Settings of Library Part Elements

Note for MEP Designer users: You can place and edit objects, but they are intended as a reference for your MEP model and are displayed with an override.

The following tools are used to place Library Part elements:

  • Object
  • Lamp
  • Door
  • Window
  • MEP tools

    For specifics on the settings of library parts, see the following sections:

Object Tool Settings

Door/Window Tool Settings

For all Library Part-type elements, the browser section on the left side of the Settings dialog box contains identical functions. These functions are described below.


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Show/Hide Panels

List or icon view

Folder View or Folder View with sources

Subtype View

Favorites View

View and Apply Settings

Reset to Default Settings

Show/Hide Panels

  • Double-click the vertical splitter bar, or click the black arrow, to open/close the browser area
  • Drag or double-click the splitter to resize or close the folder tree area

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  • From the browser Settings pop-up, use Tree View Above or Tree View on Left to change this preference

If the tree view is visible, the folder chooser is automatically hidden.

List or icon view

Choose List View, or Medium or Large Icons.

Note: In List view click the Name header to sort list alphabetically

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Folder View or Folder View with sources

Folder View displays Library Parts in a hierarchical structure.


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The Folder view with sources option shows you the library package of each object (available as of Archicad 28.)

Subtype View

For information on subtypes, see About GDL Object Subtypes.

Favorites View

In the Favorites view of Library Part Settings, only the Favorites for this tool are shown.


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For general information, see Favorites.

  • Use the Additional Settings pop-up to switch between 2D and 3D Favorite previews
    Note: To switch on the fly between the 3D and 2D preview of any Favorite, hover your cursor over the preview and click Shift.

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  • Hover the cursor over a Favorite to see certain details about it
  • Click a Favorite to view/edit its settings in the right-hand panels.
  • Available context menu commands:
  • Redefine Favorite: Click to redefine this Favorite based on the currently active settings (those in the right-hand side of the Object Settings dialog box)
  • Rename Favorite
  • Delete Favorite

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Use the New Favorite command at the bottom of Library Part Settings (Favorites view) to store a new Favorite, using the current default Library Part Settings:


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For further Favorites management functions, use the Favorites Palette.

See Favorites Palette and Edit Settings of One or More Favorites.

View and Apply Settings

Click any library part in the in the browser area to see its settings on the right side of the dialog box

The name of the library whose settings you see is shown in bold.


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Hover your cursor over a library part to see its name and location in the library.


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A library part in a loaded library has the following context menu commands:


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Use the icons at bottom left to access the following commands:


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Note: Some of these commands are also available from the pop-up in the Library Part’s Info Box.

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Reset to Default Settings

If you customize any Library Part’s GDL settings, you can reset to its default using the Reset command from the Info Box:


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