Can't import hundreds of custom made Favorites from Archicad Solo 28 into Archicad 29.

cocoloco · ‎2026-01-20

as title says... is there some solution for this? do I need some specific archicad software to convert Archicad solo favorites into archicad 29?

almost unbelievable.😪

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runxel · ‎2026-01-21

From which Archicad version is this coming? The prf files are a bit brittle in my experience. And while sometimes the error dialogs are crude, here the culprit is already stated plainly and easily understandable.

If you still have the file from which you exported these I'd rather take the file itself (instead of loading a prf or xml you can load favorites from .pln project files directly. When the version numbers are different that is the recommended way (and only wroking way...?...) by GS anyway).

Personally the prf have bitten me before as well so I would not use them anymore, instead only rely on XML.

But again, that's mostly made for exchange between the same version.

By the way: This has been asked numerous times before in the forum – you'll find plenty of answers if you bother to search for it.

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Patrick M · ‎2026-01-20

my guess is the prf includes objects from a .lcf, which are not compatible with the .libpack.
the move to .libpack is understandable from a software development perspective, but it's been disasterous from a template management and file migration perspective

BIM solutions and trouble shooting (self proclaimed) expert. Using Archicad Version (all of them), on Mac OS (whatever is 1 version older than current)

runxel · ‎2026-01-21

From which Archicad version is this coming? The prf files are a bit brittle in my experience. And while sometimes the error dialogs are crude, here the culprit is already stated plainly and easily understandable.

If you still have the file from which you exported these I'd rather take the file itself (instead of loading a prf or xml you can load favorites from .pln project files directly. When the version numbers are different that is the recommended way (and only wroking way...?...) by GS anyway).

Personally the prf have bitten me before as well so I would not use them anymore, instead only rely on XML.

But again, that's mostly made for exchange between the same version.

By the way: This has been asked numerous times before in the forum – you'll find plenty of answers if you bother to search for it.

Lucas Becker | AC 29 on Mac (Sequoia) | Graphisoft Insider Panelist | Akroter.io – high-end GDL objects | Author of Runxel's Archicad Wiki | Editor at SelfGDL | Developer of the GDL plugin for Sublime Text

My List of AC shortcomings & bugs | I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again |

POSIWID – The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does /// «Furthermore, I consider that Carth... yearly releases must be destroyed»

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