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Hotfix-6 for ArchiCAD 12

AndorSzoke
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Dear AC-Talkers,

Hotfix-6 is now available for all the major language versions of ArchiCAD 12. You can download the Hotfix through the Help menu/ Check for Updates command. You can find a list of fixed bugs in the Release Notes.
AndorSzőke
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David Larrew
Booster
Honestly, why do I have to cross my fingers every time I install a Hotfix...

See attached to see what I am experiencing after my "successful" install of the AC12 Hotfix #6
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

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WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Erika Epstein
Booster
What were you doing?
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
David Larrew
Booster
Trying to open AC12 (after the install)... It was working fine prior to the update.

BTW - I have uninstalled VBE to see if that was causing it... Nope.
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

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WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Erika Epstein
Booster
Sorry to hear this. I've been working fine, both platforms, since the update.
Curious.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
David Larrew
Booster
Well, I gave up fixing the update and did a complete uninstall and reinstall of AC12 + hotfix + add-ons. It seems to be working again.

BTW - I still can't get my MEP Modeler Add-On working (ever since Hotfix#5, my MEP for AC12 has been broken). At least AC13 is working fine.
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

a r c h i S O L U T I O N S



WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA
Anonymous
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David wrote:
BTW - I still can't get my MEP Modeler Add-On working (ever since Hotfix#5, my MEP for AC12 has been broken). At least AC13 is working fine.
I'm not entirely sure about this but from what I understand MEP 12 doesn't run once MEP 13 is installed. The workaround is to work in 13 and save back to 12. AC12 (without the MEP add-on) can open the file properly with the MEP12 library loaded. You just can't edit the parts like you can with the tools loaded.
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
MEP works in both 12 and 13 for me. I believe the deal is that the add-on has to be installed so that the hotfix updates it properly. Otherwise, presumably the current download of the add-on will work.
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Erika Epstein
Booster
Karl wrote:
MEP works in both 12 and 13 for me. I believe the deal is that the add-on has to be installed so that the hotfix updates it properly. Otherwise, presumably the current download of the add-on will work.
MEP is also working fine in 12 & 13 both platforms.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
David Larrew
Booster
Since I updated my AC 12 to the previous Hotfix#5, my MEP add-on became unusable on my MAC version. But it was working fine on my Windows version (until this last AC12 Hotfix#6 update).

This is unfortunate since I do most of my GDL development in AC12. Most of my MEP objects will check to see if the MEP add-on is available and work differently depending on whether it is installed or not. So now I am going to have to develop in AC12 and then test in AC13... How unproductive is that?
David Larrew, AIA, GDLA, GSRC

Architectural Technology Specialist

a r c h i S O L U T I O N S



WIN7-10/ OSX 10.15.7

AC 5.1-25 USA