Archicad 18 SLOOOOOOOOOOW

[Anonymous]

Is anybody else having this problem, I am putting empty openings on a wall to simulate arch at the bottom of a wall that drops from the second floor of an old building built in 1923. Built the concrete railing w/colums/beams, then saved as an object and dropped in where needed.

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?

[Karl Ottenstein]

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.

[rob2218]

Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodes?
thanks.

[David Maudlin]

rob2218 wrote:
Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodes?

Start at Help > ArchiCAD Downloads, then follow the links for Add-Ons & Goodies. They are version and language specific.

David

[Anonymous]

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:
Can you point us to a link where we might find the "polygon count" goodies?

Start at Help > ArchiCAD Downloads, then follow the links for Add-Ons & Goodies. They are version and language specific.

David

[Stephen Dolbee]

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?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Archimamamia wrote:
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....

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?

Also: your profile says you're running OS 10.8.2 - is there some reason you're not on at least 10.10?