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

Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

JaredBanks — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:11:44 GMT

I opened a v14 .pln last night (After working on it all day without a problem) and now I have something 'missing' from the attributes. Anyone know how to find this? I can't even do a find and select because the name is such gibberish that I can't even type it.

Thoughts?

I'm hoping the backup file is okay.

Thanks.

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

JaredBanks — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:35:56 GMT

High/Low + trial and error solved this.

I assumed it was a material issue. I started replacing materials in large chunks (via the attribute manager) from the previous day's backup file until the missing attribute disappeared. Turns out it was material #148 out of 150 that was the issue.

I guess archicad didn't like that i changed that material's name.

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:49:30 GMT

Go to the Help file and read the following pages:

Configuration > Attributes > Missing Attributes

and

Configuration > Attributes > Missing Attributes > Find and Select Elements with Missing Attributes

These should help you correct this if it again arises in the future.

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

JaredBanks — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:29:27 GMT

I forgot about the new find and select - missing.

Thanks!

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:01:57 GMT

Hi Laszlo

I have the same problem - different missing attribute. I have tried your 'select-find' trick, but even though the project always shows the 'missing objects - missing attributes' window on startup the Find & Select can't find it. Any ideas?

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:47:37 GMT

Did you go through all stories with all layers visible to find the element with missing attributes?

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:29:13 GMT

Yes, I've gone through all the stories and sections and elevations for what it's worth. All with 'show all layers'. The irritating thing is that this is part of my template file, so even when there is no model in the project this missing attributes window comes up. And if not resolved then I will have it as part of every future project that I start based on this template.

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:40:38 GMT

Maybe it is a reference in one of your Favorites.
You could check that out.

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:59:42 GMT

Thanks - how would I go about doing that? I opened windows - palettes - favorites and I get a window that shows about 100 favorites, many of them greyed out and most of them that I have never seen before. Then I'm lost with what to do next

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

David Maudlin — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:08:57 GMT

James:

Based on your 28 April screen shot, it looks like there are textures missing, so you will need to check the textures assigned to your material definitions, for both the Internal Engine and LightWorks rendering engines (see Jared's posts).

David

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:56:25 GMT

Thank you David, I took cautious shotgun approach. I opened my template file and created a new file using the default AC14 template. I then opened the attribute manager in the template file and imported new file's attributes. When on textures I selected all and <<overwrote. That has got rid of the missing attributes. 😄 What else it has got rid of I don't know 😞 But as it is a new file I guess that doesn't matter too much. In order to find the exact texture in my current project I presume I stand the risk of overwriting things that I might want so I have steered clear of that and am happy to live with the missing attributes box coming up every time I open it. At least new projects will be clean.

Thanks again
James

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:03:09 GMT

I have a similar problem as well. My missing attribute from Objects is Door01 15(1)

I would think this would be easy to find. I don't however have that door placed anywhere in my template. It is a pocket door according to the info box. I go into attribute manager but I don't know what it is to find what isn't there.

Any thoughts?

Re: Missing Objects: Missing from Attributes

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 05:34:14 GMT

It is also possible that it is Favorite that is referring to that Door. You could delete that Favorite or redefine it.