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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

What we didn’t cover

An introductory book about Archicad cannot possibly cover everything this software has to offer. The Archicad manual PDF is well over 1,000 pages long and is replaced with online help, which is a complete inventory and documentation for every tool, menu, dialog, and integrated add-in that Archicad provides.

When you think about Archicad as a design tool for architects, we have covered most of what you need to be ready for effective modeling, presentations, layouts, and even visualization. However, we couldn’t cover some of the more advanced functionalities, which all relate to information management, parametric design, automation, and multi-disciplinary design and collaboration.

That said, here is a brief list of things we encourage you to research further, using the resources mentioned. There is enough content here to cover a few more books about Archicad:

  • Archicad supports collaborative projects, with well-established support for OpenBIM...