Cannot open AC9 Layout with AC10

Anonymous · ‎2006-09-22

I'm using AC10 on a new intel PowerMac. When I try to open my old AC9 plotmaker layout I get the message that AC10 cannot open this file. How can I get my layouts upgraded to AC10?

Also I cannot see how to save my AC10 file down to AC9. I could create the drawing either way.

Laura Yanoviak · ‎2006-09-22

Can't help you with the first one, but you can save down to AC9 by "Save As..." and select Save as type "Archicad 9 Project". Unless you are trying to convert to PlotMaker, which I do not think is possible???

MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max, 96 GB of RAM
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004

Anonymous · ‎2006-09-22

Talked to graphisoft about both issues. It seems that the first issue (Not being able to open an AC9 layout book) is a bug with the Intel version of AC10. The second issue (not being able to save down to AC9) is a designed response to AC9 not being supported on Intel Macs. Beware you will not be able to save down if you go exclusively with Intel machines.

Anonymous · ‎2006-09-23

Millard wrote:
The second issue (not being able to save down to AC9) is a designed response to AC9 not being supported on Intel Macs. Beware you will not be able to save down if you go exclusively with Intel machines.

This seems a bit over-cautious since AC9 seems to run just fine in Rosetta (about as well as it does in Windows on the same machine).

Anonymous · ‎2006-10-17

There still is not an update for this issue. As we continue to migrate to intel machines this will become a major problem. Any word from graphisoft for correcting this major bug?

Andy Thomson · ‎2006-11-01

Is this a single sheet or the whole book? I am sure you have been all over this, but have other users tried to open your file? I haven't encountered this issue yet. My LBK files show as 'unix executables' but they have opened fine on my mactel iMac.

Andy Thomson, M.Arch, OAA, MRAIC
Director
Thomson Architecture, Inc.
Instructor/Lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
AC26/iMacPro/MPB Silicon M2Pro

Anonymous · ‎2006-11-01

It's both, the AC9 layout book is greyed out on the macintel. I've spoken with graphisoft and it is a bug with AC9 layouts that contain PMK's.

Andy Thomson · ‎2006-11-01

Weird, mine just look like this (loaded with PMK's - note, this one is 380MB - but they open alright)

Keep us up to date about when they fix the bug, or what the cause is/was....

Andy Thomson, M.Arch, OAA, MRAIC
Director
Thomson Architecture, Inc.
Instructor/Lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
AC26/iMacPro/MPB Silicon M2Pro

kevin b · ‎2006-11-01

We are having the same issue, none of our new intel machines can open plotmaker 9 files. This is a major major bug.
Any word on a fix???

kevin s burns, AIA

massachusetts, usa

AC25 (1413), since AC6

Windows 10

Intel Core i7 -8700 @ 3.2 GHz~ 16 GB ram

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