topic A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg. in Licensing

A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:14:31 GMT

Hi guys, i'm a student and learning ArchiCAD v11.

Recently my friend discover a wired prblem in his archicad (New Zealand educational Version),

and that is: he can't open or save files such as .pln .dwg.

Those type of file disappeared from his archicad!
Tho he can create a new project when opening archicad, but can't save it in .pln or .dwg.

however, i don't have such problem (i'm using international edu version)
would the different versions be the cause?
or any idea what caused this?

my friend's computer spec:
OS:Windows Xp SP2 English version.
videoicard: Nvidia 8600GT.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3
Cpu: AMD AthlonN64 X2 4200.
Ram:2G DDR 800.

Re: A wired prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Link — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:42:10 GMT

Do you mean weird?!

In any case, I didn't think any educational version could save as PLN, only PLE. And I assume it's the same for DWG, etc. As an educational version, Graphisoft don't really want you sharing your projects with commercial users, otherwise everyone would use the free educational version, GS wouldn't make any money and all the programmers would go hungry.

The question now is how does your educational version have access to all these file types? Where did you get it from?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: A wired prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:45:48 GMT

Yes i mean weird, sorry for the wrong spelling .

Is it that the educational version actually can not save as PLN or DWG!?
i have no idea why my ArchiCAD can.

My ArchiCAD was downloaded from where Graphisoft provide the linke when i registered the "Graphisoft ArchiCAD 11 Educational INTERNATIONAL"

So...in this case...my friend's ArchiCAD is actually working alright?

Re: A wired prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:47:21 GMT

And here is the version info of my ArchiCAD

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:45:42 GMT

Link,
Edu versions file type was changed to PLN (in AC10) and the PNE file was removed, though modules are still published to MDE instead of MOD.

JaqfrNz
Try reinstalling first. Unless he didn't verify his student status with GS and the AC expired which might explain why he cannot save the file or export it to dwg. This might also happen if he downloaded the Demo version instead of the EDU one.

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Link — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:52:49 GMT

Opps sorry for the misinformation.

But the Educational version still doesn't share with the Commercial version though right?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:03:42 GMT

It will switch the commercial to educational until you restart it and any file saved will change to educational. I have to keep track of this every time I am grading student projects.

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:44:51 GMT

Hi Guys.
After we reinstall the ArchiCAD, problem solved.
So far it is going alright...hope it won't happen again...
Cos we still have no idea how it happened......

Thanks for the reply!!

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:16:08 GMT

User Error

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:48:13 GMT

Right! didn't think that eh!!
Cos i actually only "heard" from my friend about his problem on the phone...
oh well.....anyway the problem has gone.

Thanks ejrolon!

Re: A weird prblem, no .pln or .dwg.

stefan — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:07:14 GMT

To clarify: there is only one installer. During installation you choose commercial (when you have a dongle), demo or student (which both require a serial number).

Files created in the EDU version are fully compatible with the commercial version and vice-verse, except that they have an embedded watermark. Whenever you open a file in the EDU version and save it, the watermark is embedded. It can not be removed.