Import Attributes from a Teamwork file

[Anonymous]

Attribute manager should be able to import attributes from a Teamwork file.

[James Murray]

~/archiben wrote:

Ben wrote:
BTW, if you have an existing *.tpl file and want to load it into Attribute Manager, simply change the tpl extension to pln then you will be able to load it in Attribute Manager. Please note that this is a work around.

yeah - i know. but not to be able to read attributes from a template file without any [censored] around is quite frankly embarrassing!

~/archiben

Bump. Instead of duplicating.

It's fundamental. Template files should be the HQ of office standards. As the templates evolve, users should be able to get new attributes from them, so the [insert profanity] IDs* remain consistent.

If the extension trick works, I can't believe this is still not fixed.

* Speaking of frankly embarrassing/way overdue.

[MrSoleil]

Is it 2023 and this still hasn't been addressed by Graphisoft? 

[Barry Kelly]

If you are talking about importing attributes directly from a template (.TPL) file, then yes you can.

A simple check and you will see ...

I just checked in version 22 and we could do it since at least that version.

So if you are responding to very old posts, it pays to check first.

Barry.

[MrSoleil]

Thank You Barry. I was referring to importing from the Teamwork file though. It doesn’t help me one bit if it’s a template file - I still need to save the template first. This is the step I want to avoid because it’s a step I need to take every freaking time attributes change. 

And they change all the time and if you work with modules like we do - it creates an enormous amount of completely unnecessary work. I don’t think I need to explain what a pain in the ass it is to always have to import every small attribute change in ALL of the files. ArchiCAD is a mess when it comes to that and it’s really sad they never developed or fixed the module feature.