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...

Resolved! Protection Key problem with version 6.5

I recently ran into a problem with an older version of ArchiCAD, version 6.5, when it stopped working stating that the protection key was not responding. The parallel key works fine on other machines but no matter what key I try, this machine won't r...

Oce 9300 plotter

We have just had more than a week of trying to get this printer to work in our office. We found out more by chance, that this thing needs to have two drivers installed for it to work. A native windows HP650 driver and the Oce 9300 driver supplied wit...

help with 8.1 installation.

Windows cannot find the wibu key. I told it to search the archicad 8.1 disk, and the internet and it found nothing. The website for wibu won't come up. Now I cannot even pull up 7.0 either. what is going on here!!!!! Did Graphisoft not have the forsi...

Removing AC8 from OS 9

I dont know much about Macs. I installed 8r3 on a Mac so I could create a UI for our objects that is Mac friendly. I need to remove AC8 from the machine before I install v7. Is it as simple as deleting the archicad folder or is there some proceedure ...

Server Recomendations

I haven't been able to get any answers to my slow navigation times except that maybe it is the equipment. Currently we have a 400mhz G4 for our server, and it is not running server software it is maxed out on ram and it only has a 20 gig hd. So I was...

Roof maker eaves purlins

hi there Does anyone know why , when using the roof maker wizard the "eaves purlin" library part is offset from the roof pivot line and not created right on it??? This creates a wall plate that doesn't sit on the wall !!! how bizarre (and annoying) T...

Zone settings problem

I am having a really annoying problem with my Zone settings. (Mac OS 10.3.1, 1.8 Ghz G5) I set up all my Zone Category settings in the template. Then when I created a new file from the template, none of the settings stuck. Then I went into the PLN I ...

Some problems with PM & AC v8.1

Hi everyone, I have recently installed ArchiCAD v8.1 (mac) and noticed the following behaviour which I hope someone will be able to explain: AC: Can't find the Special Menu by restarting AC pressing command+option. I have to reload the ADD-ONS every ...

What is Simplest Plotting Config for OSX?

Since we can't seem to get our old Designjet 220 working under OS X on our Ethernet network........ What is the most mindless, troublefree, ArchiCAD/Mac OSX longterm-upgrade-viable plotter solution? The plotter will be on our small Macintosh OS X.2 E...

Teamwork Reservation Problem

We can't seem to get Teamworks to let us reserve portions of the drawing the way we want. This is the scenario: Using the marquee, one drafter can sign in and reserve the marqueed area and the necessary layers, but if he also reserves Floor 1 nobody ...

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