GDL TECHNOLOGY UPDATES ITS WEB PLUG-IN WITH MULTIPLE CAD CONNECTIVITY

GDL Object Web Plug-in is a plug-in for Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. The new version is a free download.

Budapest - Graphisoft Park, Hungary - July 6, 2001

    
GDL Technology releases an update on its web plug-in technology with the release of version 1.1.

The main advantages of the new version of the GDL Object Web Plug-in is:

-Direct drag and drop of GDL Objects into GDL Object Adapter for AutoCAD.

-Multiple CAD connectivity, on-line saving is now possible in well-known formats like DXF, DWG, IFC 1.51/2.0, 3DS, DGN and OBJ.

-The multiple CAD connectivity is coded and can be used from authorized web sites that publish GDL catalogues on-line.

-Faster download speed with new compression methods.

-Multiple parameter settings through java interface.

The benefits of using GDL objects for on-line purposes are that the file size is generally 50-100 times smaller than DWG/DXF even with a static one-product representation. The new GDL Object Web Plug-in will still only download GDL over the web and then make the conversion to heavy static formats like DWG on the fly, locally on the clients machine. The parametric nature solves building component products with many variations; one single GDL object can represent hundreds of products (articles/skews). The objects can be used directly in CAD and design softwares either through native GDL support (ArchiCAD, ArchiFM, GDL SalesCAD), Adapting technology (GDL Object Adapter with AutoCAD) or through built-in export filters to static formats like DWG, DXF, IFC 1.51/2.0, 3DS and many more now directly from the GDL Object Web plug-in.

The new GDL Object Web Plug-in can be downloaded from www.gdlcentral.com and is free. The on-line catalogue industry will have a tremendous benefit from the new functionality to deliver product content to the whole CAD industry. All export filters and functions work on the www.gdlcentral.com, all for free.

ABOUT GDL Technology
GDL Technology is a technology and service provider for component manufacturers in the building industry. GDL objects are based on a scripting language that makes it possible to describe real building components with a lifecycle management approach. GDL Technology's development center and headquarters is based in Budapest, Hungary, with branch offices in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. Today, more than 100 manufacturers in the building industry are already publishing iCatalogs, with more than 20,000 GDL objects describing 300,000 real life-building components. Users of the GDL technology and tools include Villeroy & Boch, Skandiform, Leaderflush/Shapland, Porsche, Velux, Wilkhan, Baumax-x, Wiesner-Hager, Materia, Skanska, YIT, Kajima and Horreds.

More information about GDL Technology is available at www.gdltechnology.com.