topic Re: opening multiple files on the Mac in General discussions

!Restored: opening multiple files on the Mac

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:47:39 GMT

hello, I would like to be able to open several pln files at once. I do not seem to be able to do it on my mac yet my pc compadres do it with ease. I have achieved it by copying the program and launching the program multiple times, but this eats memory. Can I open multiple plns under one program?

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

Anonymous — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:48:14 GMT

edog wrote:
Can I open multiple plns under one program?

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

__archiben — Wed, 04 May 2005 01:03:05 GMT

Millard wrote:
edog wrote:
Can I open multiple plns under one program?
No

so there. ( )

but i've never really had too much of an issue with multiple versions of archiCAD 'eating' the memory. when the other versions are idle, OSX handles their memory/processor allocation and drops them right down close to zero. what are you getting? (fire up your multiple versions and then open the 'terminal' application. type "top" and hit return . . .)

i'd be interested to know. (it would also be handy to know your computer/archiCAD specifications as well. put them in your signature file?)

cheers!
~/archiben

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 04 May 2005 10:50:09 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
...open the 'terminal' application. type "top" and hit return . . .)

There is a GUI front-end for this called 'Activity Monitor' in the 'Applications/Utilities' folder. I think most users are a bit wary of the command-line interface in Terminal.

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

__archiben — Thu, 05 May 2005 00:51:28 GMT

Ralph wrote:
There is a GUI front-end for this called 'Activity Monitor' in the 'Applications/Utilities' folder. I think most users are a bit wary of the command-line interface in Terminal.

yeah - and you end up looking like a right geek in front of your colleagues if you use the terminal

go with ralph's suggestion!

~/archiben

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

Anonymous — Mon, 09 May 2005 18:22:34 GMT

You can.
Make a copy of the application BG ArchiCAD and rename it something else like BAD ArchiCAD. You can open as many individually named replications of BG ArchiCAD to view multiple files simultaneously.

Keep BG ArchiCAD for use only by Plotmaker.

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

Anonymous — Mon, 09 May 2005 20:21:18 GMT

What is/are the step(s) necessary to move from Demo mode to "Full" mode.
ArchiCAD 9.0

Thanks...

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

__archiben — Mon, 09 May 2005 23:14:06 GMT

JMcNichols wrote:
Make a copy of the application BG ArchiCAD and rename it something else like BAD ArchiCAD. You can open as many individually named replications of BG ArchiCAD to view multiple files simultaneously.

as you can with the main archiCAD application. however:

edog wrote:
I have achieved it by copying the program and launching the program multiple times, but this eats memory. Can I open multiple plns under one program?

. . . but unfortunately, no you can't open multiple PLNs under one program. (see above!)

~/archiben

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

__archiben — Mon, 09 May 2005 23:15:16 GMT

dbrandt6 wrote:
What is/are the step(s) necessary to move from Demo mode to "Full" mode.

answered here: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=37741#37741

~/archiben

Re: opening multiple files on the Mac

Djordje — Fri, 13 May 2005 04:49:14 GMT

dbrandt6 wrote:
What is/are the step(s) necessary to move from Demo mode to "Full" mode.
ArchiCAD 9.0

Plug your protection key in.