Library Parts loaded twice when using Library Cache

Written by László Nagy

If a network Library is loaded into ArchiCAD with a Local Copy of the Library specified in the Library Cache Settings Subdialog of the Library Manager, Library Parts can be downloaded twice if there is a PLA file within the loaded network Library.
If you go to the Library Manager Dialog, and select such a network Library with a PLA file within it, you will notice that not only the Library will be added to the list on the right, but the PLA file(s) contained within it as well. This is because ArchiCAD can read Library Parts straight from PLA files without having to extract them as was done in previous versions.
In such a case, the content of the PLA file will first be extracted into a folder within the Local Copy Library, resulting in a complete library structure, and then the PLA file itself will also be downloaded to the Local Copy Library as part of the network Library. So Library Parts contained in the PLA file will be in the Local Copy of the network library twice.
The same thing happens when a Local Copy of loaded Libraries is used in the case of a Teamwork Project.
To avoid this, make sure that any network Library does not contain any PLA files. Another good advice is that you make sure no other unnecessary files ( PLN, DLL, DAT files etc.) are included in those network folder used as Libraries because they not only increase download time to the local computer, but these must be synchronized as well, taking unnecessary time away from the program.

Page last updated: Thursday, June 10, 2004