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Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Noemi Balogh — Tue, 09 May 2023 08:44:45 GMT

Have you heard the news? Tech Preview for Archicad 26 Apple Silicon version is out! Check the news on Graphisoft Insights.

What is your experience with this version? Let us know!

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Koji — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:26:17 GMT

It would be very interesting if the article on the performance of the different equipments incorporated a computer with an m1 processor to compare performance.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Lee Hankins — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:22:09 GMT

I’d love to test this for you but don’t have an M processor machine. You’ll have to send me on to try 😉

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Fra — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:41:53 GMT

the goodies will be released for the release Archicad 26 Apple Silicon?

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Ebatte — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:56:05 GMT

Glad this is available. I've done some very preliminary testing with a real project on a M1 max MBP and the all-around performance increase is notable, although we knew this would be the case! 🙂

Is this considered a beta release for testing?
Are there any known bugs that would prevent it from being used in production?
What is the procedure for reporting bugs?

Thanks,

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Carlos Cordeiro — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:51:39 GMT

Dear @Fra, the Archicad 26 Apple Silicon will be a complete package similar to the latest released Archicad 26. However what is available now is a Tech Preview for testing and therefor without the full "extras", if I may call it this way. Q4 2022 we will release the commercial version.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Carlos Cordeiro — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:58:37 GMT

Dear @Ebatte thank you for taking the time to use it and validate the notable performance increase we reached during the internal tests.

The Tech Preview is a way to help us to have a version "exposed" to real life scenarios before its official release. We are not running an official beta test for this, however we expect to collect as much feedback as possible before releasing the commercial version later this year.

To the best of our knowledge there are no bugs preventing production use, however you must understand that a Tech Preview is not a commercial version, therefor must be used accordingly.

The procedure for reporting bugs is exactly the same as other Archicad versions. Just please make sure you clearly mention that the bug/issue/suggestion comes from the ARM package.

Thanks again for helping us to deliver a better product. Happy testing!

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Carlos Cordeiro — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:19:26 GMT

We probably got your address wrong, because the machine was sent out already 😀😀

We will be looking forward for your feedback once Xmas arrives and you will get your well deserved M processor machine 👍

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Markus Denzlinger — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:48:33 GMT

I do not have the feeling that there is a real boost. Renderings are significantly slower on the nativ version compared to the Intel version, running on my MacBook Pro M1 Max/64GB. Isn't the ARM C4D Cineware engine (standard) integrated yet?

I hope that GS will soon release localized versions to try Archicad with real projects.

regards

Markus

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:34:04 GMT

FYI,
The Arm version does not have the Original Attribute Manager it only has the new-UNUSABLE one. This should be in the notes.

On the other side of the coin, it is stable and "feels" snappier panning and zooming around.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Lee Hankins — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:50:45 GMT

It's weird that the 'old' Attribute Manager interface is missing as this is supposed to be. answer version with fixes. Could it be a Work Environment issue where the Attribute Manager has been omitted from the menu?

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:06:31 GMT

Still looking for it

26Arm

AC26 Intel Version

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:12:10 GMT

Another regression bug in the new AttMan is that when importing attributes it does not add them to the last number but instead it looks for the first empty number. This was discussed to death during the Beta and it is back.

At least Reindexing is fast.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:23:18 GMT

@Carlos Cordeiro wrote:

Dear @Fra, the Archicad 26 Apple Silicon will be a complete package similar to the latest released Archicad 26. However what is available now is a Tech Preview for testing and therefor without the full "extras", if I may call it this way. Q4 2022 we will release the commercial version.

@Fra asked about the Goodies add-ons, which I gather you're calling "extras". The Accessories "Goodie" is required for work on any projects which used it in the past, or which require it. So, those projects cannot really be tested with the ARM Preview. Other Goodies, such as PolyCount, the importers, intersection in combos, etc etc are merely handy to have and of course would not have an impact on testing.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

rikhav — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:15:04 GMT

Hello,

Just wanted to know, if I can install the ARM version of Archicad 26 side by side with Intel version..

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Barry Kelly — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:40:44 GMT

This is bad and definitely needs fixing before the final ARM release.

Not that I use a Mac, but all versions should behave exactly the same.

And it must create new attributes with a higher index number than all current attributes, not the next available one.

If next available number is used, attribute management will be impossible.

Barry.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Eric Smook — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:06:49 GMT

I've been doing some comparison between a windows workstation (2 year old AMD ryzen with 32Gb ram and a RTX2060 graphics card) and a base model Mac studio.

It feels like the arm version is able to handle high polygon models much better. The whole experience is more smooth while navigating in 3D.

It would be interesting to know how it compares to the latest AMD and intel machines that are roughly the same cost as a base model Mac studio. I even think that the up coming M2 pro could be a great choice if apple decides to use that in a new Mac mini model.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

Eduardo Rolon — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 11:43:59 GMT

Yep, Have both and RC1 running without issues. Cannot use ARM version for work because of not having Attribute Manager.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

rikhav — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:15:02 GMT

Thanks. Installed ARM Version of Archicad 26.

Re: Archicad 26 for Apple Silicon – Tech Preview launch

rikhav — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 12:10:03 GMT

Edit>Reshape>Merge Walls command not working properly. Though it merges the wall, but the reference line of the wall changes. Not only that, once the walls are merged, we cannot change the reference line of the wall there after.