Please Help, Urgent!!!!!

[Anonymous]

hi all,

i was using ArchiCad 5/6 Educational Version (PC) in University, and now i have some saved file which is something like ABC.pne and ABC.bpe, which i saved from the Version i used before.
Now, i have installed ArchiCad 8 (PC), and i even can't open those files i worked in University, can someone please teach me what to do please?
many thanks

[Erika Epstein]

The education version is not compatible with the professional one.

[Anonymous]

so......is that means no way that i can open that file again unless i rather work on the Educational Version than the Professional Versional?

[Erika Epstein]

Yes.
Graphisoft does this intentionally so that people cannot buy the comparitvely inexpensive (about $100 U.S.)student version in place of the professional version (about ($4-5000 U.S.).