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Open an old archicad 7 file

Anonymous
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Hi!
I try to open with Archicad 9 a PLA file made with 7 and I have this message:
" Input file is incorrect or memory full "
Please any Help?
Thanks
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David Maudlin
Virtuoso
Giuseppe:

You can try "Extract elements to a folder" rather than "Read elements directly from archive" when opening the .pla file.

David
David Maudlin / Architect
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Digital Architecture
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Anonymous
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Thanks David for your hint, I will try monday @the office.
David Maudlin
Virtuoso
Giuseppe:

Recently I brought a project from AC 6.5 to 17. I ran into your error message at some point, and I think changing from archive to folder solved it. Selecting the folder rather than the archive option definitely resulted in fewer problems in the Library Loading Report. You could also try these file converters:
ArchiCAD File converters
if that fails.

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
Anonymous
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Thanks for your help I tried both ways and it didn't work.
Thanks again