Release Notes

Archicad 12 NOR Library Update

Version 2009-03-06

This Hotfix includes important fixes for library bugs discovered since the original release of Archicad 12 (Build 2172). This Hotfix can be applied to any build of Archicad 12 (Build 2172 and above).

Install steps:

1. Download the Hotfix from the previous page.
2. Exit Archicad before you start the installer.
3. Make sure that you have administrator rights on your computer.
4. Make sure that components of your Archicad Library have not been renamed or in any other way modified. If you have modified the Archicad 12 standard library, please re-install it from the original Archicad install DVD.
5. Double-click on the downloaded file to start the installer. To run the installer, Java version 6 must be installed on your computer. You can install Java version 6 from your original Archicad install DVD.
6. Follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation.

Most important bugs corrected in this update:

• 81692 – Corner Windows: W M Bottom Hung 12: 2D script warning when changing corner window type
• 86839 – Corner Windows: Wrong visibility in 1:200: overhanging lines
• 80198 – Curtain Wall Accessories – Design cap 01 12 : gaps inside on curved Curtain Wall
• 83914 – Curtain Wall: custom panel 12 fails to create butt joint
• 82859 – Doors & Windows: Flip function turns wrong with casing out
• 82120 – Doors: “foot protection” function is needed
• 82881 – Doors: 3D Label doesn’t work correctly
• 81972 – Doors: Bifold doors should be adapted into the Norwegian library
• 86508 – Doors: Custom Handle Type is missing
• 83356 – Doors: door frame thickness=Wall Thickness extra line appears if the wall thickness is under 100 mm
• 78378 – Doors: doors with sidelight or with transom: base hotspots appear in wrong position
• 82840 – Doors: Doors with threshold: incorrect symbolic floor plan display
• 86820 – Doors: Heveterskel & H-C terskel threshold types: incorrect door panel visibility in 3D, redundant selection fill in 2D
• 82113 – Doors: new door handles needed, and options for outside/inside type
• 85441 – Doors: Segmented doors: casing does not change correctly
• 87301 – Doors: Threshold type renaming: from “Ingen” to “Uten”
• 87132 – Objects: Audience Seating: Rise between Rows does not work
• 85200 – Objects: Bilde.gsm: it is not possible to attach a custom picture
• 73764 – Objects: Bitmap People: the 3D representation is offset from the 2D location
• 82598 – Objects: Cabinet Base-Multidrawer: bevel edge does not work
• 75940 – Objects: Cabinet B-P 2D: wrong knob position
• 82792 – Objects: Cross Vault: unnecessary bent edges in 3D when viewed in OpenGL or rendering
• 81338 – Objects: Fireplace: Unnecessary line on floor plan
• 74155 – Objects: Gardin: end of ‘gardinstang’ can’t change
• 82600 – Objects: Kitchen Cabinets: wrong tap position in case of Undermounted Sink
• 74173 – Objects: Kjokkenvifte: Design Kasten 4 Typ: parts are displaced in 3D
• 85508 – Objects: Laptop: missing 2D when Open Display is set to On
• 86067 – Objects: Lobby Table: shelf does not connect to leg in 3D
• 81509 – Objects: Missing pictures in some Norwegian elements
• 84764 – Objects: North Symbol: 3D does not follow project north
• 82565 – Objects: Precast Beam I 01: overhang left and right looks different in settings window
• 82936 – Objects: Rafters: In length field of roof spar, it is displayed and counted with a floor plan length (a) instead of it’s real length (L)
• 84713 – Objects: Round Table 03: wrong display in 3D after resize
• 82858 – Objects: Steel Structures: overall mass value is incorrect
• 84481 – Objects: Tap.gsm: it is not possible sizing vertically because there are no hotspots to grab
• 82718 – Objects: The mul and mul2 commands in the Plotter 12 object are incorrect, and so the dimension entered for width “A” is not what is generated
• 71355 – Objects: Title objects: Inconsistent hotspot locations
• 72776 – Objects: Vindski.gsm: editable hotspot functional changing needed
• 76635 – Objects: Wall Mount table: stretch height function doesn’t work
• 82844 – Objects: wrong place of 9 objects in tree of library folders
• 81784 – Stairs: Stair Spiral Wood: warning in 3D, when change Flight Section Type with Soffit
• 84489 – Sun object: lightTo goes to infinity
• 82838 – Windows with tolerance: missing line on symbolic floor plan display
• 82846 – Windows: “Vanbrett bare” casing type by windows: duplicate in casing type list
• 72740 – Windows: 3D Oplines: there should be independent settings in 3D and Section/Elevation
• 82873 – Windows: 3D text at wrong place, can not be seen
• 82121 – Windows: a choice for simple casing also on the outside is needed
• 82754 – Windows: D Arch Opening: curve resolution set in the dialog doesn’t take affect in 3D
• 86274 – Windows: Duplicated 3D label at Vindu 12 and Vindu 18
• 68662 – Windows: Empty window/door: ganging text hangs out
• 81004 – Windows: Masonry Arch: an extra line appear in brick arch keystone in case of ganging in elevation
• 72223 – Windows: Skyv Windows: additional 3D editable hotspots needed for change the door size
• 88111 – Windows: Skyv windows: double handle type in parameters and slipped previews in custom userinterface
• 72221 – Windows: Skyv Windows: new feature appeared “side frame” can be turned ON/OFF if ganging is ON
• 72222 – Windows: Skyv Windows: should be able to set the Door Width on the user interface
• 82895 – Windows: Vindu 10 & Vindu 18: incorrect representation in 3D with casing out
• 82887 – Windows: Vindu 16, 17: The casing hangs out from the wall in 3D
• 82879 – Windows: Vindu 16: wrong default settings
• 83039 – Windows: W Arched Cas and W Arched Fix with different Sunburst Sash width works incorrectly
• 83154 – Windows: W Arched windows: Shutter Position: Right-Left Side doesn’t work
• 72483 – Windows: W Multiside Fix: wallhole rotated for non(4k+2) side counts
• 66052 – Windows: W Splayed Reveal – incorrect floor plan display in case of Projected mode
• 86644 – Windows: W1 Casement: incorrect sill connection in curved wall when the windows are next to each other
• 86874 – Windows: Wrong 2D (missing lines), if the 2D Detail Level is set to 1:100
• 85940 – Windows: wrong floor plan display in the trapezoid wall in case of using casing and board at 1:50 and above