topic Re: 4K displays - do they work with ArchiCAD? in Installation & update

4K or Retina displays - do they work with ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:36:39 GMT

Just curious if there will be an updated version of ArchiCad for Apple's Retina Display.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:54:19 GMT

outpostarc wrote:
Just curious if there will be an updated version of ArchiCad for Apple's Retina Display.

In the apple keynote it was a autobad screenshot

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:38:02 GMT

Jose wrote:
outpostarc wrote:
Just curious if there will be an updated version of ArchiCad for Apple's Retina Display.
In the apple keynote it was a autobad screenshot

Yeah I was disappointed to see that. Especially when ArchicAD and Apple worked closely together 15 years ago... AutoCAD in this respect seems like 'the future', but the core of the software is still way in the past.

Come on ArchiCAD, make some BIG updates... Full screen (for 2 screen support), new user interface and retina support. If you look over the past 5 ArchiCAD release, nothing has changed interface wise... this worries me.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Greg Kmethy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:46:08 GMT

We are definietly going to support Retina Display. (We were the first to support Retina Display on the IPad) There are a few modifications we have to do to ArchiCAD to make it happen. First, there are a couple of small adjustments we need to do to make the graphical user interface work properly in HiDPI mode. We have already made these adjustments in ArchiCAD 16, and we are going to release a Hotfix for ArchiCAD 15 with these fixes.

Later this summer we are going to release an update for ArchiCAD 16 that makes it fully HiDPI-compliant - meaning that all ArchiCAD 2D/3D windows will display the model in high resolution.

We will keep you updated here as development progresses.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:05:57 GMT

gkmethy wrote:
We are definietly going to support Retina Display. (We were the first to support Retina Display on the IPad) There are a few modifications we have to do to ArchiCAD to make it happen. First, there are a couple of small adjustments we need to do to make the graphical user interface work properly in HiDPI mode. We have already made these adjustments in ArchiCAD 16, and we are going to release a Hotfix for ArchiCAD 15 with these fixes.

Later this summer we are going to release an update for ArchiCAD 16 that makes it fully HiDPI-compliant - meaning that all ArchiCAD 2D/3D windows will display the model in high resolution.

We will keep you updated here as development progresses.

Very good news!!!

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Marton Kiss — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:12:48 GMT

gkmethy wrote:
We will keep you updated here as development progresses.

I have created an ArchicadWiki article to collect the latest updates regarding the Retina Display: http://archicadwiki.com/RetinaDisplay

As soon as we have updated news I'll post it there.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:31:35 GMT

Great. Thanks for the response guys.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:05:26 GMT

Great news, the new screen is amazing to! BTW

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:02:19 GMT

Hopefully the palettes will get smaller, rather than staying the same relative size, and just getting sharper. That's the only way we'll get extra usable screen space out of the 15" display (now that the 17" MBP is no more).

For example, I use a 17" MBP and 30" Apple Cinema Display at the office(2560x1600). When I'm working at home just on the MBP (1920x1200), I have to use a different Work Environment to get everything on one, smaller screen.

To be able to switch from a 2880x1800 Retina Display MBP to a 30" display, or any other machine, it would be great if AC's palettes simply had, say, three scales. Rather than rearranging the Work Environment for different displays (including workstations in our office with a 21" and 23" or two 23" displays) it would be much more convenient to simply have one office WE and scale it to the display (or user preferences to have, say tiny tiny icons).

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:34:25 GMT

They seem to be in hot demand so I've ordered one. I had a play in the shop. It is interesting you can't actually pick a resolution, they just have 5 options: best for retina, then you have two options either side to make it bigger or smaller.....

There's a good overview here: http://blog.xero.com/2012/07/resolution/

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:30:00 GMT

It's arrived. I haven't had a chance to play with it in ArchiCAD, but the screen is absolutely amazing! All text is so crisp, I also don't want to plug it into a big display any more.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Ben Cohen — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:15:25 GMT

I got my Retina MBP today and as stated, the screen is amazing. The text in ArchiCAD 15 looks like text on paper. But I just noticed that pop-out selections in parameters do not work.
The work around is to select the ArchiCAD application from the ArchiCAD 15 folder, 'get info' using command 'I' then tick 'Open in low resolution'. When you start ArchiCAD, text now shows blurry but the pop-out selection lists will now work. Note : This is in 'Lion'. The Archiwiki entry states this as being in 'Mountain' Lion only.
This screen show show what the pop-outs look like with 'Open in low resolution' ticked. Without it ticked, you get zip.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:44:19 GMT

Just tried it your right. That's a real shame though, because as you said everything else looks amazing.

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Ben Cohen — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:31:26 GMT

Yes, the text in the GDL editor looks especially great.
At least GS have come out said they will be supporting Retina in an AC15 Hotfix. So its just a waiting game now

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Ben Cohen — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:33:24 GMT

Interestingly, this issue doesn't effect the pop outs when using on an external display, even when ArchiCAD is in 'High Res' mode. If you drag the dialog onto the Retina screen it stops working, if you drag it back to the standard screen it starts working..

Re: ArchiCad Retina Display

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:01:06 GMT

Ben wrote:
Interestingly, this issue doesn't effect the pop outs when using on an external display, even when ArchiCAD is in 'High Res' mode. If you drag the dialog onto the Retina screen it stops working, if you drag it back to the standard screen it starts working..

just tried it and you're right, very odd.

4K or Retina displays - do they work with ArchiCAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:53:59 GMT

Anyone experienced 4K resolution (3840x2160) with Archicad?
- does it work?
- greater mousemovement is workable?
- how is speed?

Here i found some Windows-printscreens
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7re6a9_3U2nOFhZNU1NQWFlblU&usp=sharing

Re: 4K

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:58:29 GMT

Not sure why it would be an issue? If the graphics card can handle 4K, then any app SHOULD be able to run OK, too. If the pixel density is too small (e.g., small 4K monitor) - then I would imagine it would be impossible to read the palettes text at native resolution.

Re: 4K

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:29:43 GMT

It should work the same as Macs with retina display, the OS should be able to keep things readable.

Re: 4K

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:54:13 GMT

Archicad 18-14 runs very poorly in 2D running a 4K monitor.

I have tried a new 12 core Mac Pro with dual AMD FirePro D700's.
I have also tried a tricked out Retina MacBook Pro.

I have tried both the 32" Asus and 32" Dell 4K monitors.

Both of these machines run Archicad well in the 3D window, especially the 12 core. However they both run very poorly in 2D. Feedback and execution are painstakingly slow.

The only way to get tolerable feedback and execution on either machine is to size your 2D window to about 10"x12".

I will be returning the monitor because it is of little use at this point.