SOLUTIONS TO COMMON ISSUES
1) Make sure your NVIDIA drivers are up to date.
2) How do I extract the ArchiCAD 23 (or any other version of ArchiCAD) 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 25, 26 and 27 - 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 2023.1 version of the plugin, you may 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, so please keep separate copies of your scenes for Octane 022.1.
Current STABLE build (Octane 2023.1.2)
For users with a Studio+ subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 27 2023.1.2.119
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 26 2023.1.2.119
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2023.1.2.119
Previous STABLE build (Octane 2023.1)
For users with a Studio+ subscription license
- - OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 27 2023.1.0.118
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 26 2023.1.0.118
- OctaneRender for ArchiCAD 25 2023.1.0.118
Demo version
- - Available soon
Release Notes
2023.1.2.119 (4-Mar-2024)
- Compiled with Octane 2023.1.2
- Added a confirmation dialog when selecting "Re-covert all materials from Archicad"
2023.1.0.118 (25-Oct-2023)
- Compiled with Octane 2023.1
- Added all new Octane 2023.1 Output AOV, Textures and Texture Layer nodes
- Some Output AOV Layers are not included (such as Apply LUT, layers which have OCIO pins like Apply OCIO Look and Apply Custom Curve)
- The Compositor pin on the Rendertager is now the Output AOV pin
- Added Dispersion Mode to the Standard Surface Material, Specular Material, Specular Material Layer, Universal Material. This defaults to "Abbe number". Change this to "Cauchy formula" in order to render as per Octane 2022.1
- Added Cast Photons to the Environment
- Added the Enabled pin for each material input of the Composite Material
- TIF and JPEG save formats have not been implemented
- Switch nodes have not been implemented
- Analytic and Directional lights have not been implemented
Paul
