Installation & update

Mac Users: Do not upgrade to macOS 14.0 Sonoma before reading this...

macOS 14.0 Sonoma was released today (September 26, 2023). Every year, a bunch of folks immediately upgrade and then start posting here about things that don't work. Don't be one of those people Instead, first read Norbert Kucsma's official Graphisof...

Resolved! Archicad crashes on macOS 12.3 when closing a tab with the Tab Bar

UPDATED: the fix for this issue is part of Archicad 25 Update 5010 and a special hotfix Archicad 24 Update 7009, which was released for Archicad 24 and Archicad 24 Solo. Dear All, We have been notified about a new issue with Archicad on the latest up...

Autosave automatic recovery not working in AC18Solo/HP Envy

I have the ultrasafe settings and default location for autosave files but I don't seem to be getting a prompt to auto-recover files as would normally be the case. It's not a problem I've ever come across before with ArchiCAD which has been very relia...

BIMx Viewer Windows 2008 R2

I'm trying to get BIMx Desktop Viewer 18 running on a Windows 2008 R2 Server. When I launch the application I get a black screen with the text "Graphisoft BIMx 18.3006 Viewer Version" then it crashes. It's a Virtual Machine running on ESXi that has a...

Wibu or code meter key status

Did anyone know that you can't use your wibu or code meter key to work on different version Archicad 18. If i use archicad 18 US and want to use Archicad 18 French it doesn't work anymore. Why

upgrade 5100 problems

Hello everyone, We did install upgrade 5100 us on imac an the server. But went we install on the Mac Pro cylinder archicad won't start it stop at the opening window (open a project or create) and then freeze there. Anyone have a clue Version 4006 wor...

Cannot read plan file/Repair process failed/

Hello Hibaüzenet nélkül elmentettem egy fájlt. Másnap nem tudom megnyitni. Se a pln, se a bpn formátumút. Másik gépen, másik mappában sem. Hogyan tudnék hozzáférni egy heti munkámhoz, ami így bentragadt a fájlban, legalább részlegesen? I saved a file...

ArchiCAD 18 Update

On trying to update I got the following report at the end [see attachment]. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. Also now at launching I get an error message stating that ArchiCAD wont start yet it goes on ahead to start. It is rather disc...

PowerPC AC7 file to Intel AC18 DWG

Ok, I have an old file made in AC4 that I brought up to AC10, but it is still running on an old PowerPC Mac. How do I get it to be a AC18 file to run on an iMac and then eventually make into a dwg file to send to someone else. I bought a floppy reade...

First run of Archicad 18

Hi all. I've got a problem with running Archicad 18. After downloading and successful installing students version on Win7/64 when I'm running Archicad it doesn't open, but instead Graphisoft Bug reporter window pops up with info with code error numbe...

New Software Key System Notice

Just received an email from Graphisoft saying they are switching my WIBU Key to a Software Key and if I want a hardware key I have to let them know by March 31. Is anyone familiar with this? There is a lot of information but I am still not clear on s...

Set special folder locations

Hi, I am trying to create a deployment script that silently installs ArchiCad 18 and sets Special Folder locations and Dxf-Dwg Translator List. I managed to set Dxf-Dwg Translator List by copying an xml file to %appdata%\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD-64 18.0.0...

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