topic Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail in Documentation

Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

cgrimley — Tue, 30 May 2023 07:54:01 GMT

We use .mod files for our typical and one-off details, this allows a drag and drop approach to placing details in new projects.
The problem is when placing a .mod file directly into a detail/worksheet/section/elevation the line types and line pen colors change. They typically all go to a hidden line type and the color goes to a custom pen color.
This is not the case when placing a .mod file into a plan view, but we don't want to have to place it in a plan view.

Things I've checked:
1) I've made sure the attributes match (the attribute number, not just the name) between files.
2) Renovation status is the same
3) I've tried copy/paste, drag and drop, and merge from file...
4) This happens in ArchiCAD 22 and 24 (I never used 23)

I've attached some screenshots to show the problem. First one is the .mod, second is in a .pln

Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:43:32 GMT

You didn't mention if you had checked Graphic Overrides?

I would suspect attributes not matching.
The thing you have to be careful about with MOD files, is they only contain the attributes that are used in that file.
However when you open a MOD file you will also see all the attributes from your last opened file, so it may seem they are the same at first glance.
Maybe open the MOD file and purge all unused attributes in the Attribute Manager.
Then compare the remaining (used) attributes with those in your main file.

Barry.

Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

cgrimley — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:32:47 GMT

Barry, yep I've checked all attributes, including Graphic Overrides. I also made sure the hotlink was saved as the same version (24).
I did find that using the 'Place Hotlink' from the File menu works just fine, just not drag and drop, merge, or copy/paste. So that'll be my solution.

Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

Minh Nguyen — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:14:13 GMT

Hi Casey,

Thank you very much for the report and I am very sorry about the situation!

As we have never seen this before, I'm wondering if you could share with us the MOD file and the host file for further checking? Please let me know if you need a secure place to upload them!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

cgrimley — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:51:56 GMT

mnguyen wrote:
Hi Casey,

Thank you very much for the report and I am very sorry about the situation!

As we have never seen this before, I'm wondering if you could share with us the MOD file and the host file for further checking? Please let me know if you need a secure place to upload them!

Minh, I've been in touch with Henry Berger at North America Support so I'll coordinate that with him. He's given me an upload link.

Re: Lines change when placing .mod file into a detail

Minh Nguyen — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:29:44 GMT

Hi Casey,

Thank you very much for the information. Please let us know the result of the investigation!

Best regards,
Minh