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2 Contents User manual 3 System Requirements 3 Installing the package 3 Custom work environment 3 Managing the object library 3 Managing the object library 3 How ArchiSuite works 4 Show ArchiSuite palette 4 Language 4 Check for updates 5 Check for updates automatically 6 About 6 Customising the ArchiSuite package 7 Managing updates and new products 8 The ArchiSuite keyplug 9 Instructions to Load/Update the Cigraph keyplug 9 Cigraph License Activation 9 How to load/update the Cigraph keyplug 12 Before you start 12 The keyplug load/update is completely automatic 12 Rescan ports 13 Check selected keyplug 13 Activation fails ArchiSuite Guide to installing
3 ArchiSuite User manual System Requirements The add-ons require the same configuration as your version of ArchiCAD. ArchiSuite is compatible with ArchiCAD 13 and subsequent versions and does not function with previous versions of ArchiCAD. A special version of ArchiSuite is available for ArchiCAD Start Edition (ArchiSuite for ArchiCAD Start Edition is NOT compatible with the normal version of ArchiCAD). Installing the package Select the ArchiSuite folder and after extracting it, copy it to the add-ons folder in the ArchiCAD folder on your computer. If installed correctly, when you next launch ArchiCAD, the Design menu will include a submenu providing access to ArchiSuite. Custom work environment If you use custom work environments, the ArchiSuite menu might not appear automatically in the ArchiCAD Design/Design Extras menu. To show the Work Environments Manager dialog, click on Options/Work Environment. Use this dialog to configure your custom work environments to include the menu for the new add-on. Managing the object library We recommend not moving the libraries used by the add-on from their original location (in the folder ASU_Librarys inside plug-in s folder). Here they will be managed automatically by the add-on and you will not experience any difficult loading them. Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 3
4 How ArchiSuite works If installed correctly, the Design/Design Extras menu will include an Arch Suite item providing access to the program commands: Show ArchiSuite palette This command displays the palette providing access to the various addons in the package: The pop-up menu lists all the add-ons currently installed (if you have manually removed some of the add-ons in the package, they will not be listed). Select the name of the add-on you want to use to launch it and display the corresponding tool palette. Use the last command, Refresh list of available add-ons, if you have loaded add-ons using the Load add-on command (see paragraph on customising the package below). Language To choose the language, select the Language command and click on the corresponding button. 4 - ArchiSuite Guide to installing
5 Check for updates Use this command to launch an internet procedure to check the availability of updates and/or new products compatible with your Suite. Remember that to use this command correctly you must be connected to internet. It will normally take just a few seconds for a window to appear summarising the updates available. If updates are available, a message appears at the top of the window. The available updates are listed immediately below on the left. The part on the right will display either information on the latest news from Cigraph, or the characteristics of the updates selected in the list on the left. Use the Download add-ons button to connect to a web page where you can download updates for the ArchiCAD version you are using. Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 5
6 Check for updates automatically If this option is enabled, ArchiSuite will automatically check for updates for the products you are using. If the option is not enabled, you will need to choose the manual Check for updates command described above to check if updates are available for your products. About This command displays the following dialog box listing information which may be particularly useful if you need to contact our technical support staff: Information on ArchiSuite and your keyplug is displayed on the left under the Cigraph Factory logo. On the right, the Cigraph add-ons installed are listed together with their version and issue date. If you are having problems with our software, giving this information to our technical support staff will ease a fast a response. Use the Save as text button to save a file containing this information in order to send it via to our support team (sup...@cigraph.com). On the left, the button with the keyplug icon and a small world can be used to connect to the web page to load/update the Cigraph keyplug. 6 - ArchiSuite Guide to installing
7 Customising the ArchiSuite package The ArchiSuite folder contains the ArchiSuite add-on and the individual Cigraph add-ons managed by the Suite. There are also a Documentation folder where you can find all add-ons manuals and a z_data folder that contains documents used by add-ons and that ones saved by more than one add-on. If after trying them, one or more add-ons in the package do not interest you, you can simply remove the relative folder from the ArchiSuite folder. The eliminated add-ons will no longer be available and will not be loaded by ArchiCAD next time you launch it. If you do not use an add-on continuously, but nevertheless want to use it on rare occasions, you can load it even after launching ArchiCAD using the standard ArchiCAD procedure available from the Add-On Manager dialog box. Only some add-ons can be loaded this way. These add-ons loaded on-the-fly will not be listed in the ArchiSuite palette pop-up menu until you use the Refresh list of available add-ons command (the last command in that pop-up menu). After using this command, the loaded add-on will immediately be available for use by the Suite. Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 7
8 Managing updates and new products As explained above, when Cigraph releases an update for one of the products in the Suite or issues a new product, it will be listed in the Check for updates dialog box (which automatically or manually checks for new updates/products according to your settings). If you are interested in the updates or new products available, download them using the Download add-ons button, then proceed as follows: extract the package/s you have just downloaded; open the ArchiSuite folder in the ArchiCAD version corresponding to the product you are updating, then: a. if you are updating: replace the previous folder, making sure you keep any personal elements inside the previous folder, for example ArchiQuant components files); b. if you are installing a new product: copy the folder into the Archi- Suite folder. N.B. Whenever a new product is released, a new version of the ArchiSuite add-on containing the procedure to manage the new product will also be released. The updates dialog box will obviously notify you when an ArchiSuite update is available. Remember to download it and replace the previous version which will also enable you to use the new product. 8 - ArchiSuite Guide to installing
9 The ArchiSuite keyplug Instructions to Load/Update the Cigraph keyplug ArchiSuite add-ons use a protection system based on a WIBU USB keyplug. The ArchiSuite keyplug may be used on any ArchiCAD workstation which reads the keyplug. The keyplug may be either for use on one workstation only, or a network keyplug for more than one workstation. Cigraph License Activation To update the content of your Cigraph Wibukey box you can use Cigraph License Activation plug-in included in ArchiSuite package. You can launch the plug-in from ArchiCAD menu Design in the submenu Extra Design. You will see the initial window where you can change the language to be used by pressing the appropriate button. Clicking on CONTINUE button, the search for local and network Cigraph boxes will start. Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 9
10 When the search ends you will see the following dialog: The top list shows founded boxes. For network boxes is specified in brackets the name or IP address of the server they are plugged on. The bottom list shows the content of the selected box. Clicking the Check for Updates button the program connects to Cigraph site to find updates for the listed boxes. If a box is already updated, in the bottom area of the window the following message appears: 10 - ArchiSuite Guide to installing
11 Instead if an update is available for the selected box, the icon of the box will change to this: and the message in the bottom area will show new content available for the box: To write new content in the selected box, click on the ACTIVATE button. The window will change to confirm the update: Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 11
12 How to load/update the Cigraph keyplug To load or update your ArchiSuite keyplug, connect to the web page: Below is a detailed explanation of the keyplug activation procedure. Before you start Make sure the computer on which you want to load/update your Cigraph keyplug has the following requirements: ArchiCAD (or the WIBU keyplug management software) must be installed; the Cigraph keyplug must be connected to a USB port; it must be connected to Internet, the suggested browser is Mozilla Firefox (less issues related to Java updates). The keyplug load/update is completely automatic When you connect to this web page, the system reads the keyplug and if a new product or update is available, it will be immediately loaded. Always check the products list fits your expectation. Select the required language ArchiSuite Guide to installing
13 The yellow box will list all the Cigraph WIBU keys currently connected to your computer (not the one used by ArchiCAD). Rescan ports To view a new keyplug inserted in a USB port, click on the Rescan Ports button. Check selected keyplug To check the contents of the listed keyplugs, select one keyplug at a time and click the Check Selected Keyplug button. Activation fails If activation has failed, click the Send to Cigraph button. The command will automatically fill out a request for assistance to be sent to Cigraph. Add a description of the problem and you will be contacted as soon as possible. IMPORTANT: the assistance request generated automatically already contains certain information, do not cancel or modify it. Guide to installing ArchiSuite - 13
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