AC9 & AC9SE Library: Multiple Versions of MAS_AnchorBolt

[Anonymous]

I have loaded both the AC9 and the AC9SE library in my template file. There seems to be one Multiple Version (same Main ID in the GUID). I have read This post.
There Laszlo Nagy says to:

1. Select one of the files and open it for editing

Does this "file" mean to be Object file. ie. gsm. If so does this mean that I must expand one of the PLA library file, perform the re-save of the object and than re-create the PLA library file.

[Karl Ottenstein]

That library part was not modified as far as I know, so having the same GUID is actually a good thing ... it means that an old MSA_Anchorbolt will automatically match a new one if the old library is not loaded. That's how it is supposed to work.

No harm from this error message - so no need to go through any conversion process. In fact, you "never" want to do the resave/renumber conversion process on Graphisoft libraries - it is important that all Graphisoft object GUIDs be what they are in the distribution so that future libraries will work properly for you. The renumbering process is for managing your own parts.

What is wrong is that you are apparently loading the complete contents of both libraries. Or maybe not? ... if you loaded the entire SE9 library - which must be loaded NOT by the PLA but by the parent folder, in order to include all of the other elements in the SE9 library that are in subfolders ... you would have had many dozens of duplicate errors for texture images, etc.

The 9 and SE9 libraries should not be loaded in their entirety together. The concept that one can load 9 parts alongside SE9 parts is to support forwards migration. So, you should be loading a 9 SUBSET library with SE9. Create your subset by creating a PLA of the migrating project. Then open the PLA with the option to extract the parts to a folder on your disk. Close the file. Clean up the folder on the disk to contain only the 9 parts. Now load the project and in Library Manager, load that subset folder and the full SE9 folder.

Hope that helps?

Karl

[Anonymous]

Busy creating a new Template file with the AC9 SE as the "base" Library.

Yes, Karl I do hope that the new favorites that I save based on the AC9 SE Lib will transition smoothly into AC10.

I have created a AC9 SUBSET library from my "old" template file. When you say :

Karl wrote:
... Clean up the folder on the disk to contain only the 9 parts. ...

By "parts" do you mean the "object Library 9" folder. Or even the STUFF in [TImg] Textures 9, List Templates 9, MSA Library 9, Patches 9 & Zones 9?


Also see attached for the Warning that is being reported.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Jay wrote:
I have created a AC9 SUBSET library from my "old" template file. When you say :

Karl wrote:
... Clean up the folder on the disk to contain only the 9 parts. ...

By "parts" do you mean the "object Library 9" folder. Or even the STUFF in [TImg] Textures 9, List Templates 9, MSA Library 9, Patches 9 & Zones 9?


Also see attached for the Warning that is being reported.

The PLA will unpack to include lots of stuff that is not needed. (But, if it includes old 9 doors/windows, for example, the corresponding macros need to be kept. Too much for a beginner reading this to sort through.)

Your error message indicates multiple copies of the MASTER_GDLAC_9_US.gdl file -get rid of all of them from your subset. It also indicates that the PLA included ArchiTerra components - which are loaded when you load the ArchiTerra add-on anyway. So, get rid of them from your subset.

If your subset has only a handful of parts - that are purely for legacy use - then personally I just flatten the whole structure and put them in a single folder - and get rid of the old textures, lists, etc. If much more than a handful, or you intend to keep placing new instances of these parts, then consider keeping the folder organization, but just prune it down.

Keep an Explorer (Finder) window open while in AC, and after each significant pruning, do a Reload in the Lib Manager in AC to see if things still work. If problems, then just do an 'undo' in Explorer (Finder) and continue...

Usually, this process is really simple/fast - 5 to 10 minutes - but depends on how many old parts are in the template...

Karl