topic Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu in Installation & update

Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

mhoude — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:09:28 GMT

We did install the goodies add-on. We check in the add-on manager if the add-on is loaded and it is. We verified all menu and the tool check duplicates is not there and we did also went to the work environment and it not there.

We did the last patch and didn't resolve the problem.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:09:56 GMT

Do you have a custom Work Environment, or a WE from an old version that you are using?

If so, you may need to manually add the commands to your menus.

In the WE, make sure you are searching "All Command in Alphabetical Order" or you will not see them.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Aaron Bourgoin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:37:04 GMT

not working on my installation either. Barry's WE comments didn't work either. I can see the elements of the submenu, but not trace them to their main item. Add-On Manager says it's loaded, but doesn't indicate where.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:06:36 GMT

I don't have 29 loaded on this machine, but it should be the same as these images from 28.

If you search by "all commands in alpabetical order", you shold see the commands that you can drag to a menu of your choice.

You may have to create a menu (Check Duplicates) if you want them in your own menu.

If you search by "all menus in alphabetical order", you should see the "Check Duplicates" menu if it was created when you installed the add-on.

Then you need to drag the menu into another menu of your choice (you can't drag the commands as they are greyed out).

Actually this is the easier option if the "Check Duplicate" menu exists.

The add-on Manager should show you where the commands are supposed to be.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Aaron Bourgoin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 02:11:21 GMT

Thanks Barry,

That worked.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Erwin Edel — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:37:20 GMT

I believe the trick to making this work from the start was:

install archicad
do not open archicad or update it
install goodies
now you can update archicad and open it

This way you would have the menu items in place without having to add them manually.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Aaron Bourgoin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:29:51 GMT

Hi Erwin,

I typically install AC, then goodies, then any current update/patch. This time, it didn't work as planned.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Erwin Edel — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:53:51 GMT

Damn, even the bugs can't stay consistent between versions!

Edit: I just checked, but my AC29 has the check duplicates in menu without creating it myself. As I recall the crucial step is to not open archicad (after installing it) before installing the goodies

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

mhoude — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:20:32 GMT

Sorry Barry, but in version 28 everything was ok. V29 there something different. As mention before the add-on is loaded but it is not in the menu manager as you show.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:33:57 GMT

I haven't installed 29 on my laptop yet.

I will deliberately install then open it and then install the goodies to see what happens.

I thought this was supposed to have been fixed.

All I can think of is the commands may not be there if you use a custom Work Environment, or maybe an old one imported from an old version.

I didn't have a problem on my desktop, but I always install Archicad then the goodies and then start Archicad.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:03:11 GMT

OK, just installed 29 and also the latest hotfix.

Then started Archicad.

Of course there are no goodie add-ons.

Closed Archicad.

Now I have installed the goodies and also the latest hotfix again, because they say to do that.

Restarted Archicad using default template and Work Environment.

All of the goodie add-ons are there in the menus.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Aaron Bourgoin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:47:51 GMT

I tried to re-apply the 29.0.1 Hotfix and the installer won't let me. This appears to be a new behavior as I'm sure I've re-applied patches in the past. I do not want to re-install AC29 again.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:29:05 GMT

I am pretty sure the updates don't install if your program is already up to date.

Actually I just tried again and it says I am up to date.

Because I had installed the goodies, after the initial update, it knew something had changed and allowed me to run the update again.

The difference in goodie behaviour could be because you are Mac and I am Windows.

Maybe it was sorted for Windows and not Macs?

I have no way to test that though.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:33:12 GMT

re-applying patches has been useful in the past. Doing this also fixed my Grasshopper connection problems once. Not sure hw re-applying a patch on top of itself would be a problem.

Hopefully this is fixed in the next update/hotfix.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

TaniavH — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:59:10 GMT

having this exact same issue - it's listed in the Add-On Manager, but it does not show up when selecting "All menus in alphabetical order" in the W/E.. but the commands within the menu do show up (but without the menu menu, so they do not load).

Everything is up to date.

This is a function that is relied on a LOT so this glitch in AC29 needs to be rectified asap.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

Barry Kelly — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:17:36 GMT

If you are trying to add the commands to the menus in your Work Environment (I think that is what you are trying to do), then you can't search all menus in alphabetical order, because the commands are not yet in your menus.

You must search all commands in alphabetical order and add them to a menu.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

TaniavH — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:13:03 GMT

I already tried that - several times. It does not work. This is clearly a bug.
If this is a Mac thing (you use a PC as you mentioned) this is a problem.

I uninstalled and reinstalled Goodies this morning - still does not work.

Re: Archicad 29 Goodies check duplicates don't appear in the menu

TaniavH — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:13:32 GMT

follow up... copied the add-on to a different location on the server, linked it via the add-on manager (i.e. pointed check duplicates to the new location) - and it loaded - by default into in the Options Menu (???) - sigh - then I moved it to the Edit menu in the W/E - this is a crazy workaround but will have to do until GS addresses the issue.