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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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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246574
Length 612 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ruben Van de Walle Ruben Van de Walle
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Pieter Pauwels Pieter Pauwels
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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

Using drawing aids in Archicad

We have noted before that Archicad provides plenty of onscreen feedback. A large part of this feedback consists of several drawing aids, aimed at modeling more precisely and efficiently. All of these drawing aids can be turned on and off through the menu or by using the buttons in the Toolbar. In this section, we will get to know the following aids and how to use them: Snap Guides, Guide Lines, and the Tracker we already mentioned. They are available both in 2D and 3D (although the screenshots in what follows have been taken from 2D views for clarity). The Grid is also considered a drawing aid but was already covered in Chapter 2:

Figure 3.35: Drawing aids in the Toolbar (left to right)

Figure 3.35: Drawing aids in the Toolbar (left to right)

The drawing aids can be toggled, and their options can be set through the buttons shown in Figure 3.35. From left to right, this screenshot shows Guide Lines, Snap Guides, Tracker, and Grid, each with a drop-down menu for more options.

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