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 27, 28 and 29 - 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 (Link 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
Current STABLE build (Octane 2026.1)
- For users with a Studio+ subscription license Demo version
2026.1.0.124 (28-Nov-2025)
- Compiled with Octane 2026.1 - see viewtopic.php?t=85315 for details of this release
- 2026.1 features IN this release : AOV's (partially), Displacement, OpenPBR surface material node.
- 2026.1 features NOT IN this release : Vectron changes, Gaussian Splats, MaterialX, LOD Data, CMYK Halftone texture, Trace sets.
- IMPORTANT: IOR and Anisotropy for all materials are now a texture inputs rather than a float, so scenes from previous versions of Octane will loose their IOR and Anisotropy settings. This applies to the Glossy, Specular, Hair, Metallic, Universal and Specular Materials, and the Metallic and Specular Layers
Paul