with archicad 13 graphisoft also introduces a new licensing system called ‘codemeter’ (by wibu, the same company which provided the previous WIBU-key licensing agent) for all new users of AC13 – existing users upgrading to AC13 remain on the existing system, although they may upgrade to ‘codemeter’ for a fee.
Not really breaking news, but since Graphisoft Australia have after approximately 2 weeks finally managed to update their website to reflect the launch of ArchiCAD 13 we thought we jump on the review train and provide some insights ourselves.
ArchiCAD 13’s Teamwork2 really will revolutionize remote collaboration for many firms. Shame GS dropped the ball bigtime with no OSX 64bit 09:44:06
graphisoft has posted upgraded wibu drivers (v 5.3) for compatibility with snow leopard here. despite the potential installation problems described here, we had no trouble at all.
we have been using AC12 on snow leopard without any problems so far. only major nuisance so far seems to be the dropped support for QTVR in quicktime X… workaround for the moment is to use quicktime 7. more information regarding compatibility & update to the wibu key driver here and a user discussion on … Read more
the official AC12 system requirements are available here. note the 4GB memory limitation and 256MB onboard VRAM recommendation. apparently AC13 will be INTEL only. regarding upgrading your macs to cater for future software releases (incl. AC13), rob griffiths raises some good points about upgrading to INTEL based macs… “If you’re a PowerPC user, this move … Read more
referenced trademarks legalities…
australian standard based car park dimensioning library part.
alternative archicad logo’s for Mac OSX’s dock.