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Ghost libraries emerge in TW-projects

Mats Knutsson
Enthusiast

Hi,

Pretty often an old library (that no one have loaded) show up in our TW-projects. It's always the same library and it comes from an older project. I wonder if anyone have experienced the same and knows about a fix?

/Br

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Mats_Knutsson
Advisor

I got this answer from GS support (not much we can do about it): 

 

This is an already known bug (DEF-8098). Normally AC doesn't copy the Embedded Library when Copy/Paste between Archicad instances, but in case of user defined materials, it brings it over to make sure no attributes are missing.

Workaround: Remove the MASTER_... gdl-s from the Embedded Library.

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.

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Hello @Mats Knutsson,

 

Did you have a module linked to your Archicad file ?

Christophe - FRANCE
Archicad Designer and Teacher
Archicad 15 to 27 FRA FULL

OS 11.6 Big Sur - MacBook Pro 2017 - 16Go RAM
"Quality is never an accident ; it's always the result of an intelligent effort" John Ruskin

Nope. The ghost libraries appear from something else...

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.

Copy / Pasting from other files might be a culprit. It is in this office.

Think Like a Spec Writer
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Rhino 8 Mac
MacOS 14.2.1

We've discussed that and since it's so common we suspect this is not the case.

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.

I get libraries showing up when people paste 2d details into a file. Routinely.

Think Like a Spec Writer
AC4.55 through 27 / USA AC27-4060 USA
Rhino 8 Mac
MacOS 14.2.1

hmmm...odd...I'll check the 2D details...

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.

Thx. This was it! If I just copy a line and paste into another project I get the ghost libraries and attributes. This must be a deep bug somewhere!? I'll sent it to GS.

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.
Solution
Mats_Knutsson
Advisor

I got this answer from GS support (not much we can do about it): 

 

This is an already known bug (DEF-8098). Normally AC doesn't copy the Embedded Library when Copy/Paste between Archicad instances, but in case of user defined materials, it brings it over to make sure no attributes are missing.

Workaround: Remove the MASTER_... gdl-s from the Embedded Library.

AC 25 SWE Full

HP Zbook Fury 15,6 G8. 32 GB RAM. Nvidia RTX A3000.

Mats,

 

We now have a Bug Number. Perhaps all who are affected can start contacting their GS support team referencing the bug and asking when the fix can be expected. We've suffered from this problem for eternity.

Think Like a Spec Writer
AC4.55 through 27 / USA AC27-4060 USA
Rhino 8 Mac
MacOS 14.2.1