Printing in Archicad 10

[Stephen Dolbee]

Now that plotmaker is no more, is it possible to print/plot without the key? Currently (in 9) we use one computer to print, with no need for a key.

Thanks,
Steve

[Djordje]

Matthew wrote:

Eric wrote:
OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.

Wow! This is great news. Don't feel bad Eric, I didn't know this either. I am sure that printing used to be disabled in demo mode back in the early days.

I know a lot of principles who are going to love this feature. It provides a way for them to open a file, try some stuff, and print comments/revisions for proper input by the qualified staff without any risk of messing things up. This is a big feature enhancement. Even better than the old days when the demo could save renderings and animations.

This also does away with the viewer? Just give the people the installation CD copy ...

Good for dissemination!

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:

Matthew wrote:

Eric wrote:
OK, my bad. I could have sworn that printing was disabled, too.

Wow! This is great news. Don't feel bad Eric, I didn't know this either. I am sure that printing used to be disabled in demo mode back in the early days.

I know a lot of principles who are going to love this feature. It provides a way for them to open a file, try some stuff, and print comments/revisions for proper input by the qualified staff without any risk of messing things up. This is a big feature enhancement. Even better than the old days when the demo could save renderings and animations.

This also does away with the viewer? Just give the people the installation CD copy ...

Good for dissemination!

Of course I suppose there are some people you don't want to be printing your drawings. But altogether a great move. It still hasn't completely sunk in yet. I can't wait to tell my clients next week. This will be a big deal for them.

[Anonymous]

FYI you cannot acces teamwork files at all in demo mode, though. Yes, I checked before posting this time

[Anonymous]

Eric wrote:
FYI you cannot acces teamwork files at all in demo mode, though. Yes, I checked before posting this time

Makes sense. I guess that just means saving as PLN for viewing in demo. A minor inconvenience I think.

[Anonymous]

It's more than a minor convenience when the majority of your projects are teamwork files.

GS - please make TW files accessible in demo mode. You already do this erroneously...right-click on an externally linked drawing in AC 10 and choose open source view. The PLP opens, there is no workspace prompt and nothing is in your workspace! So if you want to edit what you just opened you have to sign out and back in again.

I digress, but my point is that there is already view only access wo TW files, just not where it is needed.

Second gripe with demo mode is that it takes too long to startup.

[Anonymous]

Eric wrote:
It's more than a minor convenience when the majority of your projects are teamwork files.

I suppose that's true. It depends on how often the PA wants to review the model without access to a hardware key or network license. At my present clients the Principles and PAs seem to prefer to look at a copy of the file anyway, especially if they are taking it home with them. It must be different at your firm, but it seems if the PAs are spending that much time in ArchiCAD they should have a license and be using the markup tools.

[Anonymous]

It would be nice to just have the same permissions of use on TW files as with solo projects. That's all I'm saying. There is no real reason for the dicrimination, especially since I perceive more people actually using teamwork now that the layout book is integrated into AC.

[Anonymous]

Eric wrote:
It would be nice to just have the same permissions of use on TW files as with solo projects. That's all I'm saying. There is no real reason for the dicrimination, especially since I perceive more people actually using teamwork now that the layout book is integrated into AC.

I don't disagree with you. I am just glad to have the new feature, and maybe we can convince GS that teamwork sign-in for view-only would be a worthwhile improvement.