topic Re: Problem with Archicad library compatibility in Libraries & objects

Problem with Archicad library compatibility

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:46:40 GMT

Hello. I have a problem with my library. I used to use Archicad 4 until I formatted my disk and got Archicad 9. The problem comes here. When I open an Archicad file made with Archicad 4 with Archicad 9 there are several objects like chairs, doors, windows (almost everything except walls) that are missing and are not present in the Archicad 9 library. I cant use the Archicad 4 library because I lost the disk. Is there a way to find the Archicad 4 library over the internet or make Archicad replace all the old object with new ones on every file? Thanks.

Re: Problem with Archicad library compatibility

Dwight — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:56:37 GMT

Archicad 9 does have a sophisticated find and select feature that would help you update each library object type one-at-a-time, but this wouldn't allow for individual object parameter adjustment.

I remember Archicad 4 was still on floppy disc. 1991?

Quite a leap, eh?

Re: Problem with Archicad library compatibility

Frank Beister — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:40:46 GMT

I could extract a 4.55 library out of our archive, but I do fear that you will not have much luck with german objects. The swiss reseller has AFAIK libraries for download on its site, but this will be swiss ones. You will hav to contact your local reseller or GS HUN directly. Do you not have an old archive of an old project? If you extract it, you should get some old objects, if the library was linked to it.

Re: Problem with Archicad library compatibility

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:37:51 GMT

Tomassi wrote:
Hello. I have a problem with my library. I used to use Archicad 4 until I formatted my disk and got Archicad 9. The problem comes here. When I open an Archicad file made with Archicad 4 with Archicad 9 there are several objects like chairs, doors, windows (almost everything except walls) that are missing and are not present in the Archicad 9 library. I cant use the Archicad 4 library because I lost the disk. Is there a way to find the Archicad 4 library over the internet or make Archicad replace all the old object with new ones on every file? Thanks.

You might want to put in an intermediate step: open the AC4 files in AC 6.5 for example.
Then, in 6.5, in the Special menu (hold down CTRL-ALT key combination while Archicad starts to make it appear), there is an Update Library Parts... command. It will update all your library parts to 6.5 format.
Then you can try opening this 6.5 file with 6.5 library parts in AC 9. Hopefully with better success.