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A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

By : Stefan Boeykens, Ruben Van de Walle
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A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

By: Stefan Boeykens, Ruben Van de Walle

Overview of this book

A BIM Professional’s Guide to Learning Archicad is a comprehensive introduction to all that Archicad has to offer for creating 3D models, 2D document extracts, and related outputs. This book is not a click-by-click series of recipes, but rather focuses on helping you understand why and how Archicad works by providing realistic examples and expert tips. The book gradually introduces you to Archicad tools using ample examples. It then helps you master its complexity through clear modules, allowing you to start your first project quickly, gain useful skills in subsequent projects, and keep using the book as a source for insights into the software. You’ll start with the basic modeling of construction elements and then move on to adding roofs, stairs, and objects to the project. Next, you’ll dive into basic drafting and 2D views for creating 2D output, and grasp how to use attributes and more advanced modeling tools for designing curtain walls and sites. The concluding chapters will show you how to extract and visualize your data and automate the publishing of your extracts and 2D documents into a variety of output formats. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of Archicad, how to implement it efficiently in your architectural projects, and how BIM can improve your overall design workflow.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Part 1: Getting Started with Archicad – Project Setup and Essential Modeling Tools for Your First Residential Project
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Part 2: Becoming an Archicad Professional – Learn About Archicad Tools and Settings to Create and Publish Any Type of Project in Full Detail

Using basic Section, Elevation, and Independent Viewpoints

In traditional 2D drafting, we draw sections or elevations alongside the floor plans. By aligning them and using auxiliary lines, we are able to check how the façade aligns with the floor plan. But here, we are working in dedicated BIM software. In Archicad, you get dedicated Viewpoints using the Section tool and the Elevation tool. These tools are almost the same. Once you know how a section works, you understand the Elevation tool as well.

While Sections and Elevations are derived from the 3D model, in a design process, we sometimes need independent views. In Archicad, we use Worksheets to create such a non-linked view. These can be used to sketch out alternative elevation designs or add external content to use as an underlay. In Chapter 12, in the Creating a detail viewpoint section, we will also see how we can use Worksheets for detailing purposes.

Creating a Section view

Creating any view derived from the...