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Installation & update

Installing or updating your app. Hardware/software requirements, OS specs.

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This article will bring forth solutions to known issues around the installation and startup of Archicad 25. You can find a number of specific and detailed issues, which are independent from which version you have. You can also find the reason why these problems might be happ...

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Great news for Archicad users! As announced at the Archicad 26 Launch Event, we are pleased to share with you that Archicad 26 is running natively on Apple silicon. The full commercial version, with all functions of Archicad 26, was released on the 24th of November. The Appl...

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In this article, you can find a list of additional software needed for installing or running GRAPHISOFT products. When you run the installer, it will automatically install those third-party products which are not yet installed, or which are out of date. If you don't want to ...

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In order for Archicad to run optimally on the new Operating System, it must be granted Full Disk Access. Why on macOS 10.15 Catalina? Apple has taken a new approach with macOS 10.15 Catalina to tackle arising security and privacy threats. From macOS 10.15 Catalina onward, th...

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You can download the latest version of Archicad on graphisoft.com/downloads. Installation and startup troubleshooting guides Archicad 25 Archicad 24 Archicad 23 Archicad 22 Archicad 21 BIMcloud installation and configuration Educational Version Advanced installation solution...

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Related versions: BIMcloud Basic 2024.1 and newer This article will guide you through the BIMcloud Basic installation and configuration step by step with some additional information. Before Installing Checklist for installing BIMcloud Basic in the local area network (LAN) Ve...

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Java versions that are supported by the GRAPHISOFT installers (or un-installers) In many cases newer, older, corrupted Java versions may block the installation and uninstallation of the GRAPHISOFT products. From here you can download the Java version that was bundled with th...

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Archicad Network Installation (Install Archicad as BIM Manager) Starting with Archicad 22 the standard installer for Archicad and GRAPHISOFT Add-Ons can be deployed in unattended mode. For details please consult the Install Guide for Archicad. Archicad Silent install methods...

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Affected version(s): BIMcloud 19 and 20, BIM Server 19 and 20 | Severity: updated installer needed| ID: #229736 We released our updated installers for BIM Server 20 in the following languages: AUS, AUT, FRA, GER, INT, UKI and USA. Installers are available from their original...

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WHAT IS THE GRAPHISOFT SHELL EXTENSION The Graphisoft Shell Extension is a utility which modifies your Windows shell in order to display the preview and the summary of the contents of Graphisoft related files, for example Archicad project and library part files. After instal...

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REPAIR Archicad If Archicad is already installed on your computer and you run the Archicad installer, an option is given to Repair the software. This process looks through the Archicad folder and replaces the installed components with a fresh copy from the installer. Basical...

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This is an outdated article. For current deployed installation steps, please check our user guide. What is Software Deployment See details at Wikipedia. Deployed installation of update packages On Windows platforms you need to use the MSI package available for each published...

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Silent Update installation of Archicad 20 Updates (suitable for Archicad 17, 18 and 19 too) Silent mode Update install can be achieved by running the installer from the command line with silent parameter. The correct command line can be obtained by performing the following s...

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Archicad Network Installation (Instructions for BIM Managers) With a Commercial and certain Education licenses, GRAPHISOFT offers you the option of creating an Installation package that contains your company-standard settings. Using this installation package, you can save ti...

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Gatekeeper – Security & Privacy Gatekeeper is built in Security option from OS X Mountain Lion on that prevents you from running potentially harmful applications. You can access its settings: Open System Preferences Security & Privacy General tab Allow applications downloade...

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GRAPHISOFT used QuickTime, Apple's multimedia environment in legacy ARCHICAD versions. See how different ARCHICAD versions used QuickTime's technology's in detail below: ARCHICAD 18 and newer ARCHICAD 18 & newer doesn't install or use QuickTime. ARCHICAD 15, 16, 17 In ARCHIC...

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System requirements Official system requirements on GRAPHISOFT home page: BIMcloud 20 and BIM Server 20 BIMcloud 19 and BIM Server 19 BIMcloud 18 and BIM Server 18 Recommended hardware for GRAPHISOFT products: Recommended hardware on Help Center Operating systems Server leve...

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