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Plotmaker conversion - (pmk 2.1 v3) into start edition 2010

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:46:13 GMT

Hi,

I have been using archicad for a number of years now but am somewhat still a newbee.

I have just finished my studies and was using archicad 17 ( i still have the educational version on my laptop). The practice that i work for now uses archicad 2010 start edition.

In work, I have an old plotmaker file of a site location plan and desperately need to convert it / open it into the archicad 2010 start edition. When i open it it sometimes reads 'please unlock the progam file or the disk' other times it reads that the version is too old and that i need a version 3 plotmaker file.

Can anyone help me open / convert this file so as it can be opened in either archicad 17 or archicad start edition ?

Thanks,

ps I have looked through the forums for hours upon hours now and have not came across any concrete answers other than i should download version 9 plot maker, unfortunately i don't know where to download that from !

Re: Plotmaker conversion - (pmk 2.1 v3) into start edition 2

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:16:54 GMT

Can you put up the file to dropbox or some similar location?
Then the fastest helpful guy can download it, do the conversion and send it back to you.

But there is something you should know. According to this comparison:

http://www.graphisoft.com/archicad/start_edition/#feature_comparison

Start Editions do not support PMK files.

Re: Plotmaker conversion - (pmk 2.1 v3) into start edition 2

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:09:40 GMT

Thanks for the quick response laszlonagy, yes i see that now. .... i will upload the file anyway in the hope that someone can convert it or retrieve some information from it

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6berklnjquxucmj/Planning%20%3A%20885%20Location%20Plan

Re: Plotmaker conversion - (pmk 2.1 v3) into start edition 2

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:08:47 GMT

I checked the file. Yes, it is a very old PlotMaker file.
I opened it and saved it as PlotMaker 3 format.
This way you will now be able to place this PMK as a Drawing into any later version of ArchiCAD.

Please download it from here:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/95654898/PlanningLocationPlan.pmk

I will keep the file on dropbox for a few weeks then I will delete it.

Re: Plotmaker conversion - (pmk 2.1 v3) into start edition 2

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:16:36 GMT

Thank you laszlonagy !!