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...

Files not always generating .lck file and not showing as occupied

Hello, we have a project with several archicad files, multiple houses, floor plan modules etc. and a teamwork file. And we have an issue with this particular project: often times Archicad won't generate a .lck-file and won't mark the file as being in...

Archicad 24 won't start

Hey, I've installed the Archicad 24 as a Student version, still the program won't start, the cursor shows a loading signal for a while, it's starting though as a background process as an Archicad Component, but still the program is not starting. i've...

New Macbook Pro 13 with M1 Chip

I'll bite. I'm looking at switching from PC to the Mac world. Do I get the older Macbook Pro with the older chip or get the new M1 chip? Will Archicad run on this soon? The 16GB ram seems a little low. As a new Archicad user and Mac wannabe, I'd love...

Archicad has issues with certain Unicode chars

There are certain Unicode characters which actually have two representations: A "normal" one, and an emoji one. Take the warning sign „⚠“ (U+26A0) as an example. Archicad will strip away this character (like any other emoji) from text elements and la...

Archicad 23 and 24 - new startup window

Hi everyone, Is there a way to have access to the new Startup Window (AC23 and 24) if Archicad is already opened? Like if I have two projets opened and one crashes, could I try to open the recovery file from the startup window on the one Archicad tha...

ArchiCad 23 and macOS Big Sur

Hello. I am wondering if anyone has tried to run ArchiCad 23 (or 24) in the new macOS Big Sur. Any issues? Thank you!

Warning about inverted elements when publishing

Hello, came upon this warning message yesterday when I started to publish my project to .pdf. after Clicking OK the files are published correctly, but wtf does the warning actually mean and how or why does it appear? Today I tried to publish again, d...

ArchiCAD 23 and Windows 7

I am well aware that Windows 7 has been deprived of further support by Microsoft and that ArchiCAD 23 does not support Win7. However, we are still using Windows 7 for a number of reasons, and we will not replace it with Windows 10 for now yet. I have...

Graphic Card Update / Quadro vs GTX

Hi everyone ! We would like to upgrade our graphic cards at the office, and I am a bit confused between the so-called professional graphic cards (Nvidia Quadro) and the "gaming" card GTX series. We work with both interior design projects and mid-size...

License Manager Tool - used ports and protocols

Hi everybody, I need a list of used network-ports by the "GS-License Manager Tool" (and all the components, which co-operate in with the LMT-service....) I get this link by german support: https://graphisoft.com/de/downloads/licensing/help/ger/system...

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

Files not always generating .lck file and not showing as occupied

Archicad 24 won't start

New Macbook Pro 13 with M1 Chip

Archicad has issues with certain Unicode chars

Archicad 23 and 24 - new startup window

ArchiCad 23 and macOS Big Sur

Warning about inverted elements when publishing

ArchiCAD 23 and Windows 7

Graphic Card Update / Quadro vs GTX

License Manager Tool - used ports and protocols

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