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ArchiCAD 17 announced

Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
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Martin Jules
Mentor
ArchiCAD 17 is more capable than ever...
Martin Luther Jules
AC 10-28 (Full)
Asus | 64 GB RAM | Windows 11
Martin Jules
Mentor
Why the trial versions of ArchiCAD are so complicated ? Why the license activation code process is so long for some users ? Why Graphisoft doesn't want to simplify the life of its customers ?
Martin Luther Jules
AC 10-28 (Full)
Asus | 64 GB RAM | Windows 11
Martin Jules
Mentor
The license activation code of a software should be the easiest step to cross as customers of an appropriate company... However, it appears to be the most complicated process at Graphisoft. I can't believe that !

According to me, ArchiCAD 17 is the release which can really compete with Revit and Sketchup in speed. That's why, I request authorities of Graphisoft to do the necessary to activate the keyplug of each concerned user...
Martin Luther Jules
AC 10-28 (Full)
Asus | 64 GB RAM | Windows 11
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Dear Mr. Jules,
You should contact the dealer you purchased ArchiCAD from. That is the proper way of doing it. They should make sure that you get your upgrade and handle any difficulty. That is what dealers are for. They sold you the program, they should be taking care of your problems and issues. They will contact Graphisoft in case they need to be involved in this situation. Graphisoft is the developer of the program and its distributor and reseller network is what is dealing with the daily issues of users.
I also need to ask you to stop you spam-like behavior. It is enough to post something once. It is very annoying for users when someone posts on the same topic repeatedly.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Martin Jules
Mentor
laszlonagy wrote:
Dear Mr. Jules,
You should contact the dealer you purchased ArchiCAD from. That is the proper way of doing it. They should make sure that you get your upgrade and handle any difficulty. That is what dealers are for. They sold you the program, they should be taking care of your problems and issues. They will contact Graphisoft in case they need to be involved in this situation. Graphisoft is the developer of the program and its distributor and reseller network is what is dealing with the daily issues of users.
I also need to ask you to stop you spam-like behavior. It is enough to post something once. It is very annoying for users when someone posts on the same topic repeatedly.
Thank you very much !
Martin Luther Jules
AC 10-28 (Full)
Asus | 64 GB RAM | Windows 11
Anonymous
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Mjules wrote:
I love the speed of ArhiCAD 17...
Same here. It seems very snappy.
Jere
Expert
Getting used to building materials has been trickier than I thought. Using a program for a certain way for 12 years, you develop certain habits. Didn't help that when I imported my work environment from AC16, it didn't display "Building Materials" on the elements attribute menu. (let that be a caution for those who can't find the building materials option."

I can really see how much I'm going to love the building materials once I get used to it. It's much more logical.


My favorite improvement so far: core-based reference lines. Again, very logical.
ArchiCAD 26; Windows 11; Intel i7-10700KF; 64GB RAM, GeForce GTX 3060