Reporting a glitch on the iMAC since the latest hotfix installation of ArchiCAD 29.0.1 (3100)

Johan Lategan — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:04:06 GMT

When I switch the Experimental feature on to Enable "Physically Based Rendering in 3D" I get a black screen.

This happened directly after the installation of the latest hotfix for ArchiCAD 29.0.1 (3100) INT FULL (x86-64) on my Mac (Intel based).

Kindly note that I am used to work in this mode with no issue at all since the experimental feature came out.

I am going to remove the hotfix again until Graphisoft fix this issue for Mac users.

I have done the following test and came to my conclusion that the hotfix has caused this issue (MAC related only):

I have installed the hotfix again which did a repair as the hotfix was removed automatically during this process.

The "Physically Based Rendering in 3D" feature was fixed running ArchiCAD 29 without the hotfix installation.

I then installed the Hotfix again but it worked for that evening only. The next day it was reverted to the black screen issue again.

This seems to be MAC related as I have checked with 2 Windows users.

Hotfix installed:

Black screen after the hotfix installation:

Refer my 3D Styles settings below

Archicad is performing well on my system. No issues at all.

My Mac information below:

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based Sequoia 15.7.2

Re: Reporting a glitch on the iMAC since the latest hotfix installation of ArchiCAD 29.0.1 (3100)

Johan Lategan — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:48:13 GMT

All sorted!

The following was my solution the "Pyysically Based Rendering in 3D" Black screen display issue:

1) I installed the latest hotfix for ArchiCAD 29.0.1 (3100) INT FULL (x86-64) on my Mac (Intel based) again

which automatically repaired / removed the same previously installed hotfix update.

2) I then re-installed the Hotfix update again.

The "Physically Based Rendering in 3D" feature is now working again as expected.