Author:leceta
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:26 pm (GMT+1)
i see. My interest is particularly centered in a conversation between Archicad and Grasshopper.
the fact is that Grasshopper, wich is completely written on .Net framework,t is actually communicating with Archicad.
I saw that Archicad-GD *.GHA file comes accompanied by DLL file called newtonsoftJSON so seem from my inexpert point of view that the connection is made also via HTTP request and seems that there is no a wrapped C++ library as I was guessing...
My point is that graphisoft should path the way for non-professional programmers, as is my case, to be able to develop little tools to solve specific problems that as a bim manager want to solve for the firm I work. Chances are that an architect is not properly prepared to develop in C++ and other managed languages but instead is more a more common to found architects able to write little scripts in python or C#.
In that sense, and if as Ralph said, it does not make sense to put an effort in .net API, wouldn't be beneficial to open to the community the technology or the technics or whatever it is behind the GH-ArchiCAD connection tool, in order to boost the ecosystem of components of this promising marriage?
cheers
aitor
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:26 pm (GMT+1)
i see. My interest is particularly centered in a conversation between Archicad and Grasshopper.
the fact is that Grasshopper, wich is completely written on .Net framework,t is actually communicating with Archicad.
I saw that Archicad-GD *.GHA file comes accompanied by DLL file called newtonsoftJSON so seem from my inexpert point of view that the connection is made also via HTTP request and seems that there is no a wrapped C++ library as I was guessing...
My point is that graphisoft should path the way for non-professional programmers, as is my case, to be able to develop little tools to solve specific problems that as a bim manager want to solve for the firm I work. Chances are that an architect is not properly prepared to develop in C++ and other managed languages but instead is more a more common to found architects able to write little scripts in python or C#.
In that sense, and if as Ralph said, it does not make sense to put an effort in .net API, wouldn't be beneficial to open to the community the technology or the technics or whatever it is behind the GH-ArchiCAD connection tool, in order to boost the ecosystem of components of this promising marriage?
cheers
aitor