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Archicad 17 crashing with roof editing.

I just started to have a problem with rather complex file. I'm editing the roof and every time I try to adjust the axis of the roof AC crashes. Help! Latest version. I have also noticed that AC 17 does not detect the intersections.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC17 AUS installer & codemeter

We have noticed that the AC17 AUS installer on Macs installs the CODEMETER software as well, despite one selecting the WIBUKEY option upon installation... have not tried the other way around since we are mostly using the green WIBUKEY network dongle....

GTX 660

I have a "quite old" video card onmy workstation. It is a nVidia Quadro 1700FX. I'd like to change it. Does somebody have GEFORCE GTX 660 and work with Archicad? How is it? Is it fast? Is there some trouble during the navigation in 3D or 2D view?

alemanda by Enthusiast
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Notebook for student

Hi everyone. I am soon starting my 2nd year on university, architecture and i need to get a notebook for ArchiCAD mostly + everyday use, web browsing and stuff. No games or such. I've seen Dell m6600 recommended couple times, but i can't afford it no...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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3D window is blank in AC16 under Mac OS10.8.4

It appears Open GL is not available in AC 16 after AC 17 is installed, or under Mac OS 10.8.4? I installed Mac OS 10.8.4, and then AC 17. I opened an existing project (v16) and saved it in v17. I noticed stuttering navigation in the 3D window. I then...

Greg D by Participant
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archicad 17 and Osx 10.9 Mavericks with no 3d view

I installed archicad 17 in a computer with a beta test of next apple operating system, OsX Mavericks. as a result, i can't see the 3d model in 3d view, this view remains in plain white perhaps because of new support of OpenGL 4.1 in mavericks any ide...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Organizer won't let me drag and drop

I'm running ArchiCad 16 on Macbook Pro late 2008 and can't drag files between the organizer view menus. This means i can't even get files onto my layout page, any ideas why this is suddenly happening to me?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Palettes disappearing, AC17

twice today 2 of my 'check marked' (meaning ON) palettes have disappeared, even though they say they are 'check marked'. So I went to try to turn them back on and after releasing the cursor over the check marks they both do reappear, but why are they...