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Archicad for Apple silicon

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 2...

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3rd party installers for GRAPHISOFT products

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 da...

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Important Steps for BIMcloud / BIMcloud Basic Customers After macOS is Upgraded to macOS 10.15 Catalina

Affected version: BIMcloud 2019.4 Apple changed its security settings to enhance data security for its customers. As part of this progress, applications installed on macOS 10.15 Catalina and above must secure the user’s permission to access data. To ...

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Archicad Installation

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 Advan...

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Getting Started with Graphisoft BIMcloud Basic

Related versions: BIMcloud Basic 2018.2 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 lo...

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Java for ARCHICAD

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...

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Archicad 22 Install and Start-up Troubleshooting Guide

The latest Archicad version can be downloaded from GRAPHISOFT's Download area. Note: If you have Archicad 21 and wish to have Archicad 22 on your machine, you need to download and install Archicad 22. They will function as two separate programs. Ther...

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Archicad silent install methods

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. Archic...

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“Can’t find/choose instance.” warning while upgrading BIM Server to BIMcloud on macOS 10.13 or newer

Affected version(s): BIM Server 19, 20 and 21 | Severity: workaround applicable | ID: #229604 Issue Upgrade process of BIM Server v19, v20 and v21 to BIMcloud v21 will warn you on macOS 10.13 with “Can’t find/choose instance.” message. Workaround You...

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Graphisoft Shell Extension

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...

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Archicad Update cannot access one or more files

Affected version(s): Archicad 20 | Severity: workaround applicable | The issue is only present on macOS Issue When running Archicad Update installer the user gets this error: "Archicad 20 Update (xxxx) cannot access one or more files/folders in ..." ...

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Deployed Installation

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 ava...

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Installation Package creation for Archicad 20

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...

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Gatekeeper

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 All...

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QuickTime

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. ARCH...

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Hardware and software considerations

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 Oper...

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Troubleshoot hotfix installation problems

Troubleshoot permission problems on Mac Issue: The installer of the Hotfix gives Archicad ## Hotfix ## cannot access one or more files/folder in message. Solution: As a first step make sure that you are logged in as an administrator user. In System ...

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