I love working in the BIM environment and helping other architects work in a smarter, more efficient manner. I started using ArchiCAD in 2006, founded the Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup in 2009, and began blogging about ArchiCAD in 2010. I'm always looking for guest bloggers who also want to share their experiences with ArchiCAD and BIM.

Old ArchiCAD Libraries Available for EVERYONE!

Posted: August 11th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Short Posts | Tags: , , | 4 Comments »

We all now know about the free file converters that allow us to open old ArchiCAD files, but what about digging up old libraries... Did you know you can download ALL the old ArchiCAD libraries? Well all the libraries from 4.55 to 9.0. ArchiCAD 10 to ArchiCAD 14 libraries are included in ArchiCAD 15 as Migration Libraries, so you don't need to download them in their entirety. I believe all versions starting with ArchiCAD 11 come with migration libraries for ArchiCAD 10 and above. I wish I knew about these library downloads 6 months ago when I was trying to look at an old 6.5 file. It was [Read More...]

Compatibility notes to ArchiCAD on Mac OSX Lion

Posted: July 21st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Short Posts | Tags: , , | 2 Comments »

Kind of important if you're using any version of ArchiCAD and getting excited about Lion (or have already installed it). Read it. Now: http://archicadwiki.com/MacOSXLion No more using any version of ArchiCAD older than version 10 if you go to Lion (Mac OS 10.7). Good to know for all those 8.1 and 6.5 files I occasionally need to open. If you don't have ArchiCAD 10, remember to install the file converters so you are prepared. [Read More...]

Old Files in need of opening?

Posted: January 9th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Short Posts | Tags: | No Comments »

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 [Read More...]