topic Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it in BIMx

Publishing layout failed because Archicad was not able to generate it

svpribyl — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:02:04 GMT

I'm getting this message when I try to publish two layouts that have been updated. They have previously been published. I deleted them from the publisher set and added them again, but I still get the same message. I tried publishing them one at a time, and they fail. I restarted the computer but it doesn't help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

Christophe Fortineau — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:03:38 GMT

Hello Steve Pribyl,

I invite you to check :
- your layout
- your library
- your linked drawings
- your publication file location
- if your publication file is not already open

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

mikas — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:35:12 GMT

Go find and delete the published files in Finder, and then try to publish them again.

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:24:48 GMT

if the PDF created previously is open, this may cause the next publishing task to fail.'

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

svpribyl — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:26:36 GMT

To clarify, this is being published via "Upload bimx hyper-model"
I deleted the bimx model from the cloud/server and re-published it, but the same two layouts were not published.

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

svpribyl — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:14:51 GMT

For another test, I deleted the bimx file and just tried publishing the 2 layouts and they still fail. However, I tried publishing the two layouts to pdf files (save files) and they publish fine.

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

Minh Nguyen — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:56:38 GMT

Hi Steve,

Thank you for posting this into the forums and making it available to anyone who is interested in this topic!

This error message is not very common, actually. The few cases that we had this error is when there are some special characters in the ID of the layout. My first suggestion is to rename the layout to an easy one (like test), and try to publish it to BIMx to see if there is any issue. If not, we can be sure that the layout ID needs to be renamed.

But after this test, if the layouts still fail to publish to BIMx, we will need to get the problematic file for further investigation. If you are willing to share the file with us, please reply either here within the post directly or through a PM and I will provide you a secure GRAPHISOFT link where you can upload your file to.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: Publishing layout failed because Archicad was not able to generate it

camille — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:19:10 GMT

Hello Minh,
I am getting the same error message.

View Name: "failed because Archicad was unable to generate it"

Saving BIMx Info: "failed because Archicad was unable to generate it" AND "missing schedules - BIMx info"

BIMx Package: "failed because Archicad was unable to generate it"

Best,
Camille She

Windows 10 Pro

Archicad 25 Solo

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

rachelpbdg — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:30:01 GMT

Hi Minh--

I'm having the same issues and followed the trouble shooting laid out above. Can you share a link with me to upload the file to so we can figure out what the problem is?

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

karsonardo — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:49:16 GMT

@svpribyl wrote:
I'm getting this message when I try to publish two layouts that have been updated. They have previously been published. I deleted them from the publisher set and added them again, but I still get the same message. I tried publishing them one at a time, and they fail. I restarted the computer but it doesn't help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm facing an issue while attempting to publish layouts that have been recently updated. These layouts were previously published without any problems, but after making necessary edits, An error during the publishing process. I have already tried removing the layouts from the publisher set, adding them again, publishing them individually, and even restarting my computer.

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

Oleksandra Vakariuk — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:33:40 GMT

Hi @karsonardo,

Sorry to hear you're experiencing an issue.

Could you please send the problematic project in PLA format to bimx@graphisoft.com so we can investigate this issue?

Kind regards,

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

duduardo — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:04:02 GMT

Great!! This so simple yet I didn't think of it.
thanks 😄

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

verdi — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 03:17:49 GMT

Hi,

I'm having this issue too, has anyone figured out the fix?

Thanks

Re: Publishing layout failed because ArchiCAD was not able to generate it

Barry Kelly — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:45:45 GMT

@verdi wrote:

I'm having this issue too, has anyone figured out the fix?

Have you tried all of the suggestions mentioned previously in this post?

Is please post a screen shot of the publishing dialogue as in the first post (showing the entire file name).

Barry

Re: Publishing layout failed because Archicad was not able to generate it

MendoPermaculture — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:04:45 GMT

I am having the same issue when trying to publish to .dwg from the Publisher. Error message: "Publishing of the item failed because Archicad was unable to generate it." I have tried all of the suggestions mentioned previously in the post.

Also cannot "Save As" to .dwg or .dxf. I get the message, "Cannot write output file". I get this message from any view I use, particularly story windows, or worksheets. I get the same error whether I select "Marquee area" or "Entire drawing" when asked "Which elements do you want to save?"

I am working in AC 29.1.0 (4006) USA FULL. I am working on the file in Teamwork, but I have tried saving to a .pln on my desktop, still the same issues as above. I have restarted ArchiCAD, and my computer.

Does this sound like an error with the file? It is an embarassingly large file size.