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breaking and updating hotlinks

lmcardoso
Booster
Hi,

Since ArchiCAD doesnt have a edit hotlink in place option yet (PLEASE GRAPHISOFT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS) i recently found this method of breaking the hotlink, changing what i wanted and overwriting it with the same name. I was happy till i realised if my hotlink had nested modules in it they would also be broken/embedded.

I did a quick search in the forum but couldnt find an answer.

Is there any way to break a hotlink but keeping the nested modules?

Thanks in advance.

Luis
ArchiCAD 23/24/25 with Win 10
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
A related wish has been running for a long time now:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=49122
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lmcardoso
Booster
Hi Laszlo,

Yeah i saw that wish and already voted for it,

So I can assume there is no way to break the main hotlink without breaking the nested hotlinks then?
ArchiCAD 23/24/25 with Win 10
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
At this point, no, it is not possible to preserve the nested hotlinks when the main hotlink is broken.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27