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Karl Ottenstein · 2025-10-20

Today's continuing problems with Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted apps, services and sites made me curious about where/how Graphisoft's various cloud services are hosted and how secure they are from interruption - which could be an issue when project...

Karl Ottenstein · 2025-04-08

Another update, another disconnect between announcement and availability on the downloads page vs the in-product update feature not finding the update. 28.1.1 announced here: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Graphisoft-Insights/Archicad-28-1-1-Hot...

Karl Ottenstein · 2025-03-13

The latest 28.1 (4001) update somehow corrupted my AC 28 installation, so I had to delete it and am reinstalling from the 3001 base install and will then apply the 28.1 update to that. The new automatic update download is confusing since it doesn't p...

Karl Ottenstein · 2024-10-25

Customers need a means of accessing and converting old Archicad projects other than keeping an old computer running an old OS sitting around "just in case". As is usual, Graphisoft only provides compatibility updates to the current and previous relea...

Karl Ottenstein · 2024-05-17

Wish: any valid license should be able to run any version of Archicad localized to any country world-wide. Professional/Professional, EDU/EDU, etc. It is a historic artifact that Archicad is hard-coded in each global language for which it is availabl...

Karl Ottenstein

If you are running AC 29 USA and your IP address is in North America (no VPN directing it elsewhere), I can’t imagine why I could get the templates and you can’t. Sounds like you need to call Graphisoft North American technical support.

Karl Ottenstein

Are you both saying that you do not see the choice of two USA templates on startup as shown here (what I see)?

Karl Ottenstein

I assume (for reference) that you are refering to this page: https://www.graphisoft.com/resources-and-support/system-requirements/ and that you are running Windows 11? I think that the 'entry level' requirments listed there are too low and that while...

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Two hotfixes (29.0.2 now) and two months later, the easiest problem to fix (error message text... no coding!) has not been touched. Clicking on the AI icon (which should not even be visible for a non-cloud license) still produces the original, incorr...

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You can use the Search function at the top of this page to look for posts related to this... and find dozens of posts over many years. This is a long-wishes for feature that has yet to be implemented. It's very unfortunate as this affects projects of...

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Graphisoft Cloud Services Hosting - Vulnerable or not?

28.1.1 not offered by in-product Check for Updates

Where does AC 28 save automatically downloaded update files?

Graphisoft must provide Mac users with a tool for accessing old projects

Valid license should be able to run ANY global version of Archicad

Re: Archicad 29 – USA Template availability?

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