topic finding missing library parts in the project . . . in Libraries & objects

finding missing library parts in the project . . .

__archiben — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:14:19 GMT

i have a 'missing' library part in one of our projects: "slab on ground PATCH". it's a throwback from the bad old days of a certain draftsperson and i want to get rid of it!

it's no longer in our libraries, so pops up as a missing library part each time the libraries are loaded. i have been through every single plan, section/elevation and detail window with all layers shown and unlocked. can't find the [censored] thing!

does anybody have any tricks up their sleeve for finding something like this? are patches treated differently to normal objects? any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
~/archiben

Re: finding missing library parts in the project . . .

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:52:31 GMT

I assume you are using Find and Select?

You could make a dummy patch of that name containing a BBB (big black blob) or anything that makes it big and obvious and easy to delete.

Re: finding missing library parts in the project . . .

Djordje — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:00:51 GMT

Matthew wrote:
I assume you are using Find and Select?

You could make a dummy patch of that name containing a BBB (big black blob) or anything that makes it big and obvious and easy to delete.

... and make sure to zoom to fit ...

Re: finding missing library parts in the project . . .

__archiben — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:38:38 GMT

thanks guys.

yes to both: 'find and select' and zoom-to-fit. i've even zoomed into all the areas that i thought might contain it (think it's a slab bearing on ground beams . . .) and doing big sweeping drag selects to see if i could pick up the corners.

haven't tried the big-black-blob method, but that could be a go . . .

thanks
~/archiben

Re: finding missing library parts in the project . . .

Djordje — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:51:36 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
haven't tried the big-black-blob method, but that could be a go . . .

Also, did you open all the sections and elevations? Maybe a section had been removed?

Re: finding missing library parts in the project . . .

__archiben — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:53:28 GMT

well. the 'big-black-blob' method worked. thanks matthew. slab on ground patch is no more.

can't understand why it wouldn't show when searching for all elements types by name in find and select. i can only think that there is something about the patch attributes that prevented it from showing in the list of available 'named' elements . . .

good riddance!
~/archiben