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No Design Extras showing in Archicad 28

LMA
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Hi,

So I have installed the accessories Lib. pack file for 28 and can see it in the object library, although all it does is install that weird shape with a hole in it that seemed to plague me in the 27 version. I have checked Add-on Manager, and it's in there as well. Screenshot attached, but no matter how many times I've tried to reinstall and restart Archicad, I have no design extra tools in the Design Tool bar. Before I go completely insane, has anyone else had this problem? The last resort is to reinstall Archicad completely, but honestly, I would rather not have to!

 

Any ideas? Thank you, you would literally save my Friday deadline. 

 

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

If the accessories add-on is installed (it seems to be OK) and you have loaded the accessories library pack, then all should be OK.

But if you have a custom Work Environment, the commands might not be in your menus.

Try switching to a default WE or you can amend your personal WE to add the commands to any menu that you want.

I would look at that before you do a complete re-install.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

If the accessories add-on is installed (it seems to be OK) and you have loaded the accessories library pack, then all should be OK.

But if you have a custom Work Environment, the commands might not be in your menus.

Try switching to a default WE or you can amend your personal WE to add the commands to any menu that you want.

I would look at that before you do a complete re-install.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Barry you have literally saved my weekend you are such a star! So I switched to Architecture Profile, all set to standard and then I added the design tool  into the design toolbar and voila! I can breathe, thank you!