• Troubleshooting

Installing

• ArchiCAD 14 Install Problems

• ArchiCAD 13 Install Problems

• ArchiCAD 12 Install Problems

• Missing DLL-s when starting ArchiCAD 9 on Windows 7

Speed issues

• Troubleshoot 3D speed problems

• Troubleshoot 2D speed problems

• Troubleshooting Section/Elevation speed problems

• Tips for working faster with ArchiCAD

• Saving a files takes too long: see: File size problems

• Autosave takes too long on Windows 7

• Copy/Paste is slow

Modeling/3D issues

• 3D window is empty

File size problems

• ArchiCAD file size issues

• Output file size issues (PDF, DWG)

• PDF file size and Fill choice - also applies to DWG and other 2D formats

Crash, hang, freeze

• Crash is when ArchiCAD disappears and the Bug Reporter starts up

• Freeze is when ArchiCAD gets in a not-responding state for an extended time period, and no progress bar is indicating an ongoing process

• How to "reset" ArchiCAD

  Known ArchiCAD crash causes:

  ArchiCAD 14	ArchiCAD 13	ArchiCAD 12
  	Bugs/DWGTranslatorSetupCrashMac Bugs/MacColorPickerCrash	Bugs/DWGTranslatorSetupCrashMac

  Known ArchiCAD freeze causes:

  ArchiCAD 14	ArchiCAD 13	ArchiCAD 12
  	Bugs/FreezeWhileExtractingTheLibrary	Bugs/FreezeWhileExtractingTheLibrary

Hardware issues

• Recommended Video cards: Video Cards

• Other Hardware recommendations: What kind of machine should I buy

• About Multiprocessing: Multiprocessing

• About 64-bit: 64-bit

• About operating systems: *Windows XP 64-bit edition *Windows Vista

Project Migration

• Find ArchiCAD compatibility table here: ArchiCAD versions

• Migrating libraries

• Updating pre-ArchiCAD 8 custom library parts

File Import/Export

• Supported file formats

• DWG

• IFC

• Structural model is not displayed at IFC import

Protection Key problems

• WibuKey

• CodeMeter

ArchiCAD Error Messages

• error messages

Editing Problems

• Shift and Option keys do not work on Mac

• Ctrl+Shift+Number shortcuts on Windows do not work with numeric keypad

PDF related problems

• Text missing in PDF files

• PDF files may not open if ISOCP font is used

• PDF saved from ArchiCAD is huge in file size

Teamwork

• Teamwork in ArchiCAD 13 and up