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Creating Archive PLA

DGSketcher
Legend

I have just tried to create a PLA from AC24 6004 UKI Full and get the following warning. Library Manager isn't showing any errors, so why would I see this, and should I worry something critical could be missing?

 

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Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)
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Noemi Balogh
Community Admin
Community Admin

I would run an Open & Repair on the project and save a new PLA. Other than that, I have ideas like an antivirus is locking some files while saving, but not sure this is the case as you are working on macOS.

Noémi Balogh

Community Expert, Admin

DGSketcher
Legend

@Noemi Balogh I have run O&R, file repaired but made no difference to the Archive warning. I will assume this is possibly a legacy project issue as the file originated in v22/23. The archive is just a safety net which is unlikely to be needed.

Apple iMac Intel i9 / macOS Sonoma / AC27UKI (most recent builds.. if they work)

If you see this warning after saving a PLA, open the Report window and check the text at the very bottom. It's often a missing macro, and in my experience it's often a UI image (from the UI of an object's settings), which definitely does not effect your project. If you aren't seeing warnings while working in the project, and you don't notice anything missing, you are probably OK. The report window is available in the navigator at the very bottom of the project map.

James Murray

Archicad 25 • Rill Architects • macOS • OnLand.info
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin

Another step you could take is to open the PLA immediately after saving it, and checking if the Library Loading Report shows anything missing. Then you can make sure to include those in the original Project File before again saving as PLA.

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Jman
Booster

Answer is in the message, if you don't have missing objects after opening the pla file. Archive file is saving all objects except default Archicad Library objects and macros. If you have included in file objects from downloaded .icf libraries your archive file might have missing macros from this library, but if you have just Archicad default library than nothing is missing. That message is showing since Graphisoft added .pla format, I have learned to ignore it.

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