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What happened to my sub-folders in my Library

Matt-Northgate
Contributor

In the picture attached I have two instances of Archicad open. 

 

The one on the right is the library manager from my ArchiCad 27 Template converted to ArchiCad 28.

The one on the left is the library manager from the standard ArchiCad 28 template.

 

For some reason my 27 template that i converted to 28 (while following the steps provided here: Migrating to Archicad 28: A Guide to Global Library Changes) has access to all the library packs that it is supposed too, however it removed all the sub-folder names and numbers

 

(ie. the "11 Equipment" folder v.s. the "1.1 furnishing" folder, even though both are looking at the Appliances libpack)

 

This really irritates my drafting manager as now all the libraries have moved around.

Is there a reason this happens? Or a solution to fix it?

 

Operating system used: Windows

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

Your 28 template would have been set up to use the USA localisation.

You 27 file that you have converted will not.

 

Open the 'Edit GDL Library Parts' palette and find the 'Library Localisation preferences..'

option.

BarryKelly_0-1754439887333.png

 

Then add USA to the preference list.

 

BarryKelly_1-1754440012957.png

 

Now see what happens.

I am hoping that is it.

 

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

No image is attached.

 

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
Matt-Northgate
Contributor

Sorry about that, the image didn't load when I added it last time. See attached image

 

Again the one on the left is the standard Archicad 28 template Library manager looking at the Appliances.lipbak

And the one of the right is my Archicad 27 template, which i converted to Archicad 28, looking at the Appliances.lipbak

 

For some reason the standard template continuous to use the commonly seen folder structure here in North America:

00 General

   Detailer Library

   Drawing Symbols

   People

03 Concrete

   03 30 00 Cast-In-Place Concrete

   03 40 00 Precast Concrete

04 Masonry

   01 20 00 Unit Masonry

05 Metals

   05 20 00 Metal Joists

   05 50 00 Metal Fabrications

06 Wood and Plastic

... etc.

 

However, the template that I converted from 27 to 28, following the instructions provided, has dropped all those sub-folder names and now just uses:

 

1. BASIC LIBRARY

   1.1 Furnishings

   1.2 Doors USA

   1.3 Windows

   1.4 Building Structures

   1.5 ...

2. VISUALIZATION

4. ADD-ON LIBRARY


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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

Your 28 template would have been set up to use the USA localisation.

You 27 file that you have converted will not.

 

Open the 'Edit GDL Library Parts' palette and find the 'Library Localisation preferences..'

option.

BarryKelly_0-1754439887333.png

 

Then add USA to the preference list.

 

BarryKelly_1-1754440012957.png

 

Now see what happens.

I am hoping that is it.

 

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
Matt-Northgate
Contributor

Thank you Barry! Fixed it perfectly.

 

I really didn't want to have to re-do my template from a stock 28. 

 

Very very helpful!

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