topic Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes in Libraries & objects

Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:31:58 GMT

Hi,

So I'm revising a project to try and clean up my hard drive and improve the project overall. Upon opening the file, ArchiCAD displays a library report.

Firstly there are missing attributes (and quite a lot of them, see attached). How would I go about removing/finding them? I've used the help guide from ArchiCAD but I have no recollection of what they even are, never mind where they are.

Secondly, I have libraries with duplicated objects (see attached). Again, how would I resolve this? The whole project was created using OBJECTiVE and I have links between my file and the OBJECTiVE library, which is by default put under the Graphisoft/AC14 library folder on my Hard drive...

Thank You.

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Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:25:05 GMT

Aren't those missing attributes names of textures you don't have loaded?

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Link — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:26:32 GMT

Yes. For those all you need to do is go to the attribute manager and delete either the texture or the material.

The real challenge is finding images that aren't material textures.

As for the duplicates, reading this post may help?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

sarahric — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:28:58 GMT

Hello,
I have the same problem here. My missing objects are images, which would be linked to a material. Thing is, it doesn't say which material and I've tried going through all my materials and can't find which the image(s) relate to. How can I do this?

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:09:51 GMT

Open Attribute Manager, switch to the Materials tab, click the column heading for the texture column to sort by that (grouping the texture images together, and alphabetically) - and then look for the Material that wants the image that you're missing.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

sarahric — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:24:52 GMT

whoohoo, that's great! thanks!

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

sarahric — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:27:54 GMT

Just to reopen this subject again. This time my objects are IFC's from an old file imported. I can't see how I get to them.

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

vfrontiers — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:19:35 GMT

Ok, scratching my head on this one...

All of a sudden a bunch of textures disappeared from my TW Project... As you can see below, the textures are in the same place I left and they are the referenced libraries and I've REFRESHED in Manage BIM Server Libs and RELOADED and APPLIED the changes...

I guess I have to delete and re-upload the library in question? Very frustrating.

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:30:21 GMT

Karl wrote:
Open Attribute Manager, switch to the Materials tab, click the column heading for the texture column to sort by that (grouping the texture images together, and alphabetically) - and then look for the Material that wants the image that you're missing.

As of 16, this step of using Attribute Manager is not needed any longer - the Library Manager now identifies the material(s) using the missing texture.

See attached - clicked on the material listed as missing, click the "i" (info) button, and the material is shown.

Cheers,
Karl

PS Duane ... no clue on the teamwork problem you just posted... 😞

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

vfrontiers — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:34:56 GMT

I guess it was the old CORRUPT BIM SERVER LIBRARY trick... I replaced with the original library and got MOST back...

Funny thing is, they were all there last week...

AND... some were files with NO EXTENSION that had gone missing, so I just typed in the extension and reloaded...

So now, I still get LOG IN (1st time) times of HOURS... with library failures... Is there any SURER way to get this done?

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:13:58 GMT

Reopening the subject.

I would like to keep and use some of the materials with missing textures. I have access to the original file with the images.

Is there any way that I can "pack" the file with its textures or that I can use the project in another computer without missing these images?

I am using AC18.

Re: Missing Objects> Missing Attributes

vfrontiers — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:32:05 GMT

Have you tried the ARCHIVE feature? (save as Archive (.pla))

Or have you considered TEAMWORK? so you can work on the same file from multiple computers? (that use the same shared libraries)...