A: Almost certainly. Either the video is pre-recorded (they are actually running a local install and pretending it is USB), or they are using a "ThinApp" wrapper that will crash within 20 minutes of use.
Unlike a text editor or a lightweight image viewer, BIM software is hardware-intensive. ArchiCAD relies heavily on the host machine's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Open GL drivers. While the software can technically run on different machines, it needs to detect and configure the specific hardware of the host computer to function smoothly. Running it from a USB drive would not bypass the need for the host machine to have a powerful, compatible graphics card, limiting the "plug-and-play" utility. archicad portable
This involves placing a portable virtualization tool (like Cameyo , VMware ThinApp , or Enigma Virtual Box ) on the USB stick. The cracker "packages" the ArchiCAD executable and its dependencies into a single, sandboxed virtual environment. When you click the icon, the virtualization layer tricks ArchiCAD into thinking it sees a registry and system files, even though they are stored in a mock folder on the USB drive. A: Almost certainly