topic Re: US Modules 9 Discovery in Modeling

US Modules 9 Discovery

Tom Krowka — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:22:05 GMT

While looking through the files of the new AC9, I came across a folder called US Modules that has quite a few typical modules, such as ADA bathrooms, typical room layouts, etc.

Is there any way to put it into a library, or any way to preview the modules? I don't like opening them one by one to see what is in the drawings.

Re: US Modules 9 Discovery

Karl Ottenstein — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:47:02 GMT

Through version 7.0, the modules had been saved with preview images, so that you could see what they look like without opening them ... and they used to be documented with reduced scale images in a manual.

For some reason, in the 9.0 and 8.x distributions, the modules were not saved with preview images.

Karl

Re: US Modules 9 Discovery

Ignacio Azpiazu — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:12:35 GMT

If you are going to open each module at least once in your lifetime, it makes sense to do it only once by importing them into a (say) ADA bathrooms.PLN, arranging them into a neat grid with their names or whatever, and then store that PLN in that folder.
When you need to use bathrooms modules you open that file in a second copy of ArchiCAD, quickly find what you are after, and copy-paste them into your module (Suspend Groups unchecked).

Re: US Modules 9 Discovery

Tom Krowka — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:56:26 GMT

Good idea. Thanks.