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sma2bim
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Hello everybody, 

 

I need some help if someone already tried to translate object from froeign language ? 

 

We are using German library specially for doors and windows but it is so diffucult to parameter the objects in german . 

 

Thanks 


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bouhmidage
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you have to open objects and translate their " parameter names " manually

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some parameters it is done but the values not all the time editable  


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Parameters that are populated by Macros? So you would need to go into each macro and change the parameter there, which can go very deep... macro into macro into macro...

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I am not sure it is macro or not. 

But the problem specially with doors and windows (wich are better drawing, have better parameters in the German Library). 


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runxel
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Short answer? Good luck!

 

Long answer?

Well, you'll need to open the object, go into the UI, and basically change all strings inside " ` " you can find. And then go into every macro and repeat... And it's macros all the way down!

The windows and doors are horrible. So back to the short answer: Good luck!

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sma2bim
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yeah better learn  some german words  


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In situations like this, I would recommend using LP_XMLconverter to convert the library into hsf format, and open the folder in VSCode (good idea to use our free GDL for VSCode extension 😉 ). With regular expressions in find&replace fields, you can make the process faster and then convert the files back to .gsm format.
This is the least technical solution I can think of, and still better than doing it inside Archicad, but yes, that is an option as well. 🙂