So, I guess my question might have changed - can anyone tell me more about the Archicad Goodies? It seems I would have to regress to an older build of Archicad 16 for them to work? I found a post on this site about Goodies for Archicad 16, but for an earlier 'build') In their installation instructions it seems they're relying on Archicad 'Goodies' which I don't really know much about, but which seem to be both supported and not supported by Graphisoft at the same time (eg. more than just surface fills - it would make renders look more realistic)Īnyway, I've learned a bit more since I posted yesterday. I think the video makes it look like it could be a useful tool (ie. (*WARNING*, noisy rock music - turn your sound down!) If you can see it, it makes it obvious that Graphisoft are definitely supporting this: However the demo video mentioned on that page might work. I've attached a screencapture of the web page.
It's at but the specific links won't work for you unless you're registered with the website. Can someone tell me if it's possible to wrangle access to any of the James Hardie stuff with my fully up-to-date Archicad 16 software? What am I missing here?Īctually, to be honest I'd still be at least partly happy with a mere workaround. I'll admit that it's true that there are still parts of Archicad (and Archicad culture) that I haven't explored yet, but from this recent convert's point of view this just looks plain weird. So, let me get this straight - Graphisoft are involved in preparing this "NEW!" content for James Hardie, but they haven't allowed it to work on the two most recent versions of Archicad?!?!?!?!įor the love of Mike why? Are Graphisoft keen to discourage upgrades of their own software? I don't get it. which implies they've been helping James Hardie to make this content.which implies. The other thing to click on is a link for help, which is just an email address back at Graphisoft. That's funny, I could have sworn the email said they had NEW! content? They mention you need to do something extra to get it working on version 15, but there's no mention of version 16. When I go to the website, it says the content is only suited to outdated versions of Archicad, up to version 14. The James Hardie, Accel folks have sent me an exciting email saying they have NEW! content for ArchiCad. Ok, I know I must be missing something here, so I'd appreciate some direction.