topic Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load in Libraries & objects

Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:17:52 GMT

Since the change to library packs, the loading times of BIMcloud libraries has increased more than 10 fold. See video below comparing the same template loading libraries from BIMcloud both in Archicad 27 and 28. While Archicad 27 loaded the same libraries in around 20 seconds, in Archicad 28, using libpacks, the total library loading time of approximately 2 minutes and 33 seconds just to open a single project template.

This loading time also happens when refreshing the libraries. This is a very long wait time for a user to begin working or update libraries.
Please provide feedback, as this is a serious problem that I suppose most Archicad 28 users have been facing in silence.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Lingwisyer — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:04:46 GMT

I am assuming this is a full library sync you are performing? I have only ever seen that downloading dialogue when first joining a computer to TW... So the equivilent of downloading one large file vs multiple smaller files totalling the same size?

Their reasoning is that if there is an update to a libpack, you would only be updating the individual libpack rather than the entire monolithic library. Though there is, or was, the issue of the lack of a system to actually compare libpack versions automatically on a TW server which made this "advantage" a moot point... Not sure if this has since been addressed...

Ling.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:44:36 GMT

Hi Ling,

What we experience is that this dialog appears every time we open a BIMcloud project or a Project that is using BIMcloud libraries (not just on the first load of the BIMcloud projects). It also appears when updating the libraries, for example when loading an IFC file. It is very disruptive to have to wait almost 3 minutes every time.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Lingwisyer — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:01:14 GMT

For clarification, is this Basic or SAAS / Collaborate?

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:18:52 GMT

Hi Ling, we are paying for Software as a service BIMcloud with 7 licenses.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

MMontgomery — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 23:23:51 GMT

Have you found any resolution?

Our office has been dealing with the same issue. We experience extremely long load times on AC28 Teamwork and PLN files that use the BIMcloud libpacks and legacy libraries.

We can open a project, then get up and go make coffee before it opens.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:26:37 GMT

We have found it to be a problem specific to Apple systems, a colleague working on the same BIMcloud project using Windows has not experienced the issue.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Kornel Beleznai — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:36:10 GMT

Hello all,

I'm sorry to hear about this issue related to the BIMcloud library handling slowness, and thank you for raising it here on Community.

The longer loading time is indeed coming from the new, global library handling system. When you share a project for the first time, by default, all the global library packages will be shared on BIMcloud as well, which takes more time than with the previous library management. This also affects the loading times when you manage these libraries later, when the project is already shared on BIMcloud.

Product Management is aware of this situation, and our Support Team escalates every report about the issue to them, so that they can evaluate the impact properly. According to this, they are investigating the possibilities to improve on this workflow; however, I don't have further information about the developments at the moment.

Until the problem is resolved from the development side, I can recommend the following workaround option to reduce the processing time during the library-related actions in Teamwork:

Try to load only those libpacks into your projects that are indeed necessary for the design. For example, a project in the European region might not need the 'Japanese Architecture' or the USA-specific libpacks. It's worth going through the Archicad Library Packages folder with this approach and excluding/deleting the unnecessary ones. You can always download these packages from the Graphisft website if they are needed later.

If you have any further questions or comments regarding this topic, feel free to reach out to us through the support channels, where we can investigate and handle individual issues and cases more efficiently.

Once again, apologies for the inconvenience this issue might cause, and thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards,
Kornél

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Allan Smithson — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:09:40 GMT

Kornél,

Is there any update to this from the developers? We are starting new projects using the Global Library Packs in Archicad 28 and experiencing the same issue.

Having Teamwork projects take 20 minutes to open is incredibly frustrating.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

JChrystal — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:11:19 GMT

Any response to this? Building our AC29 template and having the same issue. 3 minutes to open a teamwork file every single time just to load the libraries - terrible user experience.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

SeaGeoff — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:09:51 GMT

Jumping in here. I too am building and refining my AC29 template. Our office uses BIMcloud SaaS as the library source for all projects, even solo PLNs. We did not move to the global libraries for AC28 so this is our big transition point. Favorite conversion went quite well using the add-on. We are not migrating any running projects to the new library architecture. Even if move them to AC29 we will keep using the monolith libraries for the duration of the project.

Two things I am experiencing while working on the template:

I get an Updating local library data… progress pop-up when I open a project even if the libraries are already downloaded and are unchanged. Not a huge deal, but why?
Updating the Libpacks on BIMcloud is a royal pain. We have about 50 libpacks that load with most projects and updating them one by one is very tedious. Please tell me there is a way to update all the libpacks on BIMcloud in one go that I am not aware of.

Thanks.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Keckelhoff — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:24:52 GMT

Are there any updates on this. It is taking me 10-15 to open a file on the server everytime I open a file. This is extremely frustrating.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:04:03 GMT

I suppose you are also on MacOS using libpacks loaded from BIMcloud? I agree that this issue is really annoying and it is very unpleasant not having responses from the development team.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Keckelhoff — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:48:26 GMT

Yes, I am using libpacks, but am on a PC. I also have a large custom library for finishes that I use for rendering in Enscape. I suspect that library is what takes so long. However, I had this same library prior to switching to libpacks and did not have this issue.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Patrick M — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:53:13 GMT

AC 29 is slow in general. I have files that took 10-15 min to open from scratch (no existing local data) in AC28 to now taking over an hour WITH local data already

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Kalib Stewart — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:19:55 GMT

Is Graphisoft ever going to fix this joke of an update? Teamwork’s become borderline unusable using libpacks on both PC and MAC.

I’m having to purge my template and return to LCFs because these files just take too long to open anymore.

Did anyone at GS even bother to beta test their own product? It’s been over a year since this issue first came up and there’s been zero improvement.

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

Jaime-airc_digital — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:01:43 GMT

[Sarcastic mode ON]

While we wait for the development team to address why a process that used to take 30 seconds now takes several minutes, here is a "manual patch" for your sanity:

The Workaround: Spam-click the Stop button (approx. 40 times) during the "Updating local library data" phase.

This bypasses the loop and returns the loading time to pre-AC28 speeds. It works for opening projects, updating libraries, and even IFC links. If Graphisoft won’t give us back those lost minutes of our lives, I guess we’ll just have to click our way out of it.

Thanks for the finger workout, Graphisoft!

Re: Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

marcoariveross — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:13:05 GMT

We're experiencing the same or a very similar problem: excessive loading times. Opening a file every day takes a considerable amount of time, even without any library changes. In some cases, we've had wait times exceeding 15 minutes.

We've optimized ports and IT configurations, and it improved somewhat, but every time we open a file, it says "updating local library." Now, file opening times are between 15 and 20 minutes. It used to be worse.

We migrated to Archicad Collaborate due to pressure from Graphisoft; we have six licenses. It's unacceptable that it reduces our productivity every time we open a file. It's disappointing to pay for a service that isn't fast. Before, on our Bimcloud Basic network, everything was fast, even when working from home. What's the real advantage?

Return the MEP functionality to Archicad Studio and let us be happy with Bimcloud Basic, which is much faster and more productive.

Paying for a service like this makes no sense.

We use Archicad 29 Windows on most of our computers, all with the same problem; similar on iOS.