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Possible ArchiCAD Memory Leak Problem?

Morning all, I have a problem running 2 or more instances of ArchiCAD at the same time. This is a new issue as I've been running the program on my computer for just about a year now and this has only cropped up in the past couple months. Basically th...

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Archicad licence was not found

Hello all, I'm having problems with the installation of the software. I'm a student, and I applied for the student version. I received an email saying "You have been successfully approved for a 1-year Serial Number." I downloaded the software and whe...

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Trouble Uninstalling AC17

Hello all! A few months ago, I had updated to ArchiCAD 18 but left version 17 on there in case I needed to go back to those files. Having realized that I will not need this, I have been trying to uninstall ArchiCAD 17 for weeks now to no avail. I kee...

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New Nvidia/FirePRo lineup cards what to choose?

Hi, I am willing to upgrade my videocard with the new lineups but on ArchiCAD's site - http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/video-cards/recommended-video-cards-for-archicad-18/ there aren't any tests of the new ones. The one that really confuse...

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Graphics card upgrade - which one?

Hi im looking to upgrade the graphics on one of my pc's . (3 year old) The processor is good , its an i5 2500k. My RAM is ok at 8gb - Id be happy to increase this to 12gb My graphics card is intel HD3000 integrated - hence the reason to upgrade this....

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Bag Archicad error displaying colors ?

Did somebody notice when changing the colour from the colour pallet that SOMETIMES the colour doesn't change in plane view. I made an experiment: I created new AC17 and AC18 projects for comparison. The pallet works properly in AC17 and there is an e...

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mac pro vs imac

Does anyone have advice on purchasing a new iMac 27" vs. the pricier mac pro. As I see it, I can max. out the iMac for about the same price as the mac pro without a monitor. Am I sacrificing Archicad performance with the iMac? I am essentially a one ...

you cant install this software while archicad running

hi i have problem when i trying to install Cinema 4D Add-On for ArchiCAD 18 when i try to install it it keeps coming up "you cannot install this software while archicad is running.." I do not have the program open... and i restarted my pc to make sur...

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