topic Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running in Installation & update

ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:49:39 GMT

Hey people

Im a new user of the ArchiCAD software. Today i downloaded the ArchiCAD training guide fpr windows XP and installed it. Massive file (780mb). any way when i went to open it i go the following message.

No data is allowed between educational and commercial projects. To perform this operation, you should first convert the commercial-version file to an EDU version, by opening it in an EDU-mode ArchiCAD and then resaving it,

Un teamwork mode you need to reshare you EDU project before you sign in.

Has anyone got any idea how to fix this, as i have no idea what i have to do, and the help files where of no help.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:01:57 GMT

It looks like the training guide requires you to use the educational version.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

tats — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:47:58 GMT

Thank you for downloading Interactive training guide!
Our training guide is made for BOTH Commercial and EDU Archicad users. The reason you will see this warning message is because, the file was prepared using commercial version.
You might also encounter a warning message "This file has been saved in a language version that is different....". But those messages shouldn't be a problem to open files and run the training.

Good luck

tats
Graphisoft - Product management team

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:47:30 GMT

Dear tats @ GSHQ,

I asked this question here.

Do you know if the Guide was updated? Should I re-download the "new" version?

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

tats — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:32:40 GMT

Dear Jay,
It has been updated several times since first became available for download. I suggest you to use the latest copy!

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:13:10 GMT

I am having the same problem as the first person in this thread...i downloaded archicad educational version (teamwork) for mac from graphisofts website, i also downloaded the huge tutorial (just dl'ed it a couple days ago). all the video's work fine, but when i try to open the project files i get:

No data is allowed between educational and commercial projects. To perform this operation, you should first convert the commercial-version file to an EDU version, by opening it in an EDU-mode ArchiCAD and then resaving it,

In teamwork mode you need to reshare your EDU project before you sign in.

I'm not sure what i'm suppose to do, how do i reshare before i sign in?? and the file isn't a .edu file anyways, its a .pla file.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Thomas Holm — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:07:02 GMT

djkunalp wrote:
and the file isn't a .edu file anyways, its a .pla file.

That's the key. Just save it (maybe under a new name), close it and then re-open the newly saved file.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:57:22 GMT

but the file won't open at all...when i try to open it, i get the error messege and get a blank new document.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

stefan — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:00:40 GMT

I have no problems with the ITG on either Mac or PC. I haven't tried them with the edu version, though.

EDU and Commercial versions are identical, apart from the fact that the EDU version toggles some switch in any file it saves or creates, to turn it into an EDU file. This is a regular (compatible) pln file, but permanently altered to display the EDU watermarks.

In short, for students there is no 'problem': they will have the banner always. For commercial clients: do not use files that passed through an EDU version, apart from viewing and printing. Do not use them in your projects or you'll inherit the watermark.

I think it is a fair protection against commercially abusing the EDU version.

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Markus Denzlinger — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:59:18 GMT

Do not open commercial files by double clicking on the file. Open it using the ARCHICAD open dialog box.

regards

Markus

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:11:11 GMT

I do have problems with some of the video files not opening (internal error).
I have downloaded the whole file 3-4 times but every time I meet the same problem.
Constantine

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Aaron Bourgoin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:47:27 GMT

Does downloading and installing the Codec's from http://tr.graphisoftus.com/ under the utilities tab solve the video playback problem?

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:40:24 GMT

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone solved the problem... I too have the edu version and i am getting the same error message when i am trying to the tutorials..
Is there a way to solve this problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Kath

Re: ArchiCAD Training Guide - problems with running

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:22:27 GMT

I sort of remember seeing the problem before.
I think my solution was to open the movie files in QuickTime, that was possible so at least I could watch them.

Which AC Tutorial is it that has this problem for you?