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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

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Used where a user needs to enter a value or text string in the user interface. You can use any other value if you want, but if you want to follow the examples, please use the provided text entry. Here is an example: “We’ll keep it simple and set our layout number in Custom ID to 01 and Layout Name to Quick Layout.”

Keywords: Used to introduce or emphasize new concepts, typically the first time they are encountered. These are mostly terms for concepts and features that the software introduces. Here is an example: “As an alternative, we sometimes attach a drawing to an Independent Worksheet and use Trace and Reference to display it in a section or on a ground floor plan, which gives more flexibility.”

Bold text: Indicates important words or any term you see onscreen, in a dialog box, or anywhere else in the user interface. Here is an example: “So, in this case, the A3 Landscape master layout.”

Italics: Indicates emphasis on certain words, product names, or brands and also menu entries and keyboard shortcuts. It is also used to indicate references to figures or other chapters. Here are two examples: “This may seem quite a lot, but we will return to the published workflow in Chapter 14.”

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