ᐅ Archicad Users and Experiences?

Created on: 9 Jan 2023 23:33
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Araknis
Araknis9 Jan 2023 23:33
Hello,

I received a .pln file from Archicad Start 14 (from 2011) and wanted to export some views from it. I asked an acquaintance who is studying civil engineering and has a licensed Archicad 26 EDU version to help. Unfortunately, the version 14 file cannot be opened with the 26 EDU version. I have been searching extensively online without success on how to do this. There are converters for versions newer than 10 to version 10, but nothing beyond that.

Could someone here possibly help or suggest a solution?
i_b_n_a_n10 Jan 2023 07:49
As far as I know, ArchiCAD is compatible with a maximum of 2 versions forward or backward.
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quisel
24 Jan 2023 10:45
According to the ArchiCAD website, all versions from 10 onward should be able to read files down to version 8.1.
When saving files, as mentioned before, compatibility usually extends only one or two versions back.

I have not experienced such a large version gap myself. So far, opening files has generally worked well—although there have sometimes been issues with the libraries. These often change quite a bit from one version to another!

Therefore, I can imagine that the student version might be limited in this regard. Alternatively, the file could be corrupted.
i_b_n_a_n24 Jan 2023 11:28
Most CAD files ultimately consist of vector data (text) plus the file header. I would create a test file and a copy of the mentioned file, open both with Notepad++, and compare or adjust the header by copy/pasting. It can’t go much worse than that.
Araknis24 Jan 2023 14:02
quisel schrieb:

So I can imagine that the version for students is limited in this respect. Or the file might be corrupted.
The student version can open up to two previous versions at most.