SOLUTIONS TO COMMON ISSUES
1) Make sure your NVIDIA drivers are up to date.
2) How do I extract the ArchiCAD 23 (or 24, 25 or 26) textures from the ArchiCAD 23 Library - 'File'->'Libraries and Objects'->'Extract a Container'. Select C:\Program Files\GRAPHISOFT\ARCHICAD 23\ARCHICAD Library 23\Surface Catalog 23.lcf to extract to Documents\AC23SurfaceCatalog. Then add the library to the Library Manager.
ArchiCAD Version
This version of the plugin runs on ArchiCAD 24, 25 and 26 - 64 bit Windows (7, 8, 10 and 11).
To use this version, you need a GPU of compute model 3.0 or higher. Support for Fermi GPUs (like GTX 4xx and 5xx) has been dropped. Also make sure you use a driver of version 451 or higher.
Is there a macOS version of the plugin? - at this point in time there is no macOS version of the plugin. Given the large amount of effort it would take to migrated the plugin to macOS, and the small potential audience for the macOS plugin, I do not think there will be a macOS version in the foreseeable future.
Network Rendering
For Network Rendering, you must use the Octane slave release from the Octane Standalone installer which matches the exact Octane version of the plugin you are using..
Support Issues
If you have a support issue, pls provide the following information:
- Operating System (ie. Win XP, Vista, 7, 8)
- 32 or 64 bit
- Amount of RAM
- Graphics Card(s) - model (ie. GTX 580, 3GB)
- Nvidia driver version
- ArchiCAD version (ArchiCAD -> Help -> License Information -> Version and Build Number
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD version (ie. 1.02a)
- In the unlikely event of a crash, pls provide the dump report from the C:\Users\[username]\Graphisoft\BugReporting-[version] folder (on Win 7). Either post or email (to "paul at physicalc-software.com") the "ArchiCAD-XXXXXX-FATAL.RPT" file from this folder.
For more information
- Read the on-line manual
- Read the FAQ
- Watch Tapperworks Showcase Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
- Watch Tapperworks Render Passes video http://youtu.be/sXnLcWEbbmY
- Watch the Grass Generation video http://vimeo.com/113454418
- Post your question on this forum thread
Download Links
Once you save a .pla/.pln scene with the Octane 2021.1 version of the plugin, you will no longer be able to open the OctaneRender plugin with that scene loaded in ArchiCAD with a plugin compiled with an earlier version of Octane.
Current STABLE build (Octane 2021.1.4)
- For users with an Enterprise subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 26 2021.1.4.111 - Added 24-Aug-2022
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2021.1.4.111
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 24 2021.1.4.111
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 23 2021.1.4.111
For users with a Studio subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 26 2021.1.4.111 - Added 24-Aug-2022
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2021.1.4.111
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 24 2021.1.4.111
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 23 2021.1.4.111
Demo version
Previous STABLE build (Octane 2021.1.3)
- For users with an Enterprise subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2021.1.3.110
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 24 2021.1.3.110
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 23 2021.1.3.110
For users with a Studio subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2021.1.3.110
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 24 2021.1.3.110
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 23 2021.1.3.110
Demo version
Release Notes
2021.1.4.111 (8-Apr-2022)
- Compiled with Octane 2021.1.4
- Fixed issue where adding an Image node to an Octane Material was incorrectly setting the Legacy Gamma to 1.0. It now gets correctly set to 2.2.
2021.1.3.110 (11-Mar-2022)
- Compiled with Octane 2021.1.3
- Fixed issue where a node type could be selected for an image "Color space" pin
- Fixed issue introduced in 2021.1.0.106 where when ArchiCAD materials were converted to Octane materials, the Legacy Gamma was always set to 1. It is now set to 2.2 for diffuse pin Image nodes
2021.1.0.109 - AC 25 only (19-Nov-2021)
- Resolved issue where OctaneRender could not be selected in the Photorender setting in ArchiCAD 25
2021.1.0.108 (31-Oct-2021)
- Compiled with Octane 2021.1
2021.1.0.106 (8-Sep-2021)
- Compiled with Octane 2021.1 RC2
- Added support for ArchiCAD 25 and removed support for ArchiCAD 22
2021.1.0.106 (7-Jul-2021)
- Compiled with Octane 2021.1 XB3
- IMPORTANT: In line with Octane 2021.1, the Rendertarget->Render Passes pin is now called "Render AOV's". This will default to the pre-Octane 2021.1 Render Passes node, however you can now change this node to a "Render AOV group" node and use the new Octane 2021.1 render pass system
- The Compositor nodes from Octane 2020.2 have been enabled in this release (via the Rendertarget->AOV Output Group pin)
- The following features from viewtopic.php?f=33&t=77764 are now supported by the plugin:
... Improved RTX support
... Interpolated surface tangents
... Clipping material
... Energy preserving GGX BRDF
... Improved hair material
... Improved AI light
... New texture nodes
... New projection nodes
... Refactored render AOVs
... Custom AOVs
... Global texture AOVs
... New output AOVs
- The following features from viewtopic.php?f=33&t=77764 are NOT supported by the plugin (however most are supported if you import an ORBX proxies with the feature):
... SDF from mesh
... Improved Scatter on surface
... Volume rendering
... Improved color processing
Paul