AC 9 transition to AC 10

[Anonymous]

I am currently helping a medium sized firm learn ArchiCAD. They have several AC 9 licenses, so I am beginning in AC 9. but.... I know that the upgrade to AC 10 won't be far off. Personnaly I don't have AC 10 so I have not done the transition.

Can anyone tell me if it will be better to start the new archicad users with the idea of linked drawings or separate PMK's? From what I have read, the transition to AC 10 is a little more difficult with separate PMK's. Is this assumption correct?

Mark

[Eduardo Rolon]

Linked drawings since the PM layouts reside within the same AC file and you cannot publish pmk files anymore. Also avoid putting to much emphasis on the shortcuts for AC09 since they changed for 10.
Another recommendation is to download the AC10 demo.

[Anonymous]

ejrolon wrote:
Linked drawings since the PM layouts reside within the same AC file and you cannot publish pmk files anymore. Also avoid putting to much emphasis on the shortcuts for AC09 since they changed for 10.
Another recommendation is to download the AC10 demo.

It seems quite pointless training anyone on archicad 9 anymore!

Where can you download the archicad 10 demo from? Is it a full working demo that people can play around in?

Hunter.

[Eduardo Rolon]

see

archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=10645&start=0

for the demo discussion.

[Anonymous]

The demo version is available from most local re-sellers
in most places except, apparently, Australia.
If it is like the AC 9 demo, it is fully functional except copy, save,
teamwork functions, and a few others are disabled.

I tend to agree with Hunter. The things that are the same
in 10 as in 9 are as easily learned in 10 as in 9.
The things that are different from 9 just have to be unlearned and then
relearned again in 10. So if everyone is starting out
learning AC and the office plans to move to 10
why not start everyone in 10 and skip the unlearning part.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

ejrolon wrote:
see

archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=10645&start=0

for the demo discussion.

I'm sorry I still don't see where we can download a demo version of archicad 10. Only a student version. Is that what you mean?

Hunter.

[Eduardo Rolon]

It is the same, when you install it select demo instead of educational.

[Anonymous]

ejrolon wrote:
It is the same, when you install it select demo instead of educational.

But you have to be a student right? With a student number or some form of student identification?

I am talking about a site where we can download an archicad 10 demo even for evalutaion purposes. Without being a student or going to a reseller! Surely it's available somehwere for download???

Hunter.

[Anonymous]

Hunter wrote:

It seems quite pointless training anyone on archicad 9 anymore!
Hunter.

Welcome to my digital life.... so it goes. Actually it is quite exciting to introduce new users to this program. Even 9 has much to offer the new user. Teaching has helped me sharpen my own knowledge of the program and I learn things from every small question. It is costly to purchase 10+ keys. I am glad the firm has made the move.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Hunter wrote:

ejrolon wrote:
It is the same, when you install it select demo instead of educational.

But you have to be a student right? With a student number or some form of student identification?

I am talking about a site where we can download an archicad 10 demo even for evalutaion purposes. Without being a student or going to a reseller! Surely it's available somehwere for download???

Hunter.

, nudge, nudge
GS decided that for 10 the demo, educational, Univ and commercial version are the same installer. Since GS has not posted a demo download link and since the link you receive for the download will give you the choice to install in demo mode besides the educational. The ethical dilemma can be solved by having a friend that is a student register, he will receive the link, you install in demo mode because your friend has decided that AC is such a great program that he wants you to try it.
And hopefully everybody is happy.

Hunter wrote:
But you have to be a student right? With a student number or some form of student identification?

Hunter.

Per GS info the student id is needed to get the full year edu license not for the original registration.