on
2017-05-15
10:40 AM
- edited on
2021-11-09
03:47 PM
by
Noemi Balogh
Upper part of the workspace may appear blank on macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Update (released on 03.27.2017) with Intel Iris graphic cards:
When switching to the 3D window ARCHICAD can become unresponsive & can crash.
The issues are present only with Macs having Intel Iris Graphics cards. Macs with dedicated (AMD/Nvidia) Graphics cards are unaffected.
Apple has made changes to the Intel graphics driver in the 10.12.4 update that causes issues with ARCHICAD.
All of the above issues can be circumvented with turning off the Antialiasing feature of ARCHICAD. To do so:
If ARCHICAD crashes during the startup process and the above mentioned workaround cannot be accomplished, Antialiasing can be turned off manually by changing a preferences file on your Mac. To turn off Antialiasing in the ARCHICAD preferences file follow the steps below:
This issue has been resolved by Apple in the macOS 10.12.5 Update.