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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

Drafting tools


Even though most of what we create in the model is three-dimensional, we still need to do some embellishing with the 2D line work. This task can be referred to as drafting. Drawing lines, arcs, and polylines is a pretty easy thing to do. Just remember that in ArchiCAD, you have the feature to add an arrow, dot, or tick mark at the beginning or end of your line or arc:

  1. First, open the default settings for the line, arc, or polyline tool and you will see the arrowhead icon.

  2. Click on it and see the different symbol options you have to place at either one or both ends of our line. See the next screenshot:

Modifying fills

Creating fills is easy. You just select the fill pattern you want and then draw the boundary to define that fill. However, oftentimes, you will need to change the shape of a fill that has already been drawn. The following exercise demonstrates many different ways in which you can modify a fill:

  1. Double-click on the Fill tool and set the Fill Type to Drafting Fill.

  2. Then...