Moving Countries

[Anonymous]

Hey All.
I have been using ArchiCAD since the beginning in New Zealand and have just moved to USA.

Does anyone know if the two versions are compatible?

Can I upgrade my New Zealand license with an American one?

Or are they too different?

I need to upgrade and am not sure whether I upgrade my New Zealand version license or upgrade to an American version. I might be moving back there in a few years but not sure as yet.

Any help much appreciated
Andrew Lister

[Barry Kelly]

I'd probably keep it simple and upgrade with your New Zealand reseller.
Then go here ... http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/ ... to download the USA version.
But it would pay to check with your NZ reseller first to see what they say.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Barry, yes thats the idea i think. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

I think a problem you will run into if you're going to use templates created by the NZ version in the US version is a storey problem. I'm not totally sure but I'm sure the NZ version starts the ground floor at 0 and the second floor at +1 or first storey. The US version starts the ground floor at +1 or first storey and never makes use of a 0 level storey.

I don't think you can fix that either. Once the zero storey is introduced in a template I can't figure out how to delete it.

[Eduardo Rolon]

The "0" or "1" changes based on the AC you are using not on the template. If I open my template in AC-US then it defaults to "1" and updates all the drawings. If I open it in AC-INT then it switches to "0"

[Karl Ottenstein]

andrewlister wrote:
I need to upgrade and am not sure whether I upgrade my New Zealand version license or upgrade to an American version. I might be moving back there in a few years but not sure as yet.

As others responded, your hardware key allows you to run any localized version on either platform (Mac or Windows). Generally, I think we are tied to the reseller for our physical area. If you were only here for a few months consulting, then your home reseller in NZ would probably be the required reseller for an upgrade. Given that it sounds like you'll be in the US for a few years, I imagine the US reseller serving your location would be allowed to sell you an upgrade, and it might well be cheaper than NZ depending on taxes/etc. Check in with both of them and ask.

[Anonymous]

ejrolon wrote:
The "0" or "1" changes based on the AC you are using not on the template. If I open my template in AC-US then it defaults to "1" and updates all the drawings. If I open it in AC-INT then it switches to "0"

Out of curiosity sake, create a file in the US version, save it, open it in the international version, save it, then reopen it in the US version and see it's it has or has not interjected a 0 storey the US version cannot delete.

I am without an international version or I would try myself but in the past if I opened a US created file in the international version and then save it, it would interject a zero storey that saved with the file.

[Eduardo Rolon]

• Create New File in AC-US, Floor = 1, save file
• Open same file in AC-INT, Floor = changes to 0, save file
• Open same file in AC-US, Floor = changes back to 1

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Looks like you are misremembering something

[Anonymous]

Thank you everyone, very much appreciated