Question about "Save as... > previous Archicad version"

[Agnes Gaschitz]

Dear All,

I'd like to ask you about your "Save as... > previous Archicad version" workflow.
Could you please share some examples in case you need this action?
What kind of difficulties do you face during the process? E.g.: Issues during save back and forth, lack of information, Library difficulties, Teamwork problems, etc.

Any input is well appreciated!

Regards,
Agi

Saving from AC24 to AC23 - Options

Saving from AC24 to AC23 - Warning

[DGSketcher]

LaszloNagy wrote:
Here is one use case I saw:
I just have an idea or suggestion. When saving to the previous version, it would be great to have a checkbox "Save elements that would be deleted to Morphs". This way, any geometry or elements not present in the previous version would be converted to Morphs, which would convert back to the previous version.
Also, any library part existing only in the latest version would be converted to Morph.
This way no geometry would be lost. Of course, parameters would be lost, but the geometry at least would be there.

You would still potentially be faced with annotation losses, but a very good idea. I would reinforce it with a Graphic Override that highlights the changed elements the same way as missing textures or inverted elements are highlighted. At least then you might be able to find the changes rather than the fairly anonymous reporting we get in the Check & Repair process.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Then you could convert all Dimension Points associated with converted elements to static so they would not be lost when saved to a previous version.
Also, probably Texts and Labels displaying info about converted elements should be made static so no info would be lost.

[Karl Ottenstein]

DGSketcher wrote:

LaszloNagy wrote:
Here is one use case I saw:
I just have an idea or suggestion. When saving to the previous version, it would be great to have a checkbox "Save elements that would be deleted to Morphs". This way, any geometry or elements not present in the previous version would be converted to Morphs, which would convert back to the previous version.
Also, any library part existing only in the latest version would be converted to Morph.
This way no geometry would be lost. Of course, parameters would be lost, but the geometry at least would be there.

You would still potentially be faced with annotation losses, but a very good idea. I would reinforce it with a Graphic Override that highlights the changed elements the same way as missing textures or inverted elements are highlighted. At least then you might be able to find the changes rather than the fairly anonymous reporting we get in the Check & Repair process.

Great idea! Please make a wish topic, Laszlo 🙂

[Eduardo Rolon]

Meanwhile as a workaround you can export as IFC the missing elements and linked them into the previous version.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Karl wrote:
Great idea! Please make a wish topic, Laszlo 🙂

Here is the wish:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=73987

[Agnes Gaschitz]

Thank you All, great and useful info!