Digital downloads are the "green" answer to demanding fewer resources for your computer's needs.
Just to check: you don't have a previous version of the PDF file selected in Finder when you try to Publish? See this known issue:ĪC 20 US, Artlantis 5, Adobe CS 6, Piranesi 6, Final Cut Pro X, etc.Ĩ Core 2.8 Mac Pro/12GB RAM, SSD, ATI 5770/1GB, 27" LED Cinema/Dell U2415: OS 10.11.We all can be part of the solution. If it cannot, then technical support can at least help find out why - and the reason may be the same as the problem with older versions.
You may have to do a fresh install of a newer OS, or a fresh install of AC followed by installing the most recent update/hotfix for that version.īut, before something so drastic, go to and download a trial version of AC 20 and test whether it can publish to PDF. But, your problem with publishing seems an issue with your system that upgrading the OS doesn't seem to solve.
Even with 10.11.6, I was just able to publish to PDF from AC 12 as normal.īecause nothing older than the current and previous versions of AC are supported, it would probably save the most time and money to upgrade as you propose. I really cannot guess what might be wrong with your systems. Sorry that you're still having such problems. Wow, this may be the record for the slowest conversation. I think it would be better to move on to ArchiCAD 20 and bring all MACs to one Version, as i think it is now time wasted trying to solve this problem. We promise prompt payment on hour base.įurther experience has shown that on 10.10 ( And recently 10.11 ) ArchiCAD 12 runs stable ( Without the ability to publish PDF), but on 10.9.5 it has problems with external drawings PDF placed in the program, leading to crashes from time to time.
Request at ArchiCAD support Germany was repeatedly turned down.įree software engineers for MAC systems were not found, just for Windows ( Well, those found for MAC were in no way what you could call a Software Engineer ). Running a Windows compatible subsystem like "WineBottler" to simulate an Windows Environment to allow Publishing were not succesful. Well, on iMac 2 it would create one page sucessful and crash then whereas on iMac 3 it would crash immideatly.Įven considered downgrading OSX from iMac 2 & 3 to 10.7.5, but this would create problems with other licenses and programs currently running on these Computers, so i dropped this Option. The program still crashes when trying to publish. Removing JAVA and reinstalling the old JAVA version necessary for the publisher on iMac 2 & 3 did not solve the problem. Solve the Problem with publishing, but did not succeed. The Thing that you can publish on 10.9.5 is Interesting. Please excuse the very late answer but work has kept me very busy. I'm running Archicad 20 with an educational license.ĭear Karl Ottenstein, thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately, as above mentioned nothing happens. The app of Cinema4D, instead, can be selected, so I choose that.
It's pretty clear: I should pick the cinema 4d plugin I just installed, but it can't be selected. The documentation I found says: "ARCHICAD will ask you to locate CINEMA 4D Exchange manually the first time you use it."
The other part of the plugin, that allows to update the model imported in Cinema4d works as expected.
Unfortunately nothing happens, while I expect Cinema4D to open right away. In Archicad I go in Design > Extra Design > Cinema 4D Exchange > Create new element in Cinema 4D Hi, after seeing the power of the Cinema 4D Exchange Plugin in a Cineversity video I decided to give it a try. It's a more demanding job though, and I don't think Apple itself is offering to do that. SSD will make a really big difference in overall speed. It's quite possible to upgrade the HDD to SSD. I don't think it's enough memory for ArchiCAD use, so you might want to consider buying some. Is your 2010 iMac a 21,5" or 27" model? It should be good for El Capitan, even 2007 models are with 4GB. Processor swap (i5->i7) is possible with iMacs as DIY, but it is a really tedious task. If you don't render a lot, I think i5 is a perfectly good choice.
It gives approximately one third more rendering power (1,33 x i5) according to my findings. You have to buy RAM-upgrade at the time of purchase and pay Apples high prices. iMac 21,5" memory is soldered on the logic board. ^ That's still right with the newest, but only with a 27" iMac models. Hey Llian, not sure about the current iMAC, the one I have at home is the last model before they went all fancy 5k screens, but I can upgrade RAM