Index
A
- active 3D models
- about / Active 3D models
- active virtual environment
- about / Active virtual environment
- 3D Document / 3D Document
- active 3D models / Active 3D models
- adjustments
- Drawing Manager / Changes and adjustments
- multiple layouts, setting up / Setting up multiple layouts
- annotation
- about / Annotation
- Text tool / The Text tool
- Label tool / The Label tool
- Dimension tool / The Dimension tool
- ArchiCAD
- GUI / The ArchiCAD GUI
- selection methods / Selection methods
- project workflow / The project workflow
- exporting to / Exporting to CAD and other file formats
- URL, for video tutorials / Visualization concepts
- ArchiCAD GUI
- about / The ArchiCAD GUI, More about the ArchiCAD GUI
- Toolbox palette / The ArchiCAD GUI
- Info Box palette / The ArchiCAD GUI
- Navigator palette / The ArchiCAD GUI
- zooming interface / Panning and Zooming
- panning interface / Panning and Zooming
- view, toggling / View toggling
- Quick Options palette / The Quick Options palette
- Attributes toolbar / The Attributes toolbar
- ArchiCAD Library elements
- for rendering / ArchiCAD Library elements for rendering
- ArchiCAD project
- setup / Project setup
- settings / Project Settings
- ArchiCAD project, settings
- for stories / Stories
- units / Units
- Renovation Filter feature / Renovation filters
- attribute files
- attributes
- about / Understanding attributes
- Layer Settings option / Layer Settings
- Line Types option / Line Types
- Fill Types option / Fill Types
- Building materials option / Building Materials
- Composites option / Composites
- Pens & Colors option / Pens
- Surfaces option / Surfaces
- Zone Categories / Zone Categories
- Mark-Up Styles option / Mark-Up Styles
- Profile Manager / Profile Manager
- Renovation Override Styles option / Renovation Override Styles
- Operation Profiles option / Operation Profiles
- managing / Managing attributes
B
- basement
- floor slab, creating / Creating the exterior walls and floor slabs for the basement and the second story
- element modification / Basement element modification
- garage, adding / Adding the garage
- basement casework layer
- bathroom
- about / Bathroom
- annotations, adding / Bathroom annotations
- bathroom casework layer
- about / The casework layer
- vanity, adding / Vanity
- mirror, adding / Mirror
- toilet, placing / Toilet
- tub, placing / Tub
- beams / Material assignment - attributes
- Beam tool / The Beam
- bedrooms casework layer
- BIM (Building Information Modeling) / Panning and Zooming
- BIM Server, Teamwork
- about / BIM Server
- users / Users
- projects / Teamwork projects
- libraries / Teamwork libraries
C
- CAD (Computer-aided design) / Panning and Zooming
- camera
- about / Camera
- casework and plumbing fixtures
- ceiling plan views
- about / The ceiling plan views
- folder, cloning / Cloning a folder
- layer, preparing for reflected ceiling plans / Layer preparation for reflected ceiling plans
- CineRender
- rendering, performing with / Rendering with CineRender
- clone folders
- about / Cloning folders
- deleting / Deleting clone folders
- collaboration
- about / Collaboration
- DWG files, referencing / Referencing DWG files
- worksheets, using / Using worksheets
- IFC files, using / Collaboration with IFC files
- IFC management / IFC management
- columns / Material assignment - attributes
- columns and grids
- about / Columns and Grids
- profiles, using / Using profiles
- Grid tool / The Grid tool
- Column tool / The Beam
- components, contributing to look of final image
- composite / Composites
- creating / Creating new composites
- layer combinations, adjusting / Adjusting layer combinations
- composites
- about / Material assignment - attributes
- composite type, ceilings
- creating / Creating a composite type
- first floor ceilings / First floor ceilings
- second floor ceilings / Second floor ceilings
- content
- about / Content
- Cover Fills
- about / Cover Fills
- Curtain Wall tool
- about / The Curtain Wall tool
- used, for creating curtain walls / Curtain wall #1, Curtain Wall #2
- used, for creating curtain wall / Curtain Wall #2
- Cut Fills
- about / Cut Fills
D
- 3D
- reception desk, viewing / Viewing your desk in 3D
- 3D content
- exporting / Exporting 3D content
- file formats / 3D file formats
- model elements, saving as library part / Saving model elements as a library part
- 3D Document
- about / 3D Document
- 3D PDF
- about / Active 3D models
- depth of field / Depth of field
- dimension
- creating / Creating your first dimension
- editing / Editing existing dimensions
- Dimension tool
- about / The Dimension tool
- dining room casework layer
- about / Dining room
- documentation workflow
- about / Documentation workflow
- view adjustment / Documentation workflow
- sheet setup / Documentation workflow
- drawing placement / Documentation workflow
- Drafting Fills
- about / Drafting Fills
- drafting tools
- about / Drafting tools
- fills, modifying / Modifying fills
- text, editing / Editing text
- dimensions, editing / Editing dimensions
- Drawing Manager
- about / Changes and adjustments
E
- enlarged plan
- about / Enlarged plans
- Detail tool / The Detail tool
- views / Enlarged plan views
- layer, preparing / Layer preparation for enlarged plans
- for kitchen / Kitchen
- for laundry room / Laundry room
- for bathroom / Bathroom
- exterior improvements
- about / Exterior improvements
- ArchiCAD Library elements, for rendering / ArchiCAD Library elements for rendering
- exterior walls
- creating / Modeling – part I, Creating the exterior walls and floor slabs for the basement and the second story
- Renovation Filter, setting / Setting the Renovation Filter
- Wall tool, using / Using the Wall tool
- about / Exterior walls
- elevation marks / Elevation marks
- Wall tool / The Wall tool
- Curtain Wall tool / The Curtain Wall tool
- Extrusion method / The Shell tool
F
- file formats
- exporting to / Exporting to CAD and other file formats
- saving, locations / Where you save from matters
- project map / Project map and view map
- view map / Project map and view map
- Layout Book / Layout Book
- Publisher / Publisher
- list / List of file formats
- 3D content, exporting / Exporting 3D content
- specific file formats / Specific file formats
- PDF files / PDF files
- Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) files / IFC files
- other file formats / Other file formats
- files
- exporting / Exporting files
- multiple files, exporting / Exporting multiple files
- fills
- using / Using fills
- fill types
- Drafting Fills / Drafting Fills
- Cover Fills / Cover Fills
- Cut Fills / Cut Fills
- creating / Creating new fill types
- Find & Select tool
- about / The Find
- modification commands / Modification commands
- floor slab
- for basement, creating / Creating the exterior walls and floor slabs for the basement and the second story
- Fly-Through animation / Fly-Through animation
G
- garage casework layer
- about / Garage
- GDL / Looking at the code inside an object
- Graphisoft BIM Server / Teamwork
- Grid System tool
- using / Using the Grid System tool
- column grid, adjusting / Adjusting the column grid
- additional grid lines, creating / Creating additional grid lines
H
- HDR
- about / HDR rendering
- HDR rendering / HDR rendering
- hotlinks
- about / Hotlinks, Hotlinking
- attribute settings, importing / Importing and exporting attribute settings
- attribute settings, exporting / Importing and exporting attribute settings
- layer, preparing / Layer preparation for hotlinks
- applying, to shell model / Hotlink the core and shell model
- applying, to core / Hotlink the core and shell model
- elevation marks, moving / Moving the elevation marks
- Xrefs, attaching / Attaching Xrefs
- applying, to interior model / Hotlinking the interior model
I
- IES
- URL / Light
- Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) files / IFC files
- Interior Elevation tool / Interior elevations
- interior walls
- creating / Modeling – part II
- second floor walls, creating / Second floor walls
- pet palette, using / Modification II – pet palette
- ceilings, creating / Ceilings
- roofs / Roofs
- layers, managing / Layers
- layers, managing with Quick Layers palette / Managing layers with the Quick Layers palette
- doors / Doors
- windows / Windows
- stairs / Stairs
K
- kitchen
- about / Kitchen
- annotations, adding / Adding kitchen annotations
- kitchen casework layer
- about / Kitchen
- base cabinets, adding / The kitchen casework – base cabinets
- wall cabinets, adding / The kitchen casework – wall cabinets
L
- Label tool
- about / The Label tool
- laundry room
- about / Laundry room
- annotations, adding / Adding elevation annotations
- laundry room casework layer
- about / Laundry room
- layers
- managing / Layers
- managing, with Quick Layers palette / Managing layers with the Quick Layers palette
- site, creating / Site
- creating / Creating layers
- renaming / Renaming layers
- combinations, creating / Creating and modifying layer combinations
- layers combinations
- enlarged floor plans / Enlarged floor plans (1/4"=1'-0")
- reflected ceiling plans / Reflected ceiling plans (1/8"=1'-0")
- enlarged ceiling plans / Enlarged ceiling plans (1/8"=1'-0")
- sections & elevations / Sections
- plan details / Plan details
- deleting / Deleting layer combinations
- maintaining / Maintaining layer combinations
- compiled layer matrix / Compiled layer matrix
- layout
- plotting / Plotting a layout
- layout (to fit)
- printing / Printing a layout (to fit)
- Layout Book
- about / Layout Book (sheets)
- settings / Layout Book settings
- Master Layouts / Master Layout
- layouts / Layouts
- Layout Book palette
- about / Layout Book
- Master Layout / Master Layout
- Drawing tool / Drawings (views onto layouts)
- sheets / New layouts (sheets)
- layouts, Layout Book
- about / Layouts
- creating / Creating a layout
- views, adding to / Adding views to layouts
- drawings, adding / Adding views to layouts
- drawings, placing / Placing drawings on layouts
- light
- about / Light
- light fixture schedule
- about / Light fixture schedule
- schedule view, creating / Creating a schedule view
- living room casework layer
- about / Living room
M
- Master Layout
- about / Master Layout
- Autotext feature / Autotext
- creating / Creating a Master Layout
- material assignment
- about / Material assignment - attributes
- modeling
- exterior walls, creating / Modeling – part I
- floor slabs for basement, creating / Creating the exterior walls and floor slabs for the basement and the second story
- interior walls, creating / Modeling – part II
- model management
- modification commands, Find & Select tool
- Adjust (Extend) / Modification commands
- Drag (Move) / Modification commands
- Drag a Copy (Copy) / Modification commands
- Intersect (Fillet) / Modification commands
- Resize (Scale) / Modification commands
- Rotate / Modification commands
- Stretch / Modification commands
- Trim / Modification commands
- multiple drawings
- printing / Printing multiple drawings
O
- object
- creating / Creating a new object
- using / Using your new object
- hotspots, adding / Adding hotspots to an object
- inside code, viewing / Looking at the code inside an object
- unused parameter, hiding / Hiding the unused parameter
- parameter list display, modifying / Changing the display of the parameter list
- objects
- creating / Creating objects
- windows, creating / Creating windows
- objects, in ArchiCAD
- about / Objects
- bathroom / Bathroom
- bedrooms / Bedrooms
- kitchen / Kitchen
- dining room / Dining room
- living room / Living room
- laundry room / Laundry room
- basement / Basement
- garage / Garage
P
- PDF files
- about / PDF files
- saving / Save or print?
- printing / Save or print?
- BIMx Hyper-model / BIMx Hyper-model
- photography, basics
- about / The basics of photography
- shutter speed / Shutter speed
- aperture size / Aperture size or f-stop
- f-stop / Aperture size or f-stop
- depth of field / Depth of field
- ISO / ISO or exposure value
- exposure value / ISO or exposure value
- plot setup / Setting up to print or plot
- printing
- about / Printing
- setup / Setting up to print or plot
- page setup / Page setup
- printing process
- setting up / Printing
- profiles
- using / Using profiles
- composites / Composites
- custom composites / Composites
- project
- configuration / Project configuration and file linking
- file, linking / Project configuration and file linking
- saving / Saving the project
- stories, creating / Creating stories
- unit type, configuring / Units
- hotlinks / Hotlinking
- project organizer
- about / The organizer – how to access it and why it is important
- parts, relationships / Relationship between parts of the organizer
- project settings
- project setup
- steps / Project setup
- settings / Project settings
- hotlinks / Hotlinks
- hotlink modules / Hotlinks
- splitting, into ArchiCAD files / When to split your project model and when not to
- splitting, reasons / When to split your project model and when not to
- Xrefs / Xrefs
- exterior walls / Exterior walls
- floors / Floors
- roofs / Roofs
- project templates
- project workflow
- about / The project workflow
- creation / The project workflow
- graphic control / The project workflow
- documentation / The project workflow
- collaboration / The project workflow
- Publisher
- about / Publisher, Publisher
- publishing properties / Publishing properties
- files, saving from project map / Saving files from the project map and view map
- files, saving from view map / Saving files from the project map and view map
- files, saving from Layout Book / Saving files from the Layout Book
- files, publishing from / Publishing files from the Publisher
- publishing methods
- Print / Publishing properties
- Save files / Publishing properties
- Plot option / Publishing properties
R
- reception desk
- creating / Creating a reception desk
- desktop outline, drawing / Drawing the desktop outline
- desktop, creating / Creating the desk top
- desktop support walls, creating / Creating the desktop support walls
- viewing, in 3D / Viewing your desk in 3D
- rendering
- need for / The purpose of rendering
- about / Rendering
- parameters / Rendering parameters
- sketch rendering / Sketch rendering
- with CineRender / Rendering with CineRender
- HDR rendering / HDR rendering
- white model rendering / White model rendering
- rendering programs
- about / Rendering programs
- Revolve method / The Shell tool
- roofs
- creating / Roofs, Roofs
- used, for trimming walls / Trimming walls with roofs
- cutting / Cutting the roof
- creating, with Mesh tool / The Mesh tool
- creating, with Shell tool / The Shell tool
- Ruled method / The Shell tool
S
- second stair, creating
- slab modification / Slab modification
- stair modification / Stair Modification
- sections
- about / Sections
- layer, preparing / Layer preparation for sections
- sheet, creating / Creating sheets for sections
- selection methods, ArchiCAD
- single cursor click / Single cursor click
- modeling / Modeling – part I, Modeling – part II
- sheets
- about / New layouts (sheets)
- floor plan sheets / Floor plan sheets
- creation, for sections / Creating sheets for sections
- creation, for details / Creating a sheet for details
- creation, for interior elevations / Creating a sheet for interior elevations
- creating, for schedules / Schedules sheet
- shells / Material assignment - attributes
- Shell tool
- about / The Shell tool
- shell types / Shell type #1
- shell type / Shell type #2
- Singe Lens Reflex (SLR) camera / The basics of photography
- single cursor click
- about / Single cursor click
- Window / Window
- marquee / Marquee
- Find & Select tool / The Find
- site, layers
- creating / Site
- zone (rooms), creating / Zones (rooms)
- lists / Lists
- zone categories / Zone categories
- zones, adding for closets / Closets are zones too
- sketch rendering
- about / Sketch rendering
- slabs / Material assignment - attributes
- specific file formats
- about / Specific file formats
- DWG / DWG
- DWG, translators / Translators
- stairs, interior walls
- about / Stairs
- first stair, creating / Create your first stair
- second stair, creating / Create your first stair, Create your second stair
- Sun Cursor / Curtain wall #1, Curtain Wall #2
- surface material
- creating / Creating a new surface material
T
- Teamwork
- about / Teamwork
- BIM Server / BIM Server
- environment, working in / Working in the Teamwork environment
- work division / Division of work
- collaboration between offices / Collaboration between offices
- text blocks
- about / The Text tool
- editing / Edit existing text blocks
- Text tool
- about / The Text tool
- tools modeling
- about / Modeling tools
- new composites, creating / Creating new composites
- interior walls, modeling / Modeling the interior walls
- objects, creating / Creating objects
- troubleshooting
V
- view map
- about / View Map
- palette / The View Map palette
- ceiling plan views / The ceiling plan views
- lighting / Lighting
- light fixture schedule / Light fixture schedule
- elevation views / Elevation views
- elevation markers / Elevation markers
- enlarged plans / Enlarged plans
- enlarged plan views / Enlarged plan views
- sections / Sections
- interior elevations / Interior elevations
- kitchen / Kitchen
- laundry room / Laundry room
- bathroom / Bathroom
- view map palette
- about / The View Map palette
- project views / Project views
- layer combinations / Layer combinations
- views
- types / Views
- layers, creating / Creating layers
- layers, renaming / Renaming layers
- layer combinations, creating / Creating and modifying layer combinations
- layer combinations, modifying / Creating and modifying layer combinations
- folder, cloning / Cloning folders
- clone folders, deleting / Deleting clone folders
- map folders, creating / Creating new view map folders
- view setup
- about / View setup
- ID, setting / Identification
- name, setting / Identification
- customizing / General – automate all!
- general settings / General – automate all!
- pen sets, setting up / Pen Set
- model view options / Model View Options
- 2D/3D Documents / 2D/3D Documents
- 3D Only area / 3D Only
- visibility
- controlling / Controlling visibility
- visualization
- concepts / Visualization concepts
- VRML
- about / Active 3D models
W
- walls
- about / Material assignment - attributes
- Wall tool
- using / Using the Wall tool
- used, for creating exterior walls / Creating the exterior walls of the first story
- floor, creating with Slab tool / Creating the first story's floor with the Slab tool
- white model rendering / White model rendering
- windowing methods
- work division, Teamwork
- about / Division of work
- module files, using / Using module files
- Hotlink Manager, using / Using Hotlink Manager
- module files, efficiency / Efficiency with module files
X
- Xrefs
- about / Xrefs
- attaching / Attaching Xrefs
- layers / Xref layers
- layer combinations / Layer combinations
- ArchiCAD GUI / More about the ArchiCAD GUI
Z
- zones
- creating / Creating zones
- updating / Updating zones