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ArchiCAD DWG translator bug in OSX

Anonymous
Not applicable
Hello,

We have isolated an issue opening AutoCAD DWG documents, apparently due to a faulty object in a Graphisoft Virtual Array (in English – a programming fault). This occurs with some AutoCAD DWG files, not all.

Using the default DWG translator, we can open the attached DWG file in an “out of the box” Archicad 9 installation (1812 INT FULL) without problems, however updated installations (2018 INT FULL) fail in the following manor:

Soon as the file is selected we get the application busy cursor icon (black & white quarters spinning wheel) for around 30 seconds followed by the OSX generated rainbow coloured spinning “Pizza of death”.

Archicad takes 100% CPU time or more as reported in the Activity monitor.

Archicad has to be forced quit to gain control

The Consol log identifies the programming fault exactly:

---------------AddOnManager constructed
PR70CheckVersion - 0x00061705 0x00000C00 0x00000400 1
Released data
IFC_Common::CheckEnvironment()
IFC_200::CheckEnvironment()
IFC_Common::RegisterInterface()
IFC_200::RegisterInterface()
URLAccess version 32.8
Released data
Released data
Object Id 0x2218E7 => (dead end - wrong kind AcDbHatch)
Illegal index in Graphisoft Virtual Array.: VA::operator[]: wrong index
VAArray.hpp(322)
*** malloc[428]: error for object 0x11a37f30: Incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed; break at szone_error

This has been repeated on a number of Mac 2Ghz G5s with OS10.3.7/OS10.3.9, 1-2GB RAM. All with the same result.

Obviously, the fault has been introduced by one of the Archicad updates.


Regards,

Nick Harvey
Oakdene Homes PLC
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Chazz
Enthusiast
This is 100% consistent with my experience even with AC 9.0 Rev 2045 USA FULL.

So I'm sending my files off to consultants without the ability to review them first. Yuck. This is a very old post, has anyone found a workaround?
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Anonymous
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having the same issues here... again..... on a number of different machines and versions of archiCAD 9......... any thoughts/solutions would be greatly appreciated

thanks in advance
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Do you guys have this issue with AC 9 Build 2172, too?
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