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Licensing

All about Graphisoft ID and licenses: Education, Demo, and more

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To be able to use Archicad in Educational mode, an email address (User ID) & Serial number needs to be entered. The Serial number for Educational purposes can be obtained on MyArchicad.com. Archicad asks for the email address (User ID) & Serial number at the first launch of ...

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If you’ve recently purchased cloud licenses for Graphisoft products like Archicad, BIMx, or BIMcloud, you’ll need a Graphisoft ID. This simple, free account is your single login for managing your cloud licenses and accessing all Graphisoft services and resources. Here’s what...

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Who should read this article? This article is for you if: You have BIMcloud SaaS with cloud license. You are thinking of buying a new subscription now, and you have never had a BIMcloud SaaS subscription before. How do I know if I have BIMcloud SaaS with cloud license? You c...

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Who should read this article? This article is for you if: You already have an Archicad subscription cloud license You are thinking of buying a new subscription now, and you have never had a Graphisoft subscription before. What are floating cloud licenses? Cloud licenses can ...

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Certain content on the Community is accessible only if you have linked your Graphisoft ID to your software service contract (names may vary across countries and markets, e.g. SSA, Forward, ArchiPlus, ArchiCARD). I use a cloud license Using a cloud license, you can access and...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Cloud licensing - introduction and benefitsLicense managementAssigning a license to Graphisoft IDLicense activation in ArchicadLicense transfer between computersDevice deactivationFloating licenses In January 2023, Graphisoft began offering a cloud licensin...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Who should read this article?Cloud licenses available in the Graphisoft StoreCloud licensesWhat is a cloud license?What’s the advantage of cloud licenses?If I have a cloud license, can I work offline too?If I buy a cloud license for Archicad 26, can I also ...

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Did you know that students, teachers, and schools can get a free educational license to access Graphisoft products: Archicad, BIMx, and BIMcloud? In this article, we will show you how to get your EDU license in some quick steps and explain everything you need to know about a...

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We have compiled in this article the most essential and often questions that students and educators might face during the educational license steps.If you want to learn how to get your Edu License, Install and Activate your Archicad or Renew your Educational License, please ...

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Table of Content What is Graphisoft IDWhat is Graphisoft ID?Where can I get support for Graphisoft ID?Archicad authentication with Graphisoft IDWhat are the benefits of authenticating Archicad using Graphisoft ID?How can I authenticate Archicad using my Graphisoft ID?Can I u...

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Here are a couple of things you need to do when you want to end your BIMcloud as a Service subscription to download and secure your data: Export users - Graphisoft ID users cannot be exported. In case of Graphisoft ID users, disconnect them first from Graphisoft ID. Export y...

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As an administrator on BIMcloud Software as a Service, you might want to control who can use your licenses and how. Read this article to learn about BIMcloud User Licenses on a license key-based BIMcloud Software as a Service (SaaS). IMPORTANT NOTE Graphisoft has introduced ...

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CodeMeter (hardware and software-based) are protection keys for Archicad and other Graphisoft products. A protection key is necessary to run Archicad and other Graphisoft products in commercial mode. During the installation of Archicad, CodeMeter driver will be installed. Wh...

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Since Archicad 22, you have the liberty of updating protection key with Archicad or License Manager Tool (LMT). The former offers the protection key update dialogue once a day when if an update is available for the plugged Hardware Key or downloaded Software Key, it requests...

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What is a License Pooling? License pooling (aka Floating licensing or Network licensing) is a software licensing option available for customers with NET licenses, allowing several users on the same TCP/IP network to share access to product licenses provided by one or many ce...

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What is Graphisoft ID? Graphisoft ID (GS ID) is a unique identifier, based on a user's email address, to allow unified login to various web systems managed by Graphisoft. Graphisoft ID is your gateway to a great personal experience with all of the products and services we of...

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Since ARCHICAD 19, this function allows you to connect your personal Graphisoft ID accounts to your Graphisoft ID Company based on the protection key running Archicad. This can be done between one individual Graphisoft ID one license of the Graphisoft ID Company. Once the in...

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Graphisoft ID is your gateway to a great personal experience with all of the products and services we offer, including Archicad, BIMx, BIMcloud, DDScad, Learn, Community and Forward.Learn more about the benefits you can access with Graphisoft ID here. Beginning with version ...

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If you have never borrowed a license, this process will help you to create an Inactive License to enable license borrowing, in case you do not have an Internet connection on your machine. To learn more about License Borrowing, please follow this article. STEP 0: Navigate to ...

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To help us make Archicad work even better for you, we have introduced a new survey feature. We know your time is precious: our surveys are short and take just a minute or two. Our first survey will be available soon: the “Net Promoter Score” is a key metric that helps us to ...

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In many large companies of the AEC industry BIMx PRO is used by a large number of employees on many devices. You can make it easy for everyone to get their own, individual BIMx PRO Subscription by using Apple’s App Store & iTunes Gift Cards for Business or Google Play Store ...

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What is this conversion about? CodeMeter Hardware keys, that are used to store ARCHICAD and other GRAPHISOFT product licenses are converted from KEXT (Kernel Extension 3G class) to HID (Human Interface Device class). Why is the conversion necessary? Without converting a Code...

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CodeMeter hardware license keys shipped by GRAPHISOFT before 2018 are using KEXT 3G (Kernel Extension) as a default for communication with the CodeMeter Driver. With the release of macOS 10.13, Apple introduced a strict policy where 3rd party USB devices which use Kernel Ext...

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The following steps only apply to subscriptions purchased through the Graphisoft NA, UK, or Work From Home web shops. They do not apply to purchases made through the Graphisoft Legacy Store or Graphisoft Store How to upgrade your BIMcloud monthly subscription Open the Subscr...

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The content of this article does not apply for cloud-based licensing. For further information about cloud licensing please read this article. Archicad protection key types Archicad requires a hardware or software protection key to run in unlimited "full" or "commercial" mode...

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In case you have an issue with your Archicad licenses, we offer our 7-day Emergency licenses to help you continue working while your license key is getting troubleshooted. What is an Emergency License? An Emergency License is a no-charge, single-use, 7-day software license r...

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This article is aimed at helping Archicad users with network licenses to be able to work from home. Graphisoft is actively researching this topic and will update this article with any further possibilities to enable even more flexible options for the home use of Network lice...

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Free Twinmotion license can be requested only if your Graphisoft ID is connected to an Archicad license. The connection can be established with Archicad 19 or newer version. Please follow the below steps: 1. Open Archicad, and in the Help > License Information dialog, click ...

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The content of this article does not apply for cloud-based licensing. For further information about cloud licensing please read this article. Commercial Licenses Commercial versions are licensed using CodeMeter hardware or software protection. For full information on commerc...

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License Activation Starting with Archicad 22, you can easily get your license activated/updated by starting an installed Archicad 22, this way it gives you a more seamless experience with your license. From Archicad 23, it is also possible to upload the license back to the p...

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License Activation Starting with ARCHICAD 22, licenses can be easily downloaded by starting an installed ARCHICAD. This way it gives you a more seamless experience with your license. Workflow 1: Without being logged-in with GRAPHISOFT ID When you start ARCHICAD 22 after succ...

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License Manager Tool collects information of the license management related processes. These event logs can be used by the development for finding the reason and the solution for a possible issue. In case of unsuccessful license upload, download, update, replacement or any o...

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There may be cases where both Educational (EDU) and commercial licenses are required on the same user, yet ARCHICAD always launches in EDU mode when both licenses are available.For more information on how can this affect the project file itself, please read the “File Format ...

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Affected version(s): Not version related | Severity: workaround applicable Issue Invalid software protection keys are listed in License Manager Tool, however license management (download, upload) works properly. The invalid keys are marked with red escalation marks and with ...

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Affected version(s): Not version related | Severity: workaround applicable Issue "Key content is not accessible" error message pops up while uploading or downloading a software key with License Manager Tool. This phenomenon has similarities with the Protection Key Content is...

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Issue When you attempt to sign into myarchicad.com by being redirected to GSID website, you find yourself back on myarchicad.com home page without being logged in. Cause The sign-in process at myarchicad.com relies on the logged-in status of graphisoftid.graphisoft.com websi...

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This article describes the basics of setting up a key-based license server, with a collection of links to the related articles. Basic information about the difference between Single and NET key, can be found in the Licensing Basics - License Types, Methods and Applications a...

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All Archicad language versions can be downloaded from the GRAPHISOFT Website. After installing it, it can be ran immediately. If it can't find a license, it offers the choice of running it in Demo mode or activating Educational license codes. In order to run the commercial v...

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Affected products: License Manager Tool, ARCHICAD 22, Only on Windows | Severity: workaround applicable | ID: 254014 Issue When trying to sing in to ARCHICAD or to License Manager Tool with GRAPHISOFT ID, the pop-up window is blank: Reason The Sign-in windows of ARCHICAD and...

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License Activation Starting with ARCHICAD 22, you can easily get your license activated/updated by starting an installed ARCHICAD 22, this way it gives you a more seamless experience with your license. When you start ARCHICAD 22 after successful installation without signing ...

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Note: The license borrowing feature has been discontinued. If you purchased this product before its discontinuation, it remains available to you. GRAPHISOFT strongly recommends to use the latest CodeMeter driver on all computers where license borrowing is used. To download t...

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Affected version: CodeMeter keys with old firmware | Severity: Solution applicable | ID: TT #231479 Issue: Users on CodeMeter version 6.40b or above may experience recognition delays when the CodeMeter key with ARCHICAD license is plugged into a machine on Windows 10. The Co...

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What is Emergency License? Emergency License is a 7-day temporary license that users can access if, during a hardware key replacement process, the original (source) key has been deleted, but the new (target) key was not successfully programmed. Emergency License is a feature...

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A Company Graphisoft ID is created automatically when the first person in a company associates their individual Graphisoft ID with any of the company’s Archicad Protection Keys through the “Key pairing” process. The first person who completes the Key Pairing process will bec...

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Affected version(s): ARCHICAD 20, ARCHICAD 19| Severity: workaround applicable | ID: 222311 Issue Default Borrowing Duration might be reduced to 2880 minutes (2 days) if the CodeMeter driver of the server computer is different from the client machine's driver. CodeMeter driv...

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Severity: workaround applicable | ID: 221334 Issue In certain cases, it is not possible to sign in to License Manager Tool. After clicking on the Sign in button in LMT, then entering credentials on the appearing Graphisoft ID login page it is not possible to log in to the pr...

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Before You Begin To replace your hardware protection keys with software protection keys, you will use the GRAPHISOFT License Manager Tool. Download and install this program from: http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/licensing. In order to manage software protection keys, you ...

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In case you would like to use network licenses (e.g. instead of single licenses) first you need a CodeMeter hardware key or software key. Contact your local Graphisoft partner to order one or to exchange your existing single key(s). About the available license types see: Arc...

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We differentiate two cases: whether the network has DNS server or not. Your system administrator can help to decide which one features your office. In case you share the internet with only a simple router you probably do not have DNS server. There is a DNS server in the netw...

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Issue CodeMeter license becomes nonreturnable or the server returns 'No more licenses are available for borrowing' error message when trying to borrow a license, even if there are free licenses on the server key. Cause Borrow License has a security feature which may prevent ...

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Running a CodeMeter network server - accessible over the Internet - may be useful if an office has more subsidiaries or a large number of workers working from home. With this solution they can use a central license key. The Wibu version of this article can be found here, wit...

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Issue Apply button in the CodeMeter WebAdmin does not take effect with the CodeMeter Driver version 5.0a (shipped with ARCHICAD 17), for example in the Server Search list. This can result in ARCHICAD using a license from the machine set in the list previously regardless of t...

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Basic ideas WibuKey is a hardware protection key for ARCHICAD and other Graphisoft products. It has been used for ARCHICAD since version 7.0. Since ARCHICAD 13, both WibuKey and CodeMeter keys are available for ARCHICAD. From ARCHICAD 19 on only CodeMeter hardware and softwa...

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What does this value show? This value shows when a not responding license will be reset on a CodeMeter server. Until the end of this period the license is unavailable when the client lose the connection with the server. The default time out time is 120 minutes. When do I nee...

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Here you can find a summary of the functions accessible from CodeMeter WebAdmin administrative page. Only the necessary functions are explained, so please do not change the others without reading Wibu's manual (can be found at the bottom of this page). How to run WebAdmin Af...

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CodeMeter features About the available protection systems About CodeMeter software protection About License borrowing CodeMeter Server setup guide Troubleshooting Troubleshooting guide Error Codes Known issues How to report errors How to use WebAdmin How to Set up Your Netwo...

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Error code 101 Protection key not found or not valid Possible causes CodeMeter key is not connected to the computer The USB slot is not working properly There are missing USB drivers There is no network connection or ARCHICAD can not locate the license on the server Error Co...

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In case of having problems with your CodeMeter software protection first check the error code Archicad gives here. If you could not find the solution there, please contact your reseller with a detailed description of the error and attach the following details: CmDust log Usi...

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This article describes, how to manage user access to multiple WIBU NET keys present in the Network Client side - specify network server The servers can be set from the client side in the WIBU control panel in the Network page in the WkLAN Server search list. In case of the l...

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Compatibility Please note that ARCHICAD 19 does not support Wibu key protection, ARCHICAD 18 was the last version which can be run with Wibu keys. WibuKeys are backwards compatible. That is, a WibuKey programmed for ARCHICAD 16 can run previous versions back to ARCHICAD 7.0 ...

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Requirements of the site To use the upgrade site, you will need: A key that is eligible for upgrade and is connected to the computer. An active Internet connection. Installed protection key driver :WibuKey or CodeMeter based on the type of key you have. A supported Internet ...

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Check the error codes Archicad gives The error code Archicad gives can help you to discover the problem, also here you can find a collection about the most typical problem with solutions: CodeMeter/ErrorCodes Known Issues In this article you can find a collection about the d...

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What is a Software Key? Software-Based Protection Keys - or Software Keys for short - have the same functionality as Hardware-based Protection Keys, but instead of storing software licenses on a USB stick, the licenses are stored in a software container file on your computer...

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NOTE: This article describes how to set up the ARCHICAD client computer to remotely access a ProtectionKey shared via the Internet. The server-side setup is described in these articles: Sharing a WibuKey Sharing a CodeMeter key To be able to remotely access a key, you need t...

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WIBU hardware protection keys (WibuKey and CodeMeter) for GRAPHISOFT products can be remotely programmed via: https://upgrade.graphisoft.com If you have recently purchased a GRAPHISOFT product (ARCHICAD, BIMx, MEP modeler, license borrowing option), you will receive an empty...

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Changes in Software Protection System from ARCHICAD 13 GRAPHISOFT provides the CodeMeter protection key (developed by WIBU) with ARCHICAD 13+. The CodeMeter hardware and software-based protection keys represent your license to use ARCHICAD. Like the familiar WIBU-key protect...

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A free license is needed for the borrow operation UPDATE: In ARCHICAD 15 this has been fixed. (Make sure you have only one ARCHICAD session running on the computer where you would like to borrow a license.) For the borrow operation one free license is needed. If you haven't ...

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Issue On OS X El Capitan the 5.21 or older CodeMeter drivers couldn't be installed. 5.21 driver is part of the ARCHICAD 19, License Manager Tool and BIMcloud installers as well. Cause Apple introduced System Integrity Protection (SIP) with OS X El Capitan and 5.21 or earlier...

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Slow Wibu Keyserver Operation Issue: When trying to access the keys from windows 8.1 to an OSx server, the wibu keyserver is SLOW The above slowness only happens with wibu driver 6.20 ARCHICAD 18 4007 JPN Full and SOLO ARCHICAD 18 4006 INT Full and SOLO and ARCHICAD 4006 CZE...

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Issue On OS X 10.6 Launching AC 7, 8, or 9 Warning message appears, "No WIBU-KEY driver found. (501)”, ARCHICAD cannot be launched. Cause Wibu key driver 6.00e was installed on that machine during the installation of ARCHICAD 16. This driver cannot run with the above mention...

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KarlOttenstein's tip on using the WIBU -Key Control Panel! "(...) The sometimes considerable delay while ARCHICAD is starting is actually the WIBU protection key driver searching all ports for the key. You can change things so that only the proper port is searched, making st...

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