Editing Script of Objects Placed from a BIM Server Library

If You Are In Teamwork Mode:

You can edit the script of a library object placed from a BIM Server Library only if:

•The source of the BIM Server Library is available to you (i.e. it is located on a server in your network, or on a local machine)

•The source of the library is located in a regular folder, and is not a PLA or LCF file

•Your access rights include “Library Part – Delete/Modify”

Otherwise, the Object Editor window of such an object is Read-Only.

Note: StairMaker Stairs are an exception. You cannot edit a StairMaker stair in Teamwork if its source file is in a BIM Server Library.

Tip: The source library folder of BIM Server Libraries should not be readily accessible, to prevent casual edits that will affect all projects using the library.

Provided that the conditions listed above are met:

1.Select the object and open its object editing window, using File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object.

2.Reserve the Object editing window.

3.Make the necessary edits. You are now directly editing the source of the library object, although other users cannot see your modifications yet.

4.Close the window and save the modifications.

5. Re-open the Object editing window, then click Release.

Teamwork users will update their projects with the modified library data as soon as they do a Receive.

Solo users will update their projects with the modified library data as soon as they do a Reload from Library Manager.

If You Are in Solo Mode:

Using this method you are editing the “source” of the BIM Server Library in a separate ArchiCAD, in non-Teamwork mode. This is the safest way to edit library parts, since you are not disrupting Teamwork at all. Only when you are finished editing and testing parts, will you synchronize the modified source with the BIM Server database. Note however, that if you use this workflow, then the source of the Library should not be accessible to other teammates.

1.If you are in a Teamwork project, save your project as a solo project. You have now detached yourself from the Teamwork project. If you are already in a solo project, go to Step 2.

2.In Library Manager, Remove the BIM Server Library.

3.Add the source of the BIM Server library to the solo project as a Linked Library.

4.Now make your edits to the object(s) as needed, using File > Libraries and Objects > Open Object. At this point, no other users have access to this modified data, since you are editing the object at its source folder, not on the server.

5.Go to Manage BIM Server Libraries. Select the name of the Library you worked in, then click Refresh. This way the BIM Server Library is refreshed from its source, and your modifications will be carried out in the BIM Server data.

Teamwork users will update their projects with the modified BIM Server library data as soon as they do a Receive.

Solo users will update their projects with the modified BIM Server library data as soon as they do a Reload from Library Manager.