topic Re: Printing in Archicad 10 in Modeling

Printing in Archicad 10

Stephen Dolbee — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:34:41 GMT

Now that plotmaker is no more, is it possible to print/plot without the key? Currently (in 9) we use one computer to print, with no need for a key.

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:58:39 GMT

Sorry, but you can't. AC 10 will start in demo mode without the key and demo mode doesn't allow printing or saving.

A possible workaround for you is to publish pdfs. Then anyone can print the pdfs as needed. We always publish pdfs anyway and have for many years. We found that this was an added benefit.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Stephen Dolbee — Wed, 31 May 2006 14:52:27 GMT

Thanks, Eric. When we get up and running with 10, we'll try it.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Ben Cohen — Wed, 31 May 2006 15:11:58 GMT

My version of 10 lets me print from demo mode

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

David Maudlin — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:50:10 GMT

Eric wrote:
Sorry, but you can't. AC 10 will start in demo mode without the key and demo mode doesn't allow printing or saving.

I can print & plot in demo mode. The splash screen says only the Save, Copy and Teamwork functions are disabled.

HTH

David

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:22:15 GMT

OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:52:08 GMT

Eric wrote:
OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.

Wow! This is great news. Don't feel bad Eric, I didn't know this either. I am sure that printing used to be disabled in demo mode back in the early days.

I know a lot of principles who are going to love this feature. It provides a way for them to open a file, try some stuff, and print comments/revisions for proper input by the qualified staff without any risk of messing things up. This is a big feature enhancement. Even better than the old days when the demo could save renderings and animations.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:02:54 GMT

Must be a new feature to AC10.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:46:58 GMT

Thompson, wrote:
Must be a new feature to AC10.

This is definitely a big feature upgrade. I just realized the reason must be now that PM is no more they didn't want to force us to use a hardware key just to print a set of drawings.

Now I see why Eric and I hadn't noticed this before.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Stephen Dolbee — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:21:21 GMT

I just tried it, and it's true! Printing in demo mode.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Djordje — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:17:10 GMT

Matthew wrote:
Eric wrote:
OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.
Wow! This is great news. Don't feel bad Eric, I didn't know this either. I am sure that printing used to be disabled in demo mode back in the early days.

I know a lot of principles who are going to love this feature. It provides a way for them to open a file, try some stuff, and print comments/revisions for proper input by the qualified staff without any risk of messing things up. This is a big feature enhancement. Even better than the old days when the demo could save renderings and animations.

This also does away with the viewer? Just give the people the installation CD copy ...

Good for dissemination!

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:26:01 GMT

Djordje wrote:
Matthew wrote:
Eric wrote:
OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.
Wow! This is great news. Don't feel bad Eric, I didn't know this either. I am sure that printing used to be disabled in demo mode back in the early days.

I know a lot of principles who are going to love this feature. It provides a way for them to open a file, try some stuff, and print comments/revisions for proper input by the qualified staff without any risk of messing things up. This is a big feature enhancement. Even better than the old days when the demo could save renderings and animations.
This also does away with the viewer? Just give the people the installation CD copy ...

Good for dissemination!

Of course I suppose there are some people you don't want to be printing your drawings. But altogether a great move. It still hasn't completely sunk in yet. I can't wait to tell my clients next week. This will be a big deal for them.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:51:32 GMT

FYI you cannot acces teamwork files at all in demo mode, though. Yes, I checked before posting this time

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:59:29 GMT

Eric wrote:
FYI you cannot acces teamwork files at all in demo mode, though. Yes, I checked before posting this time

Makes sense. I guess that just means saving as PLN for viewing in demo. A minor inconvenience I think.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:02:29 GMT

It's more than a minor convenience when the majority of your projects are teamwork files.

GS - please make TW files accessible in demo mode. You already do this erroneously...right-click on an externally linked drawing in AC 10 and choose open source view. The PLP opens, there is no workspace prompt and nothing is in your workspace! So if you want to edit what you just opened you have to sign out and back in again.

I digress, but my point is that there is already view only access wo TW files, just not where it is needed.

Second gripe with demo mode is that it takes too long to startup.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:24:21 GMT

Eric wrote:
It's more than a minor convenience when the majority of your projects are teamwork files.

I suppose that's true. It depends on how often the PA wants to review the model without access to a hardware key or network license. At my present clients the Principles and PAs seem to prefer to look at a copy of the file anyway, especially if they are taking it home with them. It must be different at your firm, but it seems if the PAs are spending that much time in ArchiCAD they should have a license and be using the markup tools.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:06:03 GMT

It would be nice to just have the same permissions of use on TW files as with solo projects. That's all I'm saying. There is no real reason for the dicrimination, especially since I perceive more people actually using teamwork now that the layout book is integrated into AC.

Re: Printing in Archicad 10

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:31:33 GMT

Eric wrote:
It would be nice to just have the same permissions of use on TW files as with solo projects. That's all I'm saying. There is no real reason for the dicrimination, especially since I perceive more people actually using teamwork now that the layout book is integrated into AC.

I don't disagree with you. I am just glad to have the new feature, and maybe we can convince GS that teamwork sign-in for view-only would be a worthwhile improvement.