MSA object in 11

[Anonymous]

It there a way of using MSA library 9 in 11

[TomWaltz]

James wrote:
I extracted the whole thing and successfully loaded the MSA by itself. I had no trouble with anything but the steel; when I put the external txt in the library it was fine too. OS X 10.4.10, PPC, AC11 1040.

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Adalbert wrote:
James Tanks

You confirms my problem that the steel does not work. The details I needed when I posted the coment are loaded with steel elements.

In my opinion GS should not be allowed to play this game, it has to be a commitment: ALL THE OLD LIBRARIES PROPAGATED WITH THE PROGRAM BY GS MUST WORK WITH NEW VERSIONS.

How does James' system working confirm that it does not work?

[Anonymous]

How : because in James system the steel parts do not appear that's how, and that is my problem. I have details of intricate steel detailing that are worthless.

[TomWaltz]

Oh, I get it. The TXT file with all the steel data is not embedded in the right spot in the library, so the MSA does not pick it up on its own.

[Anonymous]

Does not pick up even if I load the tex separately by unpacking the libbrary.
The point is that is a lot of wasted time and this goes on with many other things like the pdf;s that aper only partially when dredged in a layout.

[Anonymous]

Although I have not been using AC as long as you, I feel your pain. I too have been trying to get the old details - some done with AC6 to be useable. My solution is pretty basic: Open the old details and replace with the newest versions. As my plans do not have hundreds of the old steel shapes, it is'nt that big a deal to update the files. I had some difficulties just updating a building from 9 to 11.

At least after spending a little time, the files look OK and the parts and details all work.

Lew Bishop
MBP 2.16 17" + PPC dual 2.5 loaded
OSX latest, Parallels on the laptop with XP
AC 11 latest