topic Re: Purge unused in Project data & BIM

Purge unused

Tom Krowka — Fri, 26 May 2023 13:56:21 GMT

In the attribute manager, I deleted unused wall types. Now I want some of them back. Is there any way to load them into the current project from the template, or something? Same with layers.

Re: Purge unused

James Murray — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:43:22 GMT

In AM, on the right, click open. Get the project that has the stuff. Unfortunately you can't use templates, BPNs, PLPs, or PLCs.

Now you have the local atts on the left and the "guest" atts on the right. Select the atts you need and either 'Append' or 'Overwrite' them into the local project using the buttons in the middle.

The difference between Append & Overwrite is important. Append will put the new atts at the end of the list with a new ID. This will likely be different from the ID in the guest project. Overwrite will maintain the ID of the new att, and will write over a local att of the same ID if there is one. If there isn't one, the new just gets dropped into place in the list.

It sounds like you should Overwrite in this case. Probably the local project and the guest originated with the same template, and their atts should have the same IDs. So if you deleted the Composite that had ID 9, you should be able to overwrite with the guest ID 9 to get back where you were.

IDs become important because they are the way that AC actually thinks about attributes. For example, bringing in fills with the same name but different IDs can cause problems for composites and materials, because those atts pick up their fills based on the ID. Objects' default attributes can get messed up this way too. Live and learn.

Changing IDs deliberately is another topic. If Link is around, he has investigated this thoroughly and can tell you more.

HTH,

Re: Purge unused

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:03:46 GMT

IDs become important because they are the way that AC actually thinks about attributes. For example, bringing in fills with the same name but different IDs can cause problems for composites and materials, because those atts pick up their fills based on the ID. Objects' default attributes can get messed up this way too. Live and learn.

Changing IDs deliberately is another topic. If Link is around, he has investigated this thoroughly and can tell you more.

HTH,
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I am interested in the ability to change attribute ID's. Using attribute manager always brings a little frustration since every item is listed by ID's and is not in the same order that you are accustomed to using them (usually alphabetical). Fills (when using them in Archicad) have always had one baffling feature in that there are two sets of fills, both of which are alphabetical. It seems like the ones I have added have been added to the second group. Attribute manager certainly could use a better means to sort and order all of the attributes.

Re: Purge unused

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:27:13 GMT

You can sort by any column in Attribute Manager: just click on the column header you want it sorted by (in AC 8 it works).
Laszlo

Re: Purge unused

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:29:49 GMT

You can sort by any column in Attribute Manager: just click on the column header you want it sorted by (in AC 8 it works).
Laszlo

Thanks Laszlo. Sometimes the obvious eludes me...