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A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

You're reading from   A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects

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Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246574
Length 612 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ruben Van de Walle is a Belgian architect-engineer. After having worked for both small and large architectural firms, he has dedicated himself to teaching and researching BIM at the HOWEST University in Bruges, briefly combining this with activities at KUBUS, the local Archicad reseller, for whom he helped develop the Belgian Template. Ruben is a BIM and Archicad expert at HOWEST's bachelor program in Applied Architecture. He is also co-founder and BIM expert at studiov2, a Belgian BIM consultant with a focus on architects and SMEs in general. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events for the construction industry. He is married and father of three and enjoys playing bass guitar, reading comics and continuing to learn.
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Stefan Boeykens is a Belgian architect-engineer. Starting out as a professional architect in several offices, he returned to KU Leuven in 2000, at the Department of Architecture, for teaching and research, completing his PhD on Building Information Modelling in 2007. Stefan is an experienced researcher with a variety of IT skills. Aside from teaching BIM, he is mainly working as senior Innovation and BIM manager for the Belgian D-Studio, focusing on BIM middleware and consultancy. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events and is actively involved in BIM standardization groups, including CEN/TC 442 (Europe) and Belgian Technical Committees. He is father of three boys and enjoys musical composition, reading, cycling and life-long-learning.
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Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with Archicad – Project Setup and Essential Modeling Tools for Your First Residential Project
2. Chapter 1: What Is Archicad and How Can You Learn It? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started with Archicad 4. Chapter 3: Building a Basic Residential Model: Modeling the Construction Elements 5. Chapter 4: Building a Basic Residential Model: SPACEAdding Roofs, Zones, Beams, and Columns 6. Chapter 5: Building a Basic Residential Model: Modeling Openings, Stairs, and Objects 7. Chapter 6: Basic Drafting and 2D Views 8. Chapter 7: Adding Annotations and Creating 2D Output 9. Part 2: Becoming an Archicad Professional – Learn About Archicad Tools and Settings to Create and Publish Any Type of Project in Full Detail
10. Chapter 8: Using Advanced Modeling Tools for Developed Design 11. Chapter 9: Using Advanced System Tools for Designing Stairs and Curtain Walls 12. Chapter 10: Using the Mesh tool and Wizards to Finalize a Design 13. Chapter 11: Using Advanced Attributes and the Renovation Tool for a Wider Design Range 14. Chapter 12: 2D Construction Drawings and 3D Views with Linked Annotations 15. Chapter 13: Data Extraction and Visualization 16. Chapter 14: Automating the Publication of BIM Extracts 17. Chapter 15: The Various Visualization Techniques in Archicad 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Some Final Tips and Tricks

Summary

In this chapter, we introduced you to Graphisoft Archicad, its variety of license types, and how you can select the applicable one for you. In the next chapter, we will learn a little bit more about the installation and explore the user interface of the software before we set up our first Archicad project!

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Stefan Boeykens is a Belgian architect-engineer. Starting out as a professional architect in several offices, he returned to KU Leuven in 2000, at the Department of Architecture, for teaching and research, completing his PhD on Building Information Modelling in 2007. Stefan is an experienced researcher with a variety of IT skills. Aside from teaching BIM, he is mainly working as senior Innovation and BIM manager for the Belgian D-Studio, focusing on BIM middleware and consultancy. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events and is actively involved in BIM standardization groups, including CEN/TC 442 (Europe) and Belgian Technical Committees. He is father of three boys and enjoys musical composition, reading, cycling and life-long-learning.
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Ruben Van de Walle is a Belgian architect-engineer. After having worked for both small and large architectural firms, he has dedicated himself to teaching and researching BIM at the HOWEST University in Bruges, briefly combining this with activities at KUBUS, the local Archicad reseller, for whom he helped develop the Belgian Template. Ruben is a BIM and Archicad expert at HOWEST's bachelor program in Applied Architecture. He is also co-founder and BIM expert at studiov2, a Belgian BIM consultant with a focus on architects and SMEs in general. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events for the construction industry. He is married and father of three and enjoys playing bass guitar, reading comics and continuing to learn.
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