topic Re: Building material not found, what to do? in Libraries & objects

Building material not found, what to do?

maurotrotta — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:07:23 GMT

I have a pop up warning that a material is missing. How do I find the missing material?

Operating system used: Windows

Re: Building material not found, what to do?

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:14:09 GMT

Select the Curtain Wall, and check the Building Material field in the "Curtain Wall Panel Settings" panel of the Settings Dialog's Panels page.

I suspect it is missing, so you should set it to a Building Material that is available in your Project File.

Re: Building material not found, what to do?

maurotrotta — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:14:38 GMT

Thanks. How did you know it was in the curtain wall?

Re: Building material not found, what to do?

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:24:33 GMT

The error message talks about the "Built-in CW Panel.gsm" file. In this instance, CW means Curtain Wall. So, I knew that this is a Library Part that is used as a Curtain Wall Panel, so I knew I needed to look in that panel of that Dialog (a Curtain Wall is a hierarchical element type, where you define the reference line, length, height, etc. of the Curtain Wall, and Archicad generates it and its sub-elements - Frames, Panels, etc. - using Library Parts - those files with the GSM extension, where GSM stands for Graphic SyMbol, if I am not mistaken).

Also, the error message said a Building Material is missing so I knew one way this can happen is when your setting is referencing a Building Material attribute that is for some reason not available in the Project File (the Building Material attribute may have been deleted earlier.)

Re: Building material not found, what to do?

JeffH — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:32:04 GMT

if you copy the bottom code that is between the "( | " and " ) "..You can paste that into Find and select for All Types. you just have to add the Criteria "Tag (Attributes) " under the Add>IFC Properties panel.

It will select the exact element in question.