What is the current build number?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone verify the latest build for AC15 on Mac? When I use the Check for Updates command, it goes to the website and confirms that I have the most recent build 3003. However, I see lots of references to build 3006 and a collaborator I am trying to work with has build 3006, so we can't work together. What is going on here?

[Karl Ottenstein]

It's one of the most bizarre things, particularly because of the TW conflict.

Graphisoft burned the DVD's with build 3003. During production, they found some bugs that were fixed in build 3006 which is available for free download at myarchicad.com (after you create a login). But, for some strange reason that has never been announced. They did not release 3006 as a hotfix to 3003, so Check for Updates says you are up-to-date. Weird, huh?

Really have no idea what they were thinking.

You'll want to download 3006 ("American" version) from myarchicad.com so that you can work with your collaborators who are on that build.

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

Karl:

Thanks for the answer to my question. Clearly Graphisoft knew they would be creating problems by keeping this quiet and doing nothing to remedy it. If they only knew how much of our valuable time this has consumed and what delays they have created. Would have been nice of them to have either created a special download site or mail out a fix to all of us who received the bad build number. Not a good way to start a new version.

Thanks again for your help.

Mark

[vfrontiers]

Mark wrote:
Karl:

Who remembers 3.14

I do!

Layers were a matrix of 16 numbers (technically, there were no layers, just 16 combos)...

And you could dog ear the ends of walls, too.

[Anonymous]

Could anyone post what the "bug" differences are between build 3003 and 3006?

I've already installed the BIM Server 15 Module and AC15 on several workstations with build 3003 which is off of the installation DVDS as stated. If the "bug" differences are impacting, then I would look into reinstalling the BIM Server 15 Module and those several AC15 instances. Unless there is an easier way to upgrade from 3003 to 3006 other than reinstalling?

Thanks!

[vfrontiers]

Just wanted to chime in with my experience...

Upon downloading the 3006, it asks if you want to ADD or REPAIR... I figured ADD was the correct choice, but it does NOTHING...

Repair then asks if you want to BACK UP first... I said no as I just installed the 3003, so there was nothing to keep...

Anyway REPAIR takes only a minute or so... relatively painless.

I have NO IDEA what was fixed...

Slightly off topic... Its a bugger that the BUILD NUMBER no longer shows on startup.... So you have to open all the way up to check which build you're in.

[Anonymous]

vfrontiers wrote:
Slightly off topic... Its a bugger that the BUILD NUMBER no longer shows on startup.... So you have to open all the way up to check which build you're in.

AGREED!! I wish they would bring it back. That way I would know if one of the ArchiCAD stations here is not connecting to the BIM Server because of different build numbers. It's common for me to check build numbers for diagnosis. If I could see the build number on the splash screen, then I would just click Quit ArchiCAD from the startup screen without having to open all the way further as you mentioned.

If there are other ways of finding out build numbers without needing to open ArchiCAD pass the Start Up screen, I'm all eyes here. Because I continued off topic with Dwayne - I'm still all eyes with the bug differences between 3003 and 3006

[Greg Kmethy]

The differences between 3003 and 3006 are the following:
- a bug that only affects the TRIAL mode (this is why 3006 is available on myarchicad.com instead of 3003)
- a bug that may cause a crash when editing shells in a specific way
- a problem that occurs with trim to roof under special circumstances
- a bug with library parts in Teamwork files that only occurs if you have both BIM server 13 and 15 installed.

As a general rule, I would recommend to keep build 3003 and wait for the first Hotfix.

The only scenario where you have to use build 3006 is if you need to run BIM server 13, 14 and 15 modules together. I recommend against this: I recommend uninstalling the 13 module before installing 15, regardless of the bug in build 3003. But if you have Teamwork projects in all 3 versions, then you need to install build 3006 because of this bug:
http://archicadwiki.com/Bugs/Teamwork/LibrariesNotFoundAfterArchicad15Upgrade

We have written about this issue on ArchicadWiki, and in our June ArchiPLUS Newsletter.

[Barry Kelly]

ksymons19 wrote:
If there are other ways of finding out build numbers without needing to open ArchiCAD pass the Start Up screen, I'm all eyes here. Because I continued off topic with Dwayne - I'm still all eyes with the bug differences between 3003 and 3006

Just find the "Archicad.exe" file (in Program Files) and right click on it and choose "properties".
This of course is on Windows - I am sure you can do similar on a Mac.

Note mine is only build 2702 as I still only have the pre-release version.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Barry wrote:
This of course is on Windows - I am sure you can do similar on a Mac.

Barry.

"Get Info" only shows my (AC14) as 14.0.0 and does not give build number. AC11 does same, so no reason to believe 15 would be any different, I'm sorry to say.