topic Re: Proberty import changes in Project data & BIM

Property import changes

Kamelite — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:14:10 GMT

How come, all of a sudden, importing text that looks like this in Excel:

Looks like this in Archicad 28:

I have done this using the same scheme and Pset a hundred times, but I have never seen this kind of behaviour....

.Kamelite

Operating system used: Windows 10

Re: Proberty import changes

Ricardo Lopez — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:09:03 GMT

Hi @Kamelite

Try changing the number format to text directly in Excel in the RoomIDRoomGLN (String) column.

Re: Proberty import changes

Kamelite — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:41:22 GMT

I did the same thing in another model. Same result. The weird thing is, that I sent the Excel-file mentioned above to a CoWorker, and he had no issues at all... Same model file, same Excel-file...

However, and this is where it gets interesting: I manually typed in a new digit in the first cell:

No issues at all....

.Kamelite

Betreff: Property import changes

Stefan L_ — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:30:11 GMT

Just an idea:

Different settings in Preferences/Working Units?

Same number of decimals?

Betreff: Property import changes

Kamelite — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:18:12 GMT

I suspect there is something lurking in the Excel-file, because I've done this lots of times, and never had any issues. When I open the file in Excel, there is something different, but I cannot figure out what. Like i said, If I enter a value, I have no issues. But using data from the file, like I am supposed to, gives this error...

.Kamelite

Betreff: Property import changes

Stefan L_ — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:12:30 GMT

Maybe this option in Excel:

- File/Options

- Data in left pane

- Automatic Data Conversion in right pane

- ... 15 digits... scientific...

or alike.