topic Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13 in Modeling

How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:05:45 GMT

Subject, i might add that i saw on graphisoft in downloads - converters, but there was written that they are for versions: 10, 9, 8. How can I open version 7 document possessing archicad 13.

Thank you for your answers

P.S. I'm sorry for my bad English.

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:16:08 GMT

Download one of those. I would use 9. It can read back beyond 7, and it still has plotmaker if you need to get at the .lay or .pmk files.

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:28:43 GMT

Hello

It does exist a free and Official ArchiCAD file converter here

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:08:55 GMT

I downloaded and how to use it? I'm opening acad.exe and he writes smth like - run in demo mode. Without saving the project. I'm using windows 7.

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:46:46 GMT

Hello,

File converter need a wibu or a codemeter key to works in "full" mode.

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:24:49 GMT

Even in windows 7? cause i read product compability there is written that windows 7 compatible only with archicad version 13 and above. So when i download, for instance, archicad INT 10 converter it is obvious that it won't work.

Or maybe i'm doing smth wrong? Maybe i need to copy that folder into archicad 13 directory? I dunno what to do.

P.S. i have a wibu.

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Piotr Dobrowolski — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:46:09 GMT

AC 10, AC 9 even - runs (runs - does not mean install) on win7 (even 64bit) without problems (10 for sure - 9 - "shouts" that is not compatible - but runs - I just checked if they run - since I switched to codemeter - I cannot run AC 9 for obvious reason).

What to do:
Just extract the converter package to any directory - if being tidy - You can extract them to Program Files\Graphisoft, than run Archicad.exe inside the extracted directory - You may as well make a shortcut for it.

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

vistasp — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:01:01 GMT

There is a particular way to install AC9 on Win7 - you probably don't need XP-mode. I have win7 x64 and it works perfectly fine with the exception that 3D in OpenGL mode has issues.

Piotr wrote:
Just extract the converter package to any directory - if being tidy - You can extract them to Program Files\Graphisoft, than run Archicad.exe inside the extracted directory - You may as well make a shortcut for it.

Just one thing to note:

All 32-bit programs on 64-bit Windows are installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\ as opposed to C:\Program Files\

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Piotr Dobrowolski — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:52:10 GMT

vistasp wrote:
Just one thing to note:
All 32-bit programs on 64-bit Windows are installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\ as opposed to C:\Program Files\

It is just cosmetic for user to know what type of program is installed, does not affect the running or not the software.
I copied all AC prior 13 to "Program Files" so that the opening 12 and lower AC projects on 32 or 64 bit OS will not cause problems when working cross platform (32/64 bit win) - as it will otherwise.

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:05:41 GMT

Installed archicad 9, and then archicad 13 both. When I installed archicad 13 it suggested to convert my files automatically. It worked. But I still keep both versions 😃 thank you very much. I'm an archicad newbie, so sorry for lame questions.

And thank you again!

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

vistasp — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:19:17 GMT

Piotr wrote:
It is just cosmetic for user to know what type of program is installed, does not affect the running or not the software.
I copied all AC prior 13 to "Program Files" so that the opening 12 and lower AC projects on 32 or 64 bit OS will not cause problems when working cross platform (32/64 bit win) - as it will otherwise.

Hi Piotr, didn't know about the cosmetic part - never messed with it.

Could you explain the second part of your post in more detail? Did you copy the already installed program folder to "Program Files" or did you directly install there? Also, what problems were you anticipating with the installation in "Program Files (x86)"? I'm very interested to know.

Thanks & regards,

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

Piotr Dobrowolski — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:47:31 GMT

Could you explain the second part of your post in more detail? Did you copy the already installed program folder to "Program Files" or did you directly install there? Also, what problems were you anticipating with the installation in "Program Files (x86)"? I'm very interested to know.

On my current setup (win7 64 bit) I installed AC 13 and 14...all others I use I just copied the older versions(from backup) - and yes - I copied them to >program files\Graphisoft< so when opening a file on older computer with XP (32 bit) on AC 12 and downwards will not result in library error and so on when opening such file from the XP computer on win7/64 - I mean the plugins libraries and the AC own library.

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: How to open an old .PLN ( 7.0) if I have archicad 13

vistasp — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:57:32 GMT

So 12 and earlier are like portable apps?