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pla file is better than pln file???

Anonymous
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what do you usually save your archicad file as? pla? pln? which is better? why?
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator Emeritus
angus wrote:
what do you usually save your archicad file as? pla? pln? which is better? why?
One is not so much better than the other - they each have entirely different purposes.

A PLA archive is to include all related library parts and textures (etc) in a single file for moving to another machine or for archiving at the end of a project. It will be very much larger than a PLN, which should be the workaday file format - unless you have reasons to use TeamWork.

Cheers,
Karl
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Anonymous
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Karl wrote:
angus wrote:
what do you usually save your archicad file as? pla? pln? which is better? why?
One is not so much better than the other - they each have entirely different purposes.

A PLA archive is to include all related library parts and textures (etc) in a single file for moving to another machine or for archiving at the end of a project. It will be very much larger than a PLN, which should be the workaday file format - unless you have reasons to use TeamWork.

Cheers,
Karl

thanks!! karl