topic Re: Transferring surfaces and objects between different projects. in Libraries & objects

Transferring surfaces and objects between different projects.

mosmos — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 11:45:10 GMT

Is there a way to create one library that contains all my uploaded/used objects and surfaces in first project? I add to my Embedded Library a lot of new things and when I open new project, none of them is in library.

I found that I can transfer my materials to another project, but what about surfaces and objects? I would like to avoid adding it again manually because there's a lot of it. If it's possible maybe you can link me a good tutorial how to do it and how to transfer a lot of object and surfaces at once.

I'm sorry if these question look "stupid" but I'm completly new and comparing to other 3d programs, archicad has much fewer guides.

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Transferring surfaces and objects between different projects.

Barry Kelly — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:10:57 GMT

The embedded library is specific to each file you have.

You could set up you template with all the objects in the embedded library, but that is only good for new projects you start with that template.

Existing files will not change.

Save all the objects from the embedded library into a folder and then load that folder as a library into any file that you want.

Maintain that library folder and add new objects to it as you require.

Every time you open a file that links to that library (or when you re-load the library in an already open file after you make a change to the library), you will have all of the objects in that library.

Surface materials, building materials, composites and other attributes you can manage with the Attribute Manager.

Barry.

Re: Transferring surfaces and objects between different projects.

mosmos — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:01:17 GMT

Thanks! I also found these tutorial. I linked them and maybe they will be helpful for the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790j9dG71oE&t=1062s