Archicad 18 SLOOOOOOOOOOW
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2016-03-23 02:28 AM
2016-03-23
02:28 AM
Since then:
the file takes 5 minutes or more to generate an elevation... the changes don't show in the 3d window...
I have been using AC since 5.5 and NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM...what happened?
...is it el capitan?
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2016-03-23 02:25 PM
2016-03-23
02:25 PM
If you don't have the Polycount 'goodie' installed, download and install/run it to see what elements in your project might have an extraordinarily high polygon count so that you can simplify them. Seems the most likely cause to me.
AC 28 USA and earlier • macOS Sequoia 15.4, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB

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2016-03-25 05:38 PM
2016-03-25
05:38 PM
Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodes?
thanks.
thanks.
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2016-03-26 01:18 PM
2016-03-26
01:18 PM
rob2218 wrote:Start at Help > ArchiCAD Downloads, then follow the links for Add-Ons & Goodies. They are version and language specific.
Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodes?
David
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2016-03-29 07:27 PM
2016-03-29
07:27 PM
spoke to another AC18/iMac user who is experiencing SLOWNESS the same as I am...what happened...this is the result of either the last or next to last update that slowed the program down so that I can take a break while the elevations or 3d generate, it takes forever++++ to get an elevation to update. this is ridiculous....
David wrote:rob2218 wrote:Start at Help > ArchiCAD Downloads, then follow the links for Add-Ons & Goodies. They are version and language specific.
Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodies?
David
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2016-03-30 03:39 AM
2016-03-30
03:39 AM
Just looking at your specs two things come to mind. 1. Why not use AC19-it is much faster. 2. Could it be three monitors on an iMac?
AC19(9001), 27" iMac i7, 12 gb ram, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512mb, OS 10.12.6

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2016-03-30 05:28 AM
2016-03-30
05:28 AM
Archimamamia wrote:So, misery loves company, but not solutions, I guess. Did you or the other user check your polygon count? Are either of you using solid element operations between a lot of elements (or a few elements that are saved as an object and then placed many times)? Etc?
spoke to another AC18/iMac user who is experiencing SLOWNESS the same as I am...what happened...this is the result of either the last or next to last update that slowed the program down so that I can take a break while the elevations or 3d generate, it takes forever++++ to get an elevation to update. this is ridiculous....
Also: your profile says you're running OS 10.8.2 - is there some reason you're not on at least 10.10?
AC 28 USA and earlier • macOS Sequoia 15.4, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB