Migrate a Project fp, PC to MAC

[Eric Milberger]

I need to port my Project from PC to MAC

I need a proper setup.

What do I need to copy to the 

MAC.  Libraries or any thing else

Folders , files or both

Operating system used: Windows

[Barry Kelly]

So long as you have installed the correct OS version of the software on each machine, there is nothing else you need to do.

Files and libraries are cross platform.

Just open them and work away.

Maybe the only problem you will have is that the file paths may be different, so you may need to re-link libraries, hotlink modules or other attached files.

Barry.

[runxel]

Don't forget Fonts. That plus the mentioned paths are the main (but only) pain points you have to deal with.

[Eric Milberger]

NOT really.  I open a file in a new version and and have a lot of dots where any object like a door is.

I do this as I want to copy common items into a new project and have to start all over again

[runxel]

Migration between versions is something else than using a file on different operating systems – which was the topic of your post 😉 Barry is not psychic yet.

To give you a good answer you'd need to tell us more though please: What (old) file version are you opening on what (new) Archicad version?

[Eric Milberger]

I just tried this .  Opened a project that was fine all 5 years.  opened in current version and black dots everywhere, no doors, no toilets, no urinals, etc.  I have to relink every one 

[Barry Kelly]

The libraries changed a couple of years ago in version 28.

There is no migration of libraries 27 and older to 28 and newer.

They are completely new objects in 28+ and will not work with older files.

So if you have an old (say version 25 file) open that in 28 or 29, but do not load the new libraries.

Keep using the old 25 library.

Or you could load the 27 library and the migration libraries as well.

Do not try to use the new library packs for 28 or 29 unless it is a new file created from a template in 28 or 29.

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

An issue that I think Patrick has complained about a few times here, about the Libpack introduction providing very little benefit to the users while also not being backwards compatible making copy paste across the change next to impossible...