December must have been the month of old files. I’ve had a few people ask me about opening up ancient projects. If you want to open a file from before v8.1 and only have v14 installed (I’m pretty sure even v11 can’t open anything older), there is a solution. You can download a free file converter that is an updated pre-installed older version of ArchiCAD. With the file converters you can open up files as old as v4.1 (which means files from 1991) and save them up to a version that the latest releases can open. You can learn more and download the file converters here.

Now finding a computer that can read the floppy discs and zip drives those early 1990’s projects are saved on… you’re on your own for that!