topic how to save archicad 13 to archicad 11,10 in Modeling

how to save archicad 13 to archicad 11,10

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:43:48 GMT

how to save archicad 13 as archicad 11 or 10 ?? because i can not see except save as archicad 12

Re: how to save archicad 13 to archicad 11,10

Karl Ottenstein — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:22:00 GMT

See this wiki article which lists what every version of ArchiCAD can read and write:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/ArchiCAD%20versions

As you can see, you can only go backwards one step at a time. So, if you really have to go from 13 back to 10, you will need copies of 12 and 11 and will have to save 13 --> 12 --> 11 --> 10.

Do note that your library parts cannot (in general) move backwards, so a 13 project that you try to save back as version 10 will require a lot of work. You'll get the basic tool elements, but probably not any objects (windows/doors/etc)... unless you modeled the project with the AC 10 library all along for whatever reason.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: how to save archicad 13 to archicad 11,10

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:39:02 GMT

is that mean we should buy every version of archicad and there is no other programme can convert it or plugins can do this functionalities?

Re: how to save archicad 13 to archicad 11,10

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:10:35 GMT

You do not have to buy every version the dongle will work with any previous versions.

What I would do is open the AC13 file and substitute its library with the one I want to save down to, verify and repair then start the saving process.

This is about the third question on this topic. If I may ask why do you need to save down to a five year old version of AC?