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...]

Library Migration

Posted: May 19th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Short Posts | Tags: , | No Comments »

If you’ve already watched all the version 15 videos and are looking to fill your time until May 23rd, take a look at this entry on library migrations from the ArchiCAD wiki; it’s never too early to start thinking about how to make the transition to the latest version as smooth as possible.