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

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246574

Length 612 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

ArchiCAD

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Authors (3):

Ruben Van de Walle

Pieter Pauwels

Stefan Boeykens

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

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

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Appendix: Some Final Tips and Tricks

Navigating in 2D/3D and learning the basics of modeling

In this section, we will learn how to fluently navigate through and interact with a model in both 2D and 3D.

Opening your first model

Before we can learn how to navigate in 2D and 3D, we need a model. For this, we will use the demo model that you just downloaded. We will use this example throughout this chapter to learn how to navigate in Archicad.

You can open the model by either double-clicking it in your Finder/Explorer (hence starting the Archicad application) or by first starting up Archicad and browsing for the file through File > Open > Open... (Cmd + O/Ctrl + O), clicking Open once you have selected the correct project within the right folder in the following dialog screen:

Figure 3.1: Opening a project from within a running Archicad session

Archicad models in the cloud

Storing models in the cloud is not advised in most cases. The backup process of Archicad (creating the...

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