Backward compadibility

[rjwilden]

I have updated my profile to show what version of Archicad I'm running.
It makes rather poor reading and makes backward compatability a bit of a joke.
I need access to all three of these versions with current jobs and jobs still being built. In one more year I will have to have 4 loaded versions of Archicad on my computer. I tried to do some work in 9.0 the other day and was very difficult to get things done. Cant remember where anything was.
With a new version every year, this is going to become a serious problem.

Richard.

[TomWaltz]

It's unfortunate, but IT concerns like backup media and file versions are very real for professionals in a lot of industries. It's just like if you saved all your old files on a JAZ drive and need to get it back. You'd better hope that someone has a JAZ drive on eBay... or that you updated the technology as you went and are now able to keep going.

Technology maintenance is a very real thing, no different than any other maintenance task. If it's done regularly, it's just a little annoying. Put off for a long period, it's now critical and work-stopping. No matter how big or small your company is, it's an overhead expense that you will have sooner or later. If you choose "later", be ready to pay interest and late fees 😉

If you take the plunge and upgrade your projects any time a major jump happens (like with AC10), it will save you headaches in the long term. You can easily hire a college student to just sit and upgrade all day long (assuming you have a spare key).

[Anonymous]

is there any way to convert library of v4 ,v5 to........8,9,10 because I have more than 100 project under v4 , when I need any file Isave it as v5 ( mac os 9) then open it from 9 & save as 10 (macpro ) every thing be ok but library didnt appear , any one have an idea about cnverting library.