Can't see the contents of the Bim Component Portal in Archicad 28

[suleymanyldrm]

Hi everyone,

When I searched for an object in Archicad 27, it was also searching in the bim components portal and showing me the results, when I do the same search for Archicad 28, I don't get any results. Has there been a change in this feature in Archicad 28 or is there something I am missing?

Btw in both images, the search option on the bim components portal is active.

   

[Laszlo Nagy]

Your comment made me think and I just checked it again. Actually, I am getting a yellow warning icon, and when I hover my mouse over it, it says there was a connection timeout. If I go to bimcomponents.com in my web browser, the site loads in a few seconds. So, yeah, there seems to be an issue with the connection:

 

But, I got curious, so I started testing:

1. Tried searching from my desktop, Archicad 28, using my broadband internet connection - the error occurred.

2. Tried searching from my desktop, Archicad 27, using my broadband internet connection - the error occurred.

3. Tried searching from my desktop, Archicad 26, using my broadband internet connection - the error occurred.

On my laptop:

4. Tried searching from my laptop, Archicad 27, using my broadband internet connection - the error occurred.

and then

5. Tried searching from my laptop, Archicad 27, using the internet connection of my mobile phone - the error occurred.

So, it looks like it doesn't matter which computer I use, which Archicad version I use, and which internet connection I use, the error occurs.

That makes me think there must be something on the bimcomponents.com side of the connection that causes this issue.

[Pavel_N]

Hi, same here, BimComponents inside AC is not responding. In Safari the BimComponts website loads immediately. I have a new clean install of MacOS 15.1.1. Tested on AC27,28. Firewall is off. Both programs are allowed in the Local network setup. It seems like this is really a bug in AC, maybe related to new versions of MacOs?

[Laszlo Nagy]

I am on Windows, you have the same issues on Mac, so it is not platform-specific. 

[Pavel_N]

Yesterday Bimcomponents started working in AC 27 and 28. I didn't make any changes to the settings or system, so I assume it was a fix from the developers. Does it work for you too?

[Laszlo Nagy]

I checked today and it is now working for me as well. It is now displaying bimcomponents.com results as well.

The guys at GS HQ must have fixed something.