AC13 vs AC14

[Anonymous]

Does AC14 files work at AC13? Seems like not. how to fix it? AC14 doesn't work anymore on my laptop only AC13, but all my projects are in AC14 format. can somebody help me?

[David Maudlin]

Natalija:

ArchiCAD 13 cannot open ArchiCAD 14 files. The only way to open a 14 file in 13 is to open the file in 14, then Save As... an ArchiCAD 13 file. So you need to get 14 working, or find someone else that has 14 and can Save As... the files back to 13 for you.

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David

[Anonymous]

Thank you! I will try to ask someone to help me. But how about copying library? If I will try to copy AC14 library to AC13?

[David Maudlin]

Natalija:

ArchiCAD 13 cannot read ArchiCAD 14 library parts, but there is a way to save the 14 parts as 13 parts. First, in 14, embed all the placed parts into the file (see the help files Configuration > Libraries > Embedded Library > Add Objects to Embedded Library for information on this). Then Save As... the project file to 13, the parts will remain embedded in the file, but saved back to 13 file format. Then load the ArchiCAD 13 Library to add other parts. There are other ways to deal with this issue, but I think this is the easiest.

David