ddeyarza wrote:
I understand that there is no Intel Mac version of SketchUp, however, there is an Intel Mac version of AC10.
One of the limitations of Apple's Rosetta translation engine (that lets PPC programs run on Intel) is that it doesn't translate PARTS of programs. The whole program has to run in the same environment. This means, among other things, that Archicad 10/PPC plugins, add-ons etc, don't work with Archicad 10/MacIntel. One example that has annoyed some of us is the WIBU licence key verifier.
(And note that it wouldn't help if AC10 was Universal. A Universal program release is just a package which contains two versions, a PPC and an Intel, rolled into one. When you start the program, the O/S decides which one to run depending on processor and on your Finder settings - you can force a Macintel to run the PPC version in Rosetta translation if you like.)
So what Graphisoft tells you is this:
- The Sketchup file reader is built using a framework (a program component) supplied by the Sketchup developer (AtLast-now Google).
- This component isn't available in a Macintel version, and thus won't run natively on a Macintel.
- And because this component doesn't run natively, GS can't build a Sketchup reader plugin for Archicad that runs natively.
- Until then, you will have to use an Archicad version that has the plugin, either the PPC or the Windows version, to translate the Sketchup file to an ARchicad file and save. Archicad/Macintel will be able to read the Archicad file.
- I'd say that if Archicad/Windows runs OK in Parallells, it should do. But if you try to run it simultaneously with Archicad/Macintel, I think there is a risk that you'll find the same problem as those who've tried running Archicad/PPC along with Archicad/Macintel - one of the WIBU key plugins will grab the key and not allow the other to access.
- Running Archicad/windows in BootCamp should work, though, since a restart is required between sessions, releasing the WIBU key.
AC4.1-AC26SWE; MacOS13.5.1; MP5,1+MBP16,1
