Giving ArchiCAD.exe a "High" priority in the "Windows Task Manager".ĭisabling "qtguiagent.exe". Speed improvement: significant with AC20 build 3012, none in newer builds, but still sluggish. It was told me that in build 6005 this problem was adressed and that a high mouse pollin rate does not causes a slowdown anymore. This was a problem known to Graphisoft with the drawing area screen refreshment rate. Using a mouse with a polling rate of not over 125 Hz (I use a mouse that allows me to set the polling rate, most mice do not have this option). Speed improvement: slight but still sluggish All temporary folders were also set on HD. Speed improvement: significant but still sluggishĪutomatic saving was set to all 20min on a local HD Folder. Of course These actions are pure optional and depending on Hardware. Automatic renewing of modelsights was also disabled.
It slowed down my AC20.ĢD & 3D Antialiasing were disabled, 2D hardware acceleration and memory were set to full. Whatever ArchiCAD 20 is doing in the Background, logs and monitor show, that it is not very effective and causes a lot of System traffic. Speed improvement: moderate but still sluggish Of course this solution will not work for Teamwork projects. I use to place the file and folders i am working with on my SSD harddisk drive. Working over a network slows down to a degree, depending on network speed. The old AC12 was running on the same system configuration by the way. My AC20 now runs as fast as the old AC12, i might say even a bit faster.
I used several system monitors and log scriptures to find out what ArchiCAD was doing in the background and what process was causing troubles.Īfter three Weekends of testing i can give the following Solutions for ArchiCAD 20 build 6005, running on an D / AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 2,0, 8 GB, Radeon HD 5870, Windows 7 圆4, 256 GB Samsung SSD. So i deceided to give at a shot to try and find out what causes this sluggishnes. Lightworks engine worked without Problem.Īfter installing AC20 build 3012 i experienced this so often quoted "sluggishnes", and CinreRender did not work, but crashed with the error message "CineRender by MAXON add-on has unexpectedly closed. I could type several keyboard commands in fast order and AC12 did them without hesitation. AC12 was very fast compared to vanilla AC20.
I'm sure there are those who say they will vote for their wallet and they are likely to find that within a few years they just can't buy software any better than 3D Home Architect from Staples for $39.95.Before i used AC20 i used AC12. There are more and more programs moving to the software-as-a-service model, so it's something we may have to get used to as fewer professional-grade software are available in any other way. Software is moving closer to leasing a car, with nicer software costing more to lease. It's nowhere near as developed as Archicad or Revit.
Vectorworks is dramatically cheaper, but it is a case of getting what you pay for. Believe me, we could have it a lot worse. Check out prices on Digital Project, Tekla, or Constructor.
Unfortunately, it just put Archicad on par with Revit for upgrade costs, so it's not like there's a BIM software with a lower cost of ownership. I saw it as more cost for smaller upgrades. I still don't like it, since the last major upgrade was AC10, which was when they started charging more. That's a HUGE (50%) increase in annual ownership cost. I was pretty annoyed when Archicad upgrades went from $695 every 18 months to $695 to every year.