Installation

Blender side

1. Download the Blender add-on .zip. Do not unzip it.
2. Blender: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install from Disk, select the zip.
3. Tick the checkbox to enable Archicad2Blender.
4. Press N in the 3D viewport. An Archicad2Blender tab appears in the sidebar.

Archicad side

1. Archicad: Options > Add-On Manager > Add, then pick Archicad2Blender.bundle.
2. Restart Archicad if it asks.
3. An Archicad2Blender menu appears, with a Blender Sync submenu.

Licence

Choose Archicad2Blender > Licence... in Archicad. The first Sync to Blender opens the same window when no licence is installed.

• Bought it: paste your licence key, your activation code (A2B-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) or your Superhive order code into the top box and press Activate.
• Trying it: enter your email address and press Start Trial. The trial key lasts 14 days and syncs up to 25 elements. The rest of the model is left out, and the Report window says how many.
• The window shows who the licence is for and when it expires.

Once a session, Archicad2Blender checks online that the licence has not been revoked. It works offline, but after 14 days without a successful check it stops syncing until it can check again.

Once a day it also sends a usage count: the product name and version, nothing else. Untick Send a daily usage count in the Licence window to stop it.