topic Element ID Manager Standardising in Collaboration with other software

Element ID Manager Standardising

JGoode — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:01:04 GMT

Hello,

We're trying to set up presets for the element ID Manager in AC23 but they don't seem to be linked to the file and are stored locally. Has anyone else previously tried to do this? Is there a way to add presets so that they can be standardised? If they are stored locally, where are they stored?

Thanks!

Re: Element ID Manager Standardising

Podolsky — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:08:22 GMT

Interesting question. I found on Graphisoft help web page mentioning that it does save into local file. But where? I cannot figure it out.

Re: Element ID Manager Standardising

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:38:04 GMT

I have just checked this (using Ac24 build 5000) and I found the following folder:

C:\Users\<UserProfileName>\AppData\Roaming\GRAPHISOFT\EIDM Settings 24.5000

So, you need to find the following folder:

C:\Users\<UserProfileName>\AppData\Roaming\GRAPHISOFT\

In that folder, the program creates a folder with its version and build number in the folder name when you first activate the Element ID Manager Dialog, so the folder name will be similar to this:

EIDM Settings 24.5000

After you modified any of the settings in the Element ID Manager Dialog and quit the Dialog, Archicad stores Element ID Manager settings in a file called

EIDM Settings.bin

So, you would have to move this folder and the file in it from one computer to another to synchronize settings across your office machines.
On the Mac, it is probably stored in a similar location, a Mac person may be able to post exactly where.