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Installation & update
About program installation and update, hardware, operating systems, setup, etc.

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Is iMac 21" enough for residential projects ?

Can anyone tell me how well the iMac 21" will perform on AC16 ? I was planning on maxing out all the options and get the 21". I know there has been a lot of talk about the 27" but I can't find any discussion for 21". The 21" seems like a nice size fo...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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autosave

Just started working in 16. Job file not big yet.....So Autosave is slow and a pain and I have changed that setting to every 20 minutes. However archiCAD performs something approximately every minute....the operation takes about 7-8 seconds. It does ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Old AC 6 key on a Mac

I've tried a search and cannot seem to find this out - it's a bit "out there" that I'm even attempting this - but - I have an old copy of AC 6 and also 6.5 that have what I am assuming are windows based parallel port keys - Does anyone know if there ...

stefanc by Participant
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ArchiCad Training Templates issue

I have been going through the Archicad Essentials. The training templates are already completed and I am becoming very frustrated as things begin to get more complicated as I cannot follow along. Please help if possible.

Anonymous by Not applicable
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advice on a printer

Hi We are looking to replace out hp110 it is 7-8 years old It freezes up a lot. Just wondering what people use for their printer. We don't need/want to pay for copying or scanning functionality or super speed. Just something reliable and basic. We cu...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Recomendations for best system to run ArchiCad 11

I need to get a new computer and I'm running ArchiCAD 11. My understanding is that it will not run on the newer 64 bit operating systems ? ? If that is correct, It may also save me some money if I am forced to purchase an older computer used. Any rec...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Black screen ! please help

Hello everyone. I cant find solution to my problem. When i try to create sun study or fly-through i just get black screen and after a few seconds a bug report appears. I got this in ArchiCAD 14 and 15 too on my laptop (64 bit) and on my PC (32bit) it...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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GRAPHISOFT OR APPLE PROBLEM

Purchased a new mouse (apple with cord and tiny track ball) to replace the apple "Magic Mouse", but am having the same problem, only in ArchiCAD. When I move the mouse (either of them), the arrow does not show on the tool bars, or when trying to sele...

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Selecting mesh/fills/slabs

Does anybody else have issue's in AC16 when 2 slabs or meshes or fills touch each other you select 1 then try to click on the outer edge to add a node or stretch etc. but you cannot select the one you want, but if you select the one next to it, it wo...

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