James Hardie content for Archicad 16 users

[Anonymous]

Ok, I know I must be missing something here, so I'd appreciate some direction.
The James Hardie, Accel folks have sent me an exciting email saying they have NEW! content for ArchiCad. Fantastic! Sounds great. Let's go have a look.....

When I go to the website, it says the content is only suited to outdated versions of Archicad, up to version 14. That's funny, I could have sworn the email said they had NEW! content? They mention you need to do something extra to get it working on version 15, but there's no mention of version 16.

The other thing to click on is a link for help, which is just an email address back at Graphisoft..... which implies they've been helping James Hardie to make this content...which implies.... huh??

So, let me get this straight - Graphisoft are involved in preparing this "NEW!" content for James Hardie, but they haven't allowed it to work on the two most recent versions of Archicad??!?!?!?!

For the love of Mike why? Are Graphisoft keen to discourage upgrades of their own software? I don't get it.

I'll admit that it's true that there are still parts of Archicad (and Archicad culture) that I haven't explored yet, but from this recent convert's point of view this just looks plain weird. What am I missing here?

Actually, to be honest I'd still be at least partly happy with a mere workaround. Can someone tell me if it's possible to wrangle access to any of the James Hardie stuff with my fully up-to-date Archicad 16 software?

Thanks,
Chris

[Anonymous]

Erwin,

Thanks for the deeper dive into the process. I have a much better handle on all now and am working the through the Template Process. Many say "Just jump in and draw". Been there...Done that...and "I ain't going down that road again" (Had to throw in a little Texas Slang). Archicad is complex but a complete program and from my experience the better I understand a platform the more effectively it will serve my needs. I am much further along than when I first posted and want to thank everyone for their assistance.