Duct Obstruction 27 object defaults to "Rise"

[TLOTrike]

I'm using ArchiCAD 28 Studio on Windows 11 and have modelled the ventilation ductwork for a house.

Everything works fine except for the Duct Obstruction 27 object always defaults to "Rise" even after you select "Drop" anyone know of a fix?

Only thing I can think of is convert it to a morph and flip it over but I would prefer a fix to the GDL code if possible.

[Laszlo Nagy]

If this issue does not resolve, please report it to your local reseller.

[Barry Kelly]

@TLOTrike 

You mention Archicad Studio.

Is that duct obstruction object a MEP object?

If so MEP does not work in the Studio version of the software as far as I know.

I believe you can see it, but you can't manipulate it.

Barry.

[Graeme]

MEP works in AC28 Studio. It doesn't work in AC29 Studio, sadly. They cruelly teased us with it in AC28 and took it a way again in AC29 is another way of looking at it 🙂

As I couldn't get it to behave so I resorted to converting it to a morph and flipped it over that way.

[Graeme]

Laszlo, I referred it onto the reseller. They came back its been fixed in AC29 so it won't get fixed most likely in AC28

[Kornel Beleznai]

Hi there,

Thank you for raising this issue.

I can confirm that this behavior is related to a known issue, DEF-17519. It has already been fixed in Archicad 28 and 29, however, this fix doesn't apply to the element's AC27 version. This means that even if you use the "Duct Obstruction 27" library part in Archicad 28 or 29, it will remain faulty. You will need to "upgrade" it to its newer, global library counterpart, "Duct Obstruction", where the Rise and Drop options both work correctly.

As you might know, there has been a significant change in library management since Archicad 28, when global libraries replaced the old monolith libraries. (Archicad 28 Global Library: A Smarter, Scalable Alternative to the Monolith Library.)If you'd like to learn more about how to transition to this newer library system, I recommend checking out the following article, where you'll find important details and tips about this process: Migrating to Archicad 28: A Guide to Global Library Changes.

I hope you'll find this answer useful.

Kind regards,
Kornél