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ArchiCAD 19 - The Definitive Guide

By : Adam R Rendek, Scott H MacKenzie
Book Image

ArchiCAD 19 - The Definitive Guide

By: Adam R Rendek, Scott H MacKenzie

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
ArchiCAD 19 – The Definitive Guide
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Objects, Drafting, and Annotation – A Residential Project
3
Documentation – A Residential Project
4
Project Setup and Modeling Part 1 – A Healthcare Building Project
Index

The project workflow


Once you understand the project workflow in ArchiCAD, you will know how to produce excellent drawings. Let's start with the fundamentals. The workflow in ArchiCAD can be divided into four steps, which are as follows:

  1. Creation: modeling, objects, drafting, and annotation

  2. Graphic Control: view control (layers, model view options, and view scale)

  3. Documentation: sheets

  4. Collaboration: printing and file exports

Take a look at the workflow legend, as follows:

These steps are managed in ArchiCAD within the Navigator palette and the Organizer palette:

  1. Navigate to Project Map | Creation, as shown in this screenshot:

  2. Go to View Map | Graphics & Creation, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Then, navigate to Layout Map | Documentation, as shown in this screenshot:

  4. Next, go to Publisher | Collaboration, as shown here: