This site has texture libraries, LISP routines and and a large number of 3D objects in AutoCAD, nXt, Rhino and Revit formats (look in the “exchange” section).
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Free Archicad Plugins from Arexline
Arexline are distributing two free plugins for Archicad. rxDuplicator allows you to place copies of a selected element along any path, whether straight, curved or splined. rxAutoMaterials helps you create material parameters for GDL objects.
Edit: I don’t know exactly when, but www.arexline.com has disappeared off the face of the internet. Bad luck!
Flickr Photo Album Plugin
Testing the flickr photo album. How do I insert photos? Oh, this is fantastic!
Lammhults GDL objects
Another enlightened (another Swedish) furniture manufacturer. Gives you the option to download ArchiCAD objects or AutoCAD blocks.
Skandiform Furniture & GDL objects
This is the most enlightened manufacturer I’ve come across so far. The interface is clean and friendly and the site easily serves both, the retail customer as well as the architect. Click on the English flag if you don’t know Swedish.
GDL Furniture Objects from Wilkhahn
Quite a large collection of objects here.
Go to the Architects » CAD Data section of the site and, if you want to download the entire set, scroll down towards the bottom. Alternatively, you can look at each one individually.
Winhard GDL Objects
About 23 objects as of date and the promise of more. They have an English page but with a lot less stuff on it. I don’t think a translation is needed though.
http://www.winhard.de/
EDIT :: 17 April 2008
The site has been restructured and the link is now
http://www.winhard.de/deutsch/gdl/gdl03.html
EDIT :: 9 November 2012
The site has been overhauled again and this time I can’t find the objects.
ArchiCAD Tips and Tricks 1
Applecore designs, quite immodestly I think, call this section of their site ArchiGOD which has a short list of tips that they promise to update often.
http://www.applecoredesigns.co.uk/
Edit: The site has been revamped and the name ArchiGOD seems to have disappeared.
Shell Extensions for Drawing Files
Here’s some freeware that will make it easier to sort and find drawing files in Windows Explorer. DWGcolumn which can list files by the version of AutoCAD in which it was saved is extremely useful. The screenshots on the site make the use of each utility quite clear.
http://www.cushat.co.uk/fw/
EDIT: It looks as though the site is no longer available on the internet.
1001 Free Fonts
This site has more than 1001 free fonts I’m sure these days. Available in both, Windows (True Type) and Mac formats, listed alphabetically and with a preview for each font, this is pretty much the first place I go to when I’m looking for a particular typeface.