Learn how to bring in 2D drawings such as DWG files as a tracing reference to make it easy and fast to create an accurate 3D model. This approach can be used for modeling existing buildings from CAD files, or taking a design from 2D CAD into a 3D model quickly for presentations or model coordination. Learn how to accurately create a site model from an imported survey using the Mesh and Slab tools and add basic landscaping with the Object tool.
Covers settings, placement and editing. This tutorial 21 minutes demonstrates how to set up 3D cutaways in a wide variety of ways, plus explores options to selectively display elements by layer, type, story or renovation status.
Use these for design and presentation. This tutorial 19 minutes demonstrates interesting new ARCHICAD View options that allow you to use the same Elevation and Section markers for both rendered shaded views and construction document drawings. One of my clients wrote to me saying that she had used this approach in a recent project to set the ID's for 99 windows and doors in just a few minutes.
She said it saved her at least a couple of hours compared to the way she had previously done it. This 6 minute video shows how to use one of the Options menu — Work Environment settings to Hide Locked Layers in Popup Palettes, and give yourself the gift of a much shorter, less confusing layer menu to work with.
I believe there are seven key principles that will help you to use ArchiCAD to its best effect. These best practices are common ideas, like getting organized, and doing things once instead of over and over again.
But when they're applied in the right manner with an understanding of ArchiCAD's core principles, they'll help you be much more effective and efficient. Graphisoft offers an innovative tool for sharing ArchiCAD-based Building Information Models with clients, colleagues, consultants and builders. The Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer is an add-on available to ArchiCAD users for a nominal cost that makes it simple to export a project as a self-contained 3D model file.
ArchiCAD's Complex Profiles are a powerful technology for creating extruded shapes for use in the wall, column and beam tools. The Profile Manager allows the user to draw the equivalent of a section cut through the element, and will extrude that shape along the path of the wall, column or beam.
Office standards set the graphic appearance and organization of documents produced by a firm. They also play a significant role in promoting consistency, efficiency and usability of the project files and workflow. A key ingredient in making standards work is to embed them into template files that are used to start projects. This digital light-table is amazingly versatile, and can be used in a large variety of contexts to simplify coordination of information and speed up the design process.
Each approach has different strengths, and users may choose between these methods in order to handle a wide variety of project sizes and scenarios. This style is automatically applied to each entry of a particular type story, section, elevation, detail, etc. This is a tremendous time-saver, particularly when set up in an office template for use in multiple projects. Detail drawings are one of the most important yet sometimes under-appreciated parts of the architectural design and documentation process.
They can be very time-consuming, often involving meticulous 2D drafting for each separate drawing, as well as careful placement into the construction document set and coordination of callout references. This final installment in the 3 part detail tutorial series focuses on compiling, managing and integrating your own libraries of details. Every tool in ArchiCAD has many options and settings to allow it to represent a wide variety of forms, shapes, and conditions.
Learn the foundations of modeling in Archicad and understand the basic editing and drafting techniques through modeling a small weekend house. See what benefits presenting your project with BIMx can bring you. Communicate your design with any stakeholders online or offline! Put your knowledge into practice and take your project from schematic design phase to design development.
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Foundation Learning Paths Calendar view. Graphisoft Learn. Recommended Learning Since this is the starting point of your Archicad journey, there are no prerequisites. Software Requirements Videos in this Learning Path have been created using the International language version of Archicad which means that the work environment and some of the content may be different if you are using a different language version or Archicad template file.
Access Time Frame Enrolling in this learning path will grant you 1-year access to the courses starting on the day of enrollment. Here is the course outline:.