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 2022.1 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 2021.1 and Octane 2022.1.
Current TEST build (Octane 2022.1.1)
- For users with an Enterprise subscription license
- - Enterprise not longer available. Use Studio+ instead
- For users with an Enterprise subscription license
- - Enterprise not longer available. Use Studio+ instead
2022.1.1.115 (29-Apr-2023)
- Compiled with Octane 2022.1.1
- Added the option to save as 16 bit when saving all render passes
2022.1.0.114 (28-Nov-2022)
- Compiled with Octane 2022.1
2022.1.0.113 (22-Nov-2022)
- Fixed is where new node types added for Octane 2022.1 were not showing
2022.1.0.112 (22-Nov-2022)
- Compiled with Octane 2022.1 RC3
- Implemented the Octane 2022.1 change "Image nodes now have a Border mode for U and V separately."
- Added Textures->Fields nodes
- Added C4D noise nodes
- Added Values->Utility nodes
- Added the Photon Tracing Kernel
- Removed the Imager->Pre-Multiplied Alpha pin, as this is no longer used with Octane 2022.1.
- Added new Texture nodes from Octane 2022.1 XB2
- Added the Curvature Visibility property from Octane 2022.1 XB3
- Added new texture nodes from Octane 2022.1 XB4
- IMPORTANT: Octane 2022.1 changes the way the Daylight Environment renders, and changes the way volumes render, so old scene using either of these Octane features may render differently
Paul
