Then you install the new version & you need to do a new reboot before the dongle can be found. When you uninstall ArchiCAD (before upgrading to a newer version) the Wibu-software gets wiped out and this requires a reboot. The software is brand new and was just updated to be able to run on Windows XP. We have constant problems with the license server. Almost every day, there is some student seeking help since the classroom-software boots in demo-version. We use an engineering application at our CAD-courses for the architecture students, called ESA PT. In my case it didn't, since I switched to a non-commercial job before the Return-Of-Investment point, but I can live with that.īut the use of all these protections matters are getting problematic. We do hope that in some way this investment pays for itself. We invest in expensive tools to get our jobs done. We, as legal users of these software, suffer the most of it. In the case of highly popular tools, they are fixed before they are even officially released. I even know of a guy who gives a tutorial on cracking his own software, but changing on bit in the executable (and the funny thing is that he used Photoshop to just paint two pixels black on the raw data of the executable). FlexLM and cdilla are often said to be not sufficient. In most cases, the people doing this claim that the software is not protected very well. They just make some tool to generate valid licenses. Even the rather complex software licenses, using registration that is unique to a single computer, can be fixed. Almost every program that uses a hardware lock is easy to circumvent.
In most cases, demo-versions that have temporary full functionality, are easy to "convert" into full versions. "Every single program on this planet is available as an illegal copy". I also did not try to download any of it either, so don't know if it is the "real stuff", but I have some remarks, which I think are "viable" on this list, as a concerned user: I'm not going to give anyone links to these, so don't mail me about this. AV_works, ProSite, Plan2Model, ArchiFacade, ArchiForma,ĪrchiTerra, ArchiTiles, ArchiTime, ArchiWall - new !
It announces:ĪrchiCAD v8.1 R1 INTERNATIONAL - GraphiSoft, LIBRARIES, and Addons 2002 And I'm now working in an academic environment, where we also have a strict policy of only using legal software (we do get discounts, though).įor some reason I just had a mail on my hotmail-account which is an add for all things illegal. I use a full ArchiCAD for which I paid a lot of money (about 1,5x the American price, to be more precisely). I'm not advocating piracy, let that be clear.