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Convert library parts from 11 to 13

Anonymous
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Is there an easy way to upgrade a project from 11 to 13, particularly the windows and doors
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You could use the Find & Select tool Ctrl-F for this.
The magic wand would also be useful.

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Anonymous
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Have you loaded Migrate Library 11 for 13?
It can be found at www.archicad.com

Cheers
Karl Ottenstein
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Hi Ben,

If the project is already well along, and using windows and doors from the 11 library, then you may be best off just leaving those parts, and only using the new library for newly inserted elements. Each situation is somewhat unique.

As Tran said, you probably just want to load the migration library alongside the 13 lib.

But, you may instead need to create your own migration lib specialized to the project by saving a PLA from 11, and then opening that PLA in 13 and extracting the library to a folder that you then further prune as necessary to load cleanly alongside the 13 library.

Here are two Wiki articles that may be of interest, if you have not seen them:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/LibraryMigration?highlight=%28migration%29

http://www.archicadwiki.com/The%20Magic%20of%20Parameter%20Transfer?highlight=%28migration%29

The last one, from Eric Bobrow, gives a method at the bottom for using parameter transfer to convert an 11 window to a 13 one. (The 11 windows and doors know nothing about partial structure display, introduced in 12, in case you need that.) However, there is a strong possibility that parameter transfer may not give exactly the intended result as GS changes some of the internal parameters at times. So, if you try this, check the result carefully.

Karl
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
PS Also, refer to the PDF "ArchiCAD 13 Reference Guide" found via the Help menu, or directly in your ArchiCAD 13 > Documentation folder.

It contains a Migration Guide for various prior versions. The guide for upconverting an 11 project begins on page 80 of the English language document.
One of the forum moderators
AC 27 USA and earlier   •   macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
Anonymous
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Thanks for that I am back in the game - the migration library worked well.
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Good news.
One of the forum moderators
AC 27 USA and earlier   •   macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
Anonymous
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Glad to hear it works for you.
Anytime

Cheers
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