student file to start 09

[Anonymous]

I recently purchased the start'09 version and had been using arch 12 for students. I cannot open previous drawings in my new software.

Help!

Thanks,
Sharon

[Erika Epstein]

That is as it should be. This is done so professionals cannot use the free student version.

Do a search here, there was some discussion about this problem, perhaps some work around.

[Anonymous]

There's more information on the limitations here -

http://www.archicadwiki.com/START%20Edition%202009

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much for the link Peter. This is very disconcerting because my dealership siad the basic difference between arch 12 and start o9 was the lack of teamwork. I now see that there are many more differences like curtain walls, curved walls, etc.