topic Re: Module questions in Modeling

Module questions

PatriciaLe_o — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:08:37 GMT

Hi,
I have a project that was begun in AC9, so it has its modules inserted story by story. I'm continuing the project in AC11, and I wanted to know if there's a way of turning those modules into one multistory module (without having to reinsert them all again).
The second question is: can anyone explain me what's the difference on inserting a .mod or a .pln file as a module? I don't get it, they look the same and can be both multistory as well... I'm missing something here...
Thanks a lot.

Re: Module questions

Laura Yanoviak — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:07:34 GMT

PatriciaLeão wrote:
can anyone explain me what's the difference on inserting a .mod or a .pln file as a module?

A MOD file is basically a dumbed-down-version of a PLN: for instance, it only contains the attributes that are being used, and doesn't bring along with it a bunch of extra-non-needed-stuff. Also, MOD files are much smaller in size.

Re: Module questions

PatriciaLe_o — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:51:18 GMT

Thanks a lot Laura. So there's no use on inserting a .mod...? It may be a smaller individual file, but after inserted, mod or pln, result the same final file size. Is this??

Re: Module questions

Link — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:13:12 GMT

To answer your first question, I don't think there is.

When you select a placed single story module and try to re-link it to a multi-story module, the 'open in single story mode' is checked on and greyed out. So I guess that's a telling sign.

But it is not difficult to replace the modules, really. Just delete the existing ones and place the new multi-story module in one go.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Module questions

Laura Yanoviak — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:13:36 GMT

PatriciaLeão wrote:
Thanks a lot Laura. So there's no use on inserting a .mod...? It may be a smaller individual file, but after inserted, mod or pln, result the same final file size. Is this??

No -- you want to use the MOD because of its smaller size -- this is the purpose of a MOD (to act as a hotlinked file)!

Re: Module questions

TomWaltz — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:20 GMT

If you use the publisher, you can control mass creation of modules using a stripped down layer set.

Re: Module questions

PatriciaLe_o — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:08:12 GMT

Link wrote:
But it is not difficult to replace the modules, really. Just delete the existing ones and place the new multi-story module in one go.

They're 350 modules, but I'm already re inserting them. I think it worths the effort so that if I change their positions I wont have to do it story by story anymore...

TomWaltz wrote:
If you use the publisher, you can control mass creation of modules using a stripped down layer set.

Sorry Tom, but I didn't understand your point here...

Thanks again.