Installation & update
About program installation and update, hardware, operating systems, setup, etc.

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New System Spec Enquiry

hi all, I've decided to upgrade my old machine to I hope a much faster one. I'm using A C 11 but during the refresh I can put the kettle on ! Could anyone let me know if the following specs for the new machine would be OK ? Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2x...

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HELP URGENT!! Lost work

Hello, I lost information from the work file. Last night I had a complete pln file with several stories, elevations, sections, etc....the works. Today I tried to open it and it's completely empty. As you may imagine, I'm completely desperate and I'd ...

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ARCHICAD FOR INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS

As a new member firstly hello As a potential new user of Archicad I have the following questions : I freelance in commercial interior design ~ Foodservice i.e restaurants, bars, cafe' offers. I receive mostly 2D DWG layouts initially onto which I plo...

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Trouble with installation

Hi, I have just downloaded ArchiCAD 11, and i am trying to install it now. But when i reach the part of the installer where it asks for my user name and serial number, i input it and the next box i need to click on stays grayed out. I am doing every ...

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What is the best Graphics card and memory to use

I have recently begun exploring he walk through function of ArchiCad, and am curious about speed....or more precisely, the lack of it. I have a four year old Mac G5 with an ATI radeon 9600 Pro graphics card with 64MB VRAM. Other info on the computer:...

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Errors updating to 1114

Dears, after instaling 1114 , i cant export and/or import anything to DWG or DXF. The Archicad Crashes... I am using WinXP. I tried different files in different computers... always the same problem.

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ArchiCAD11EDU, FireGL V5250, Vista 32-bit

Hi, I am making this thread on behalf of a friend of mine whos just started with structural engineering. For his studies, he got a Thinkpad T60p. Core 2 duo and equipped with a FireGL V5250, which should be great for CAD work. However, when he tried ...

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GDL objects not showning

Hi, I have created some GDL objects and placed them in different folders in our office library. However, when I load the library into the project and look at it only one folder shows up. Is there a trick to getting everything to show. AC11, winxp

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dead-end in the registration process

Hi, I´m trying to download Archicad 11 to my Macbook P, OS X 10.5. I don´t get very far. The first step asks me to define Country (Denmark) and platform (intel based mac). I fill this in, then press "Register and Download". Doing this brings me to an...

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