Properties mayhem in large TW-project with a zillion nested hotlinks....

[Mats_Knutsson]

Hi,
Just jumped into a project where a need for som smart properties with option sets are needed. However there is serious hotlinking going on and also nested (and curcularly nested...) modules. I've never needed to bother about this before but now I got caught with the beard in the letter box...

* when I have multiple conflicts regarding the same property...is there any way to see which conflict is from which hotlnk or nested hotlink?

I have main file A, hotlink B and hotlink C.
C is hotlinked into A and B.
A is hotlinked (nested) to B. (which would give a double instance of C!?)

I've checked the GS tutorial and from what I understand I shall only create the properties in C and then in B I shall merge them and finally also in A I shall merge them. If I need a new option in my option set i go the route C then merge in B and lastly merge in A. The merging procedure is to ensure the same settings. I could theoretically create all properties manually but it's more than 50% risk of not getting it correct and end up with a conflict instead.

Kind of confusing but that's where I am.

Thankful for any wise input .

[Anonymous]

But I'm not sure if it's good... With large projects is hard to invent full structure day 1..

[Erwin Edel]

I'd say a big part of BIM Management is attribute management and the structure to support it.

For what it's worth, the Attribute Manager in ArchiCAD22 has some pretty good improvements to help with the challenge.