GRAPHISOFT screwed us again. This licensing nonsense is an absolute train wreck.

[Space_Agency]

So today I go in to change the representation of an existing run of ductwork in a project we created in V28. But nope cannot edit it. And it dawns on me that we recently changed our license to Archicad "Studio". So now ALL of our previously created duct routes, any objects that are classified as MEP elements in our embedded libraries are now also completely un-editable. I can't move it to another layer. I can't link it to another design option. I can't change the 2d or 3d representation. Nothing. It is essentially frozen and completely uneditable. So I go to change our license. And of course Graphisoft has made it so that the license we just paid for a few days a go in no way is credited to an upgrade to a "Collaborate" option. So we have just wasted more money now by having to essentially pay for both license types. What a complete RIP OFF. The practices of this company have moved from making software 'for architects by architects', to just simple greed. It's one thing to degrade the license and take away the tools, It's another to basically freeze everything that you've already created with a tool that was paid for and then now have to pay for an additional license just to unfreeze it. Why? Money is more important than keeping your user base is the only thing I can surmise. 

[menantol]

Too greedy. They should definately add MEP back into Studio. It's a very basic tool. Some objects, routing and what else? Purely a pricing move to add to company profit. Not cool.

[Jp1138]

I can´t understand why, if you bought a susbcription that won´t work for you, why doesn´t GS allow you to upgrade paying the difference. Totally baffling.

[menantol]

Unacceptable and unbeliveable.