downloading the educational version of archicad

open your web browser, (firefox, internet explorer, netscape, opera, etc.) and surf to graphisoft.com, click on the "download archicad 10" icon (red icon with photo of students sitting in the grass, middle-right),

on the next screen, click on the same "download archicad 10" icon, red with photo of students sitting in the grass, only larger, at the top or bottom of the screen,

now do these 3 steps:

choose country ("usa", for example),

choose a platform: windows xp, mac osx (power pc), or mac osx (intel-based),

now click "register&download".

Welcome to the Graphisoft student & teacher registration webpage!

Follow the simple registration wizard:

This wizard will take you through the registration process that is necessary to download Archicad^® 10 Educational Version. After completing this registration process, you will receive your personal Temporary Serial Number (30 days) and the download links by email.

• Step 1: Choose Location & Platform
• Step 2: Provide your basic information, select software
• Step 3: Confirm details
• Done! : Download instructions will be sent by email

Choose a Country/Region: *

- Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium/Dutch speaking Belgium/French speaking Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burundi Canada/Eastern Canada/Western Chile China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Korea Kuwait Latvija Lebanon Leshoto Lithuania Luxemburg Malawi Malaysia Mauritius México Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Perú Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Serbia-Montenegro Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland/French speaking Switzerland/German speaking Switzerland/Italian speaking Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Turkey UAE Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay USA Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe Others

Select a platform: *

- Windows XP Macintosh OS X (Power PC) Macintosh OS X (Intel-based)

Registered users: Log in

on the next screen, fill out your personal information, use your real name or the one printed on your student ID; You will be asked to verify it later:

Your Details
Your full name : *
Your E-mail address : *
The school/college you are currently attending? : *
Where did you hear about the free downloadable Archicad 10 Educational version? : *	- Apple ArchitectsJURY.com website Fellow students Professor Web advertising Print advertising Press Chat-room Local Reseller Download.com Other
What is your current student/teacher status? :

The next page displayed will be:

Graphisoft student & teacher registration

Please check for the last time

Please look through your registration data, and make sure that it’s correct! Do note that this cannot be changed later!

The Serial Number and the download link will be sent to this E-mail address.

Your full name :	The name you entered previously
Your E-mail address :	The e:mail address you entered previously
Choice of download	Archicad 10: The country you entered previously
I allow Graphisoft, or its Local Partner, to occasionally contact me at this email address with general information on their products and services. Note: this email address will be handled confidentially and will not be disclosed to any 3rd party.
I allow Add-on product vendor(s) (e.g. Artlantis) to occasionally contact me at this email address with general information on their products and services.

you will now receive an e:mail with a temporary, 30 day serial number from graphisoft. if you haven't received an e:mail from graphisoft within a few minutes, check your bulk/junk/spam mail folder. It will look something like the sample e:mail below. the next step is to open the graphisoft e:mail and click on the links provided to begin the download process of both archicad AND the training guide and any add-on/plug-ins you selected during a previous step.

Dear ‘your name,’

(Whatever name, first and last, that you submitted to graphisoft in a previous step.)

Thank you for registering with Graphisoft for an Archicad 10 US American version Serial Number.

Your Temporary Serial Number is:
SA7T1-E2OPM-ACMM6-OKE1L

The name connected to the Serial Number is:
’your name’ (Whatever name, first and last, that you submitted to graphisoft in a previous step.)

This number, in combination with your name, will allow you to install and use the Archicad 10 US American version for 30 days, starting from today.

Please be aware that you must enter the serial code number exactly as it appears above. We suggest that you use the "ctrl-c" "ctrl-v" copy and paste method in entering your serial code number.

During your 30-day trial, every time you launch the program, you will see a dialog box that prompts you to progress through the registration process. Please follow these steps in order to convert your trial version to a free 1-year license. You should be redirected to a website where you can submit information which will be used in order to evaluate your student/teacher status. You may be contacted by one of our Graphisoft partners in order to verify your student/teacher status. Please be sure to check all of your email folders, including your Spam/Bulk Folders, for this communication from Graphisoft.

Follow one of the links below to download your Archicad 10 US American Installer Package.

Archicad 10 US American (317.4 Mbytes)

• LIMELIGHT NETWORKS - **
• DOWNLOAD.COM - *****

DOWNLOAD THE INTERACTIVE TRAINING GUIDE

Artlantis Studio 1.2.2 Windows XP

• Artlantis - *****

Accessory tools 10.3 Windows XP [NO SERIAL REQUIRED]

• Accessories tool - *****

Door & Window builder 10.6 Windows XP [NO SERIAL REQUIRED]

• Door and window builder - *****

Thanks for your interest in Archicad. We hope our solution supports a creative, profitable and enjoyable career for you in architecture.

Kind regards

Graphisoft Education Team

Plain Text Attachment :

SA7T1-E2OPM-ACMM6-OKE1L

The following step is to get your 1-year license from graphisoft. graphisoft requires a scanned or digital photo of your student or teacher id. once graphisoft approves your proof-of-student/teacher info, graphisoft will send you a 1-year serial number so you can use archicad for the entire semester.

3.17.2007

save as ..

when saving the file under a different name, to keep a record of the progress of different stages of your work, for instance, the "save as .." command is the way to go. it's under the file menu just below "save", or you can get to it thru "cntrl-shift-s" (for pc's).

the tricky part: i realize many of you know "save as .." from other programs, it's basic stuff, but archicad will default to saving as a photoshop image file, a ".psd" file. so while you're busy coming up with a clever name, you may be saving as to a file format that cannot be retrived as a functioning archicad file. if you still have the file open and have realized this mistake, simply "save as .." again as an archicad file, which is an "archicad solo project" file or ".pln". otherwise, you'll just have to redo the work you did since the last save. autosave may be your saving grace. archicad autosaves your open file every few minutes; you may have noticed the bulldozer icon appearing as the cursor for a few seconds. the back-up archicad files have the same name as their original file, only ending in " .bpn". if open this, your work should be restored.