plotmaker won't update

[Anonymous]

I have archicad version 8.1 and plotmaker version 9. When I try to update the links in plotmaker I get an error message that reads "Plotmaker could not launch ArchiCad because it does not know Archicad's path on your computer. Archicad may not have been installed or launched on this computer yet."

Is this because I'm using the two different versions? Or is it a Windows XP issue? Any help would be appreciated.

[Gerald Hoffman]

I suspect this is because you are using 2 different versions. I have never tried this with 8.1 but Plotmaker 9 is probably looking to open AC 9 BG and can't find it. Are you trying to use placed quickviews or PMK files?

[Anonymous]

quickviews. I don't know how to do a PMK. I'm fairly new at this. Have had a tutor, and he couldn't figure out why this error message was coming up. Either could the dealer I bought my software from. Seems I may need to upgrade to Archicad 9 now (altho I was trying to wait a couple of months til the next upgrade came out....) your thoughts?

[Gerald Hoffman]

I am kind of wondering why you are using a newer version of Plotmaker with your 8.1 ArchiCAD. Plotmaker 3.1 is the version that should install with AC 8.1. I just tried importing a saved view and a PMK file from an 8.1 PLN file I have and it seemed to work OK. However when it imported the saved view it may have been opening the file in AC 9. I could not tell.

It is simple to make a PMK. As soon as you have a plan or other view that is ready to publish just save it as a PMK file. Name it appropriately and put in a place you can find it from Plotmaker. When you open plotmaker just import the PMK file and place it in the sheet as you would any other view. The PMK file does not update automatically. When you make changes in ArchiCAD you will need to resave it overtop of the original PMK and then update it in Plotmaker. Hope this helps.

Perhaps someone else knows why you are getting this error message.

[Djordje]

Upgrade by all means and forget PMKs.

Check with your reseller - as 10 is lurking around the corner, there is probably some kind of special for the upgrades now.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the tips. will follow through on both of those ideas today.

[Anonymous]

well i have the same problem and i'm using PMK 9 and archicad 9.... i have used version 10 but it is missing some important components so i cannot use it.

all i want to do is update my plotmaker files in 9 and it says it cannot find the archicad 9 path..

i've tried reinstalling but doesn't fix.

[Djordje]

dbroughton wrote:
well i have the same problem and i'm using PMK 9 and archicad 9.... i have used version 10 but it is missing some important components so i cannot use it.

What components? It is very possible that you are not finding what you need.

[Anonymous]

well i worked it out..... i uninstalled version 10... maybe they don't like each other

[Anonymous]

I am experiencing the same problem, as we have made the switch to AC10, but don't have the time to bring our 'old projects' over. So we intermittently use AC9, but are unable to get the path from PlotMaker to ArchiCAD.

What raises further suspicion is that it succeeds on one computer, and fails on another, identical machine. It leads me to believe that there is an installation/update/re-install sequence, depending upon the key, upgrade or new license, etc. which is causing the issue. No answer yet, but maybe some different thinking will help the process.

Thanks!