Brett wrote:
Karl wrote:
The fact that it is missing indicates that it is not.
Now you have me really confused.
Yes I can find it with the "find" library parts. Will search posts on GUID.
Thanks
Sorry for the confusion.
In context ... that it was missing indicates that it is not loaded. The fact that you find a Bolt 2 object when you 'find' library parts in the Object Tool Settings indicates that indeed you have run into the new behavior of AC 12 which ignores the name of library parts and only uses the GUID.
That means that you have placed some Bolt 2 objects that refer to a library part with a different internal identification number (GUID) than the Bolt 2 object which is actually loaded.
Look through this Wiki article:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/GUID?action=show&redirect=GUID+in+ArchiCAD12
in particular this quote:
Wiki wrote:
is there any feature loss?
The short answer is yes, there is.
Let's say for example that someone created a chair from 5 slabs and saved as a new .gsm but later renamed it and saved a new chair from 6 slabs with the same name so that the elements did not need to be changed one by one on the floor plan. The placed elements were matched to the new chair object by name, and the result was as the user expected.
From version 12 forward, the new element will have a new GUID, the textual name will not play a role any longer. The same scenario above would result in the placed chairs still referring to the 5-slab chair (even though it has been renamed).
So, what you need to do is find all instances of "Bolt 2" in your project using Find & Select. Here's the nightmare that you may run into: some of those may show up as bolts, and others as bold dots (missing object).
Find & Select finds my NAME, even though ArchiCAD does not work by name. Yeah, it is a bit crazy...
So, once you locate the missing dots for Bolt 2, select them (as many as convenient), go into Object Settings and select the Bolt 2 that is loaded to switch to the loaded version. If the object is placed by anchor or has parameters, that will not be enough. Instead of just selecting the Bolt 2 that you see, you will need to inject (cmd-option) into the thumbnail of the Bolt 2 in the lower left corner of the Object Settings dialog to transfer the parameters of the missing objects into the loaded object. Then OK out of the dialog and the change will be complete.
If this is a 3D element, you'll have to open every story to find them all. If it is a 2D element, you'll have to open every viewpoint on which you might have placed it - including sections, details, worksheets, etc.
Again, this 'new' behavior in 12 means that you can have a whole bunch of different objects called "Bolt 2" which AC distinguishes behind the scenes via the GUID ... but which we users cannot distinguish while we're working. So, it is important with your own objects to edit and Save (and
not
Save As - even if over-writing the same part, or rename, etc) to maintain the GUID and avoid what you are seeing.
I think that if GS felt the need to make the internal changes in 12 that eliminated name-matching, they should have provided a means in the user interface - including Find & Select and the Object Settings Dialog - for us to manage the kind of problem it seems you've run into and which is described in the quote above.
Good luck - let us know how you resolve this.
Cheers,
Karl
One of the forum moderators
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