Recently as I've been using Stud.io, I've found that many pieces (mainly Technic) I often use have become unsearchable. They still show up if I already have them in my model and I click on them, but searching for the part or even part number turns up nothing. Some pieces that have gone missing for me include 60485 (axle 9L), 32002 (pin 3/4), and 87083 (axle 4L with stop). My Stud.io seems to be the latest version since it's not asking me to update it. Is this a glitch with Stud.io or could I have unknowingly changed a setting? Any help is appreciated!

Hmm, that's strange. I searched up those parts you mentioned and they appeared in Stud.io for me. Have you tried checking C:\Program Files\Studio 2.0\ldraw\parts to see if the aforementioned parts are there? If not, then perhaps you might have to reinstall or somehow download the latest parts library. 

Hi,

Please see the help page or the Parts FAQ for the usual reasons why you don’t find those parts.
 

Since a few Stud.io versions on my Mac I have to hit the 'Hide unavailable parts in the selected color' filter a few times until it really becomes active because on opening Stud.io I have the parts list behavior you describe.

3 hours ago, Berthil said:

Since a few Stud.io versions on my Mac I have to hit the 'Hide unavailable parts in the selected color' filter a few times until it really becomes active because on opening Stud.io I have the parts list behavior you describe.

There’s a couple bugs associated to that checkbox.  Notably when it’s checked at startup.  You need to uncheck and recheck it and then it works.

9 hours ago, Berthil said:

Since a few Stud.io versions on my Mac I have to hit the 'Hide unavailable parts in the selected color' filter a few times until it really becomes active because on opening Stud.io I have the parts list behavior you describe.

Looks like I had that option selected. I turned it off and those pieces were showing again!

Since I build with real bricks what I design in Stud,io, this option is always on for me. I see the bug was reported in September 2022 but it feels if it is already longer there because it is quite annoying as rebuilding the parts list while unchecking/checking takes a while. That said, I'm very happy with Stud.io so I'll be patient and wait till it gets fixed. I'm hoping for a fix on every update but it seems the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 got priority. I'm using Stud.io almost every day.

News: it’s actually almost fixed, you just need to refresh the palette, so: uncheck/recheck does it, but also starting a search or toggling the decorated filter… or simply pressing Tab!

Update 2.23.3 did not fix the issue. Having the checkbox on in a previous session and closing and opening Stud.io, the checkbox is still on but the parts filter is not active. Uncheck/recheck now seems to work better, at least now the checkbox reflects the actual state of this setting after one uncheck/recheck where previously it needed multiple unchecks/rechecks to get in sync (on my iMac).

On 3/6/2023 at 6:24 PM, SylvainLS said:

.... but also starting a search or toggling the decorated filter… or simply pressing Tab!

This seems a good workaround but has to be done after every color change!

With Studio, I found that the updates changed the parts library to include sets for parts. After I did my update, my program defaulted to the Library BDP series 1. I had to go to that drop down and change it to main to get all the parts back. I don't mind the programmers tweaking the software.