AC18 Libraries & duplicates

[sarahric]

Is anyone else having this problem of duplicate objects from the libraries included with ArchiCAD.
As far as I know I am just using the standard libraries. Seems to me that the if the libraries are made for ArchiCAD why are their duplicates when you upgrade that everyone has to fix?
And the Australian library is duplicated, did anyone in Australia fix this?

[Barry Kelly]

If you remove the Aus Essential library you should find the duplicates will disappear.
As far as I know the AUS Essential library is based on the Archicad 18 library so you should not need both installed at once.
Looks like it is also having clashes with the migration library but that is probably because the migration library is designed to work with the Archicad 18 library and not the Aus Essential one.

Barry.

[sarahric]

Thanks Barry,
The Aus library did have some good stuff, different from the main library, i found in AC17 anyway.
I will remove it for now.
Cheers

[Barry Kelly]

I think the idea is for AUS users to use just the AUS Essentials library.
This is supposed to be our version of the Archicad library I believe.
I can't say for sure as I don't use it or the default Archicad library.

You could extract the LCF file and then copy out the objects you like into your own 'Office' library.
You may end up with some duplicates still with the Archicad library - it depends on what you copy.
You will also need to make sure you get and macro files that the objects call.
Again it depends on the object and you will know if a macro is missing as you will et a warning when you try to use the object.
Then just find the macro in the extracted LCF and copy it to your office library.

The only way to completely control duplicate objects is to not use multiple libraries - especially not LCF (Library Container Files).
Instead create your own where you can control exactly what is in it.
The down side of this is you won't get any automatic updates if ever they occur.
You will manually have to replace new objects in your office library and maintain the library yourself.

Barry.