ArchiCAD v7-v8

[Anonymous]

Most of the books I have been learning from seem to be from an earlier version of ArchiCAD which is slightly confusing. I'm not sure if my questions are a result of changes to the program or because I have an international version. I'm sure you all know though.

1)MSA detailer Add-On........Where is it?

2)Most texts are referring to object libraries that are done in the 16 division format. The Object Library 8.pla I have, only has a few folders (Basic Library, Visualizations and Add-On Library) and I don't really get the logic of how objects are grouped.......... Is this a difference between 7 and 8 or do I have the wrong library loaded?

3)The dialog box (and procedure) for importing and exporting formats seems quite different to my books.

4)Where did the Tools/AutoCAD commands go?

Thanks,

Jason

[Link]

1)MSA detailer Add-On........Where is it?

It's in your AC8.1 library now - at the bottom below your 17 divisions!

2)Most texts are referring to object libraries that are done in the 16 division format. The Object Library 8.pla I have, only has a few folders (Basic Library, Visualizations and Add-On Library) and I don't really get the logic of how objects are grouped.......... Is this a difference between 7 and 8 or do I have the wrong library loaded?

Go to your Object Settings Dialog and expand the ArchiCAD Library 81.pla folder. You'll see 17 numbered folders (they must have added one!). You can view the contents of all of these from your Help menu.

3)The dialog box (and procedure) for importing and exporting formats seems quite different to my books.

As you can tell, quite a lot has changed since 7.

4)Where did the Tools/AutoCAD commands go?

Look under File>Modules and XREF-s

Cheers,
Link.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Link wrote:
Go to your Object Settings Dialog and expand the ArchiCAD Library 81.pla folder. You'll see 17 numbered folders (they must have added one!). You can view the contents of all of these from your Help menu.

The Division organization to the library only applies to the US Library. The International Lib is quite different ...and doesn't include MSA either for that matter, so this is where the confusion is coming from, Jason.

Karl

[Anonymous]

I am using the 8.pla library at the moment and the format is quite different with no MSA. Is this arrangement (different from US) also true for the 81.pla international version?

Thanks,

Jason

[Link]

So you could just go to http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/downloads/library_updates/ and download the US library right?

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

I don't know. If the latest US library will work on an international extension, why bother having the different libraries? I would just try it out, but dial up here is VERY expensive, DSL is not even available where I live, and if it were, Id be paying well over $1000/yr. Complain, complain...I'm going to the beach.

Jason

[Karl Ottenstein]

Link wrote:
So you could just go to http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/downloads/library_updates/ and download the US library right?

Actually, I don't don't know that it will install ... I think the installer checks for the base version of AC, but maybe I'm wrong?

I've never understood why all library parts from all international versions are not available to all users. Perhaps some parts (e.g., US) were developed from a country-specific budget ... or in the case of MSA, the license fee paid to the MSA developers was only enough to cover US distribution. (MSA is all Imperial anyway.) ...?

This has come up several times over the years ... European users who would like the US storefront parts and US users who would like European style tilt-turn windows, for example.

Karl