Modular Joinery and ARCHICAD 20

[insideru]

Hi,

I bumped into a very nice object, called modular joinery. I also found a nice PDF of its features (dated around 2012) https://gtaljaard.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/modular-joinery-manual.pdf
Apparently in ARCHICAD 20 there are 2 objects, Modular Window and Modular Door. For some reason both of these objects seem broken for me. Are these objects supposed to work with AC20? Is this the normal behavior for the object?

[Laszlo Nagy]

If I remember correctly this is a GDL Object that was made available to Subscription customers in certain markets.
Others may chime in to state which markets (I think the US was one of them).
However, I do not think it was made available in European markets (in UK maybe).

[insideru]

It is available to download under my subscription so i figured it must work, otherwise why would it be there? Maybe cause there is no Romanian version of AC and you guys sell INT here? I don't know ...

I was really looking forward to use this ever since i found out about it, too bad you're limiting it's use to those not in the UK or US.

[Barry Kelly]

Maybe it hasn't been updated for version 20.
It doesn't mention which versions it is compatible with when you download it.

Some of the GDL commands have changed since version 19 so this could be the problem.

I downloaded it in 18 and it works.
It definitely doesn't work in 20.

Barry.

[insideru]

Thanks for clearing it out. I was thinking it was something on my end.
On the other hand, it's kinda weird that they didn't update it for AC20 half a year later. Maybe they are retiring it? Who knows ...

[Laszlo Nagy]

Yes, there were some big changes in AC19 in GDL, and this may cause issues with this GDL Object since it was created for an older version originally.
What you need to know is that this was created by a 3rd party, not GRAPHISOFT, so I guess that could be the reason it was not updated for AC20.

[Ralph Wessel]

insideru wrote:
I bumped into a very nice object, called modular joinery. I also found a nice PDF of its features (dated around 2012) https://gtaljaard.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/modular-joinery-manual.pdf
Apparently in ARCHICAD 20 there are 2 objects, Modular Window and Modular Door. For some reason both of these objects seem broken for me. Are these objects supposed to work with AC20? Is this the normal behavior for the object?

Modular Joinery is maintained by GRAPHISOFT UK and provided to all subscribers (along with other libraries and tools). It works fine in all ARCHICAD versions right up to the latest release (screen snapshot from AC20 attached) so you probably have an old version. Contact GRAPHISOFT UK about the latest version.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Thanks for the clarification Ralph.

[insideru]

Aye, cheers Ralph.

Do you happen to know how to contact GS UK? I only found a Twitter account, but no email address, and graphisoft.co.uk redirects to .com.

[Ralph Wessel]

insideru wrote:
Do you happen to know how to contact GS UK? I only found a Twitter account, but no email address, and graphisoft.co.uk redirects to .com.

Sorry, I don't know how that would work for people outside the UK. GS UK engaged me to develop the object after many UK users demonstrated that they couldn't reasonably model many commonly used doors/windows/panels (e.g. Velfac) and they make the object freely available to UK subscribers. I believe they have made it available to distributors in some other countries after requests from their customers. I suggest contacting your ARCHICAD reseller.