Library translation

[sma2bim]

Hello everybody, 

I need some help if someone already tried to translate object from froeign language ? 

We are using German library specially for doors and windows but it is so diffucult to parameter the objects in german . 

Thanks 

[Ahmed_K]

you have to open objects and translate their " parameter names " manually

[sma2bim]

some parameters it is done but the values not all the time editable  

[Lingwisyer]

Parameters that are populated by Macros? So you would need to go into each macro and change the parameter there, which can go very deep... macro into macro into macro...

[sma2bim]

I am not sure it is macro or not. 

But the problem specially with doors and windows (wich are better drawing, have better parameters in the German Library). 

[runxel]

Short answer? Good luck!

Long answer?

Well, you'll need to open the object, go into the UI, and basically change all strings inside " ` " you can find. And then go into every macro and repeat... And it's macros all the way down!

The windows and doors are horrible. So back to the short answer: Good luck!

[sma2bim]

yeah better learn  some german words  

[Zsuzsanna Bori]

In situations like this, I would recommend using LP_XMLconverter to convert the library into hsf format, and open the folder in VSCode (good idea to use our free GDL for VSCode extension 😉 ). With regular expressions in find&replace fields, you can make the process faster and then convert the files back to .gsm format.
This is the least technical solution I can think of, and still better than doing it inside Archicad, but yes, that is an option as well. 🙂