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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

Creating a reception desk


We are going to create the reception desk (greeter's desk) at the ground floor entry (vestibule). This process will involve using the wall, slab, and some of the 2D drafting tools. The table top will be an unusual and free-form shape that you will create with the slab tool. You will learn how to use 2D lines to define the boundary of the table shape.

The main entrance of our building is on the ground floor, so that is what we will work on in the next exercise.

Drawing the desktop outline

We want the shape of the table to relate to shapes of the surrounding elements, so it will have a symmetrical arc. The following will walk you through the process:

  1. Go to the view map and open the Ground view. Zoom in on the upper-left area of the building where the atrium meets the rectangular shape of the main building.

  2. Go to the Standard toolbar and set the Special Snap points to Half.

  3. Then, start the Arc/Circle tool and use the Centerpoint and Radius geometry method.

  4. Enter the arc center...