Use educational and commercial Archicad versions on the same computer

Issue description

When both educational (EDU) and commercial licenses are present on the same computer, Archicad may default to EDU; use the steps below to force Archicad to launch in commercial mode for each installed version of Archicad.

Solution

Windows

1. Open the folder containing the desired version of Archicad and find the "Archicad Starter.exe" file (for example: C:\Program Files\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad 29)
2. Right-click on "Archicad Starter.exe" to create a shortcut in the same folder, or choose Send to > Desktop to create a shortcut on the desktop.
3. Right-click on the newly created shortcut and select Properties.
4. In the Target" field of the Shortcut tab, add " /NOEDU" at the end of the text field (note the space before the "/"), then click on "Apply" and "OK".

From now on, when Archicad is launched from this shortcut, it will run in the commercial version. The process can be repeated for each version of Archicad installed.

macOS

1. Launch Automator from the macOS Applications folder
2. Select New document, then Application type
3. In the search field at the top of the application, find Run Shell Script and drag the action into the right-hand panel.

4. In the text field, paste the following code, replacing the Archicad version number where necessary:

   open -na "/Applications/GRAPHISOFT/Archicad 26/Archicad 26.app" --args -noedu

5. Save the application in the desired location and choose an appropriate name (e.g. "Archicad 26 No Edu").

From now on, when Archicad is launched from this shortcut, it will run in the commercial version. The process can be repeated for each version of Archicad installed.