Next-Gen Archicad Connector Installation Problems

[Jon (Jon Tolosa)]

Hey guys! Maybe someone here can help me in finding out how to try the next-gen connector for Archicad. I first tried installing it manually but it didn’t work. @gokermu advised me to install the latest version of the connector through the Speckle Manager, but I still can’t find the beta.

No new SpeckleConnector is available in the interoperability tab:

Niether is appearing in the Palette window:

Nor in the window of the Speckle connector: (As you can see I’ve installed the latest version of the Archicad Connector)

In the extension manager I can only see one Speckle Connector AddOn which reads the file in the following folder:

What am I doing wrong? I already tried completely uninstalling the connector and installing it twice.

[teocomi (Matteo Cominetti)]

In case it didn’t come through when you installed the latest v2, you can also manually install it from here:

https://releases.speckle.systems/v3

cc @David_Kekesi @Jedd

[gokermu (Mucahit Bilal GOKER)]

Hey @Jon ,
Can you check the Installed Apps dialog on Windows? Do you see Speckle for Archicad v3 listed there. Because it is not listed in your Addon Manager which indicates that it’s not installed.

[Jon (Jon Tolosa)]

Hey @gokermu ,

Speckle for Archicad v3 seems to be installed according to the Apps dialog on Windows, but I still can’t see it neither in the Archicad interoperability nor palettes tab.

I thought it was an issue with administrator rights in my computer, because I’m not the administrator, but I contacted my IT and tried uninstalling it completely again and installing it by executing the installer both as admin and with admin rights on my user, but I had the same results…

[David_Kekesi (Dávid Kékesi)]

Hey @Jon

If the v3 Archicad connector is installed you should see a new “Speckle” item in the menu bar like this:

[gokermu (Mucahit Bilal GOKER)]

Ok this doesn’t sound right. I will try to reproduce it and get back to you.

[Jon (Jon Tolosa)]

Hey @gokermu!

I wanted to bring this issue back up because I recently tried installing the latest connector update, hoping something had changed, but I’m still experiencing the same problem.

Has there been any progress on reproducing the issue? Also, has anyone else in the community been able to install it successfully? I’d love to hear if others have found a workaround or if it’s affecting more users.

Looking forward to any updates!

Thanks!!

[_Sergii_Holomah]

Unfortunately, just like you, the application has not been updated to version 3

[gokermu (Mucahit Bilal GOKER)]

@Jon @_Sergii_Holomah,

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble installing the Archicad connector. To help diagnose the issue, could you please provide the following information:

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad 27\Add-Ons and check if the Speckle.apx file exists.
   

   

2. In Archicad, go to Options > Add-On Manager, search for “Speckle”, and share a screenshot of the dialog with the Add-On Info visible.
   

   

Thank you!

[_Sergii_Holomah]

@gokermu
I think I’ve figured out what the reason is. I have 4 versions of Archicad installed on my computer at once, namely 25, 26, 27, and 28. So in 27 and 28, the application was updated to version 3, but in 25 and 26, unfortunately, it was not. I think you only updated to version 27+. But unfortunately, my main working version is 26(

[gokermu (Mucahit Bilal GOKER)]

Hi @_Sergii_Holomah,

As far as I know, our next-gen Archicad connector supports version 26 and above, so in theory, it should work. Could you please share this information anyway?

[_Sergii_Holomah]

Please do not pay attention to the message about the absence of the application for 26 Archicad, because after I saw that it does not work on this version, I tried to copy the *.apx file from the 27 Archicad folder to the 26 folder, so you see the problem with its absence. But it didn’t work before that