b)
em_r = em_r + (1 - em_r) / 3
em_g = em_g + (1 - em_g) / 3
em_b = em_b + (1 - em_b) / 3
DEFINE MATERIAL "Brick-Face light" [,] BASED_ON "Brick-Face" 
        PARAMETERS gs_mat_emission_r = em_r,
        gs_mat_emission_g = em_g, gs_mat_emission_b = em_b
SET MATERIAL "Brick-Face"
BRICK a, b, zzyzx
ADDX a
SET MATERIAL "Brick-Face light"
BRICK a, b, zzyzx

DEFINE TEXTURE

DEFINE TEXTURE name expression, x, y, mask, angle

Any GDL script can include texture definition prior to the first reference to that texture name.
The texture can be used only in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation scripts.

mask: 

mask = j1 + 2*j2 + 4*j3 + 8*j4 + 16*j5 + 32*j6 + 64*j7 + 128*j8 + 256*j9, where each j can be 0 or 1.

Alpha channel controls (j1… j6):

j1: alpha channel changes the transparency of texture,

j2: 
Bump mapping or surface normal perturbation.
Bump mapping uses the alpha channel to determine the amplitude of the surface normal,

j3: alpha channel changes the diffuse color of texture,

j4: alpha channel changes the specular color of texture,

j5: alpha channel changes the ambient color of texture,

j6: alpha channel changes the surface color of texture,

Connection controls (j7… j9): (If the value is zero, normal mode is selected.)

j7: the texture will be shifted randomly,

j8: mirroring in x direction,

j9: mirroring in y direction.

DEFINE TEXTURE "Brick" "Brick.PICT", 1.35, 0.3, 256+128, 35.0

DEFINE FILL

DEFINE FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types,]
        pattern1, pattern2, pattern3, pattern4,
        pattern5, pattern6, pattern7, pattern8,
        spacing, angle, n,
        frequency1, direction1, offset_x1, offset_y1, m1,
        length11, ..., length1m,
        ...
        frequencyn, directionn, offset_xn,
        lengthn1, ..., lengthnm

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

Any GDL script may include fill definitions prior to the first reference to that fill name.
The fill defined this way can be used only for 2D elements in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation-scripts.

If the j bit is set, the defined fill can be used corresponding to its specified type. Default is all fills (0).

The bitmap pattern is only defined by the pattern1… pattern8 parameters and is used when the display options for Polygon Fills are set
to “Bitmap Pattern”. To define it, choose the smallest unit of the fill, and represent it as dots and empty spaces using a rectangular grid with 8×8 locations.
The 8 pattern parameters are decimal representations of the binary values in the lines of the grid (a dot is 1, an empty space is 0).

The vectorial hatch is defined by the second part of the fill definition as a collection of dashed lines repeated with a given frequency (frequencyi).
Each line of the collection is described by its direction (directioni), its offset from the origin (offset_xi, offset_yi)
and the dashed line definition which contains segments and spaces with the given length (lengthij) following each other.

Example:

DEFINE FILL "brick" 85, 255, 136, 255,
        34, 255, 136, 255,
        0.08333, 0.0, 4,
        1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0,
        3.0, 90.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2,
        1.0, 1.0,
        3.0, 90.0, 1.5, 1.0, 4,
        1.0, 3.0, 1.0, 1.0,
        1.5, 90.0, 0.75, 3.0, 2,
        1.0, 5.0

Bitmap pattern:

Pattern:         Binary value:
pattern1 = 85    01010101  • • • •
pattern2 = 255   11111111 ••••••••
pattern3 = 136   10001000 •   •
pattern4 = 255   11111111 ••••••••
pattern5 = 34    00100010   •   •
pattern6 = 255   11111111 ••••••••
pattern7 = 136   10001000 •   •
pattern8 = 255   11111111 ••••••••

View:	Vectorial hatch:

 

DEFINE FILLA

DEFINE FILLA name [,] [FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types,]
        pattern1, pattern2, pattern3, pattern4,
        pattern5, pattern6, pattern7, pattern8,
        spacing_x, spacing_y, angle, n,
        frequency1, directional_offset1, direction1,
        offset_x1, offset_y1, m1,
        length11, ..., length1m,
        ...
        frequencyn, directional_offsetn, directionn,
        offset_xn, offset_yn, mn,
        lengthn1, ..., lengthnm

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

An extended DEFINE FILL statement.

Example:

DEFINE FILLA "TEST" 8, 142, 128, 232,
        8, 142, 128, 232,
        0.5, 0.5, 0, 2,
        2, 1, 90, 0,
        0, 2, 1, 1,
        1, 2, 0, 0, 0,
        2, 1, 3
FILL "TEST"
POLY2 4, 6,
        -0.5, -0.5, 12, -0.5,
        12, 6, -0.5, 6

Bitmap pattern:

Pattern:      Binary value:
pat1 = 8      00001000      •
pat2 = 142    10001110  •   •••
pat3 = 128    10000000  •
pat4 = 232    11101000  ••• •
pat5 = 8      00001000      •
pat6 = 142    10001110  •   •••
pat7 = 128    10000000  •
pat8 = 232    11101000  ••• •

View:	Vectorial hatch:

 

DEFINE SYMBOL_FILL

DEFINE SYMBOL_FILL name [,][FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types,]
        pat1, pat2, pat3, pat4, pat5, pat6, pat7, pat8,
        spacingx1, spacingy1, spacingx2, spacingy2,
        angle, scaling1, scaling2, macro_name [,] PARAMETERS [name1
        = value1, ..., namen = valuen]

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

An extended DEFINE FILL statement, which allows you to include a library part drawing in a fill definition.
The usage of macro_name and the parameters are the same as for the CALL command.

DEFINE SOLID_FILL

DEFINE SOLID_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]

Defines a solid fill.

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

DEFINE EMPTY_FILL

DEFINE EMPTY_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]

Defines an empty fill.

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

DEFINE LINEAR_GRADIENT_FILL

DEFINE LINEAR_GRADIENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]

Define linear gradient fill.

DEFINE RADIAL_GRADIENT_FILL

DEFINE RADIAL_GRADIENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]

Define radial gradient fill.

DEFINE TRANSLUCENT_FILL

DEFINE TRANSLUCENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        pat1, pat2, pat3, pat4, pat5, pat6, pat7, pat8,
        percentage

Define a fill, which shows the background and foreground colors in mixture defined by the given percentage value.

DEFINE IMAGE_FILL

DEFINE IMAGE_FILL name image_name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        part1, part2, part3, part4, part5, part6, part7, part8,
        image_vert_size, image_hor_size, image_mask, image_rotangle

Define a fill based on an image pattern.

DEFINE LINE_TYPE

DEFINE LINE_TYPE name spacing, n,
        length1, ..., lengthn

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

Any GDL script may include line type definitions prior to the first reference to that line-type name.
The line type defined this way can be used only for 2D elements in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation scripts.

DEFINE LINE_TYPE "line - - ." 1,
        6, 0.005, 0.002, 0.001, 0.002, 0.0, 0.002

DEFINE SYMBOL_LINE

DEFINE SYMBOL_LINE name dash, gap, macro_name PARAMETERS [name1 = value1,
        ...
        namen = valuen]

See the section called “Additional Data” for details.

An extended DEFINE LINE statement, which allows you to include a library part drawing in a line definition.
The usage of macro_name and the parameters are the same as for the CALL command.

DEFINE STYLE

DEFINE STYLE name font_family, size, anchor, face_code

Recommended to be used with the TEXT2 and TEXT commands.

GDL scripts may include style definitions prior to the first reference to that style name.
The style defined this way can be used only in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation scripts.

If the defined style is used with the TEXT2 and TEXT commands, size means character heights in millimeters.

If used with PARAGRAPH strings in the RICHTEXT2 and RICHTEXT commands,
size meaning millimeters or meters depends on the fixed_height parameter of the TEXTBLOCK definition,
while the outline and shadow face_code values and the anchor values are not effective.

anchor: code of the position point in the text.

DEFINE STYLE{2}

DEFINE STYLE{2} name font_family, size, face_code

New version of style definition, recommended to be used with PARAGRAPH definitions.

If the defined style is used with the TEXT2 command, size means character heights in millimeters,
while the superscript, subscript and strikethrough face_code values are not effective.
If used with PARAGRAPH strings in the RICHTEXT2 and RICHTEXT commands,
size meaning millimeters or meters depends on the fixed_height parameter of the TEXTBLOCK definition.

PARAGRAPH

PARAGRAPH name alignment, firstline_indent,
        left_indent, right_indent, line_spacing [,
        tab_position1, ...]
    [PEN index]
    [[SET] STYLE style1]
    [[SET] MATERIAL index]
    'string1'
    'string2'
    ...
    'string n'
    [PEN index]
    [[SET] STYLE style2]
    [[SET] MATERIAL index]
    'string1'
    'string2'
    ...
    'string n'
    ...
ENDPARAGRAPH

GDL scripts may include paragraph definitions prior to the first reference to that paragraph name.
The paragraph defined this way can be used only in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation scripts.
A paragraph is defined to be a sequence of an arbitrary number of strings (max 256 characters long each) with different attributes:
style, pen and surface (3D).
If no attributes are specified inside the paragraph definition, actual (or default) attributes are used.
The new lines included in a paragraph string (using the special character ‘n’) will automatically split the string
into identical paragraphs, each containing one line.
Paragraph definitions can be referenced by name in the TEXTBLOCK command.
All length type parameters (firstline_indent, left_indent, right_indent, tab_position) meaning millimeters or meters
depends on the fixed_height parameter of the TEXTBLOCK definition.

TEXTBLOCK

TEXTBLOCK name width, anchor, angle, width_factor, charspace_factor, fixed_height,
        'string_expr1' [, 'string_expr2', ...]

Textblock definition. GDL scripts may include textblock definitions prior to the first reference to that textblock name.
The textblock defined this way can be used only in the script in which it was defined and its subsequent second generation scripts.
A textblock is defined to be a sequence of an arbitrary number of strings or paragraphs which can be placed
using the RICHTEXT2 command and the RICHTEXT command.
Use the REQUEST (“TEXTBLOCK_INFO”, …) function to obtain information on the calculated width and height of a textblock.

TEXTBLOCK_

TEXTBLOCK_ name width, anchor, angle, width_factor, charspace_factor, fixed_height, n,
        'expr_1' [, 'expr_2', ..., 'expr_n']

Similar to the TEXTBLOCK command.
The meaning of all the parameters are the same, with the following additions:

Attribute definitions can contain optional additional data definitions after the ADDITIONAL_DATA keyword.
The additional data must be entered after the previously defined parameters of the attribute command.
An additional data has a name (namei) and a value (valuei), which can be an expression of any type, even an array.
If a string parameter name ends with the substring “_file”, its value is considered to be a file name and will be included in the archive project.
Different meanings of additional data can be defined and used by the executing application.

Additional data definition is available in the following commands:

DEFINE MATERIAL parameters [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE MATERIAL name [,] BASED_ON orig_name [,] PARAMETERS name1 = expr1 [, ...]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = expr1 [, ...]]

DEFINE FILL parameters [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE FILLA parameters [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE SYMBOL_FILL parameters
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE SOLID_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE EMPTY_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE LINEAR_GRADIENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE RADIAL_GRADIENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE TRANSLUCENT_FILL name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        pat1, pat2, pat3, pat4, pat5, pat6, pat7, pat8,
        percentage [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE IMAGE_FILL name image_name [[,] FILLTYPES_MASK fill_types]
        part1, part2, part3, part4, part5, part6, part7, part8,
        image_vert_size, image_hor_size, image_mask, image_rotangle
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE LINE_TYPE parameters [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]

DEFINE SYMBOL_LINE parameters
        [[,] ADDITIONAL_DATA name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...]