AC Training Series Vol 2

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Basic ArchiCAD
2-days Basic ArchiCAD 16 Training
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Contents
Introduction ______________________________________________ 5 Opening the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Navigation in ArchiCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Multiplying Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Creating Curtain Wall System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Modifying Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Creating Interior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Placing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Mirroring Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Creating Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Creating Flat Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating Parapet Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Placing Stairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Automatic Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Creating Section Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Elevation Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Inserting Background Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Placing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Merging Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Creating 3D Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Layouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Defining Project Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Exporting to PDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ArchiCADTraining Series Vol. 2
Contents
ArchiCADTraining Series Vol. 2
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to the ArchiCAD Training Series! This Guide is part of the ArchiCAD Training Series, which currently includes the following materials: Vol. 1, The ArchiCAD BIM Concept Vol. 2, Basic ArchiCAD Vol. 3, Intermediate ArchiCAD Vol. 4, Advanced ArchiCAD Vol. 5, Using Teamwork
You are now reading Vol. 2, Basic ArchiCAD a comprehensive handson training to familiarize you with the basic modeling and documentation tools of ArchiCAD. This guide is meant for new ArchiCAD users. We strongly recommend that you complete Training Series Vol. 1 before starting this one. This guide is also suitable for using as BIM Curriculum "Exercises" - for Hands-on Practice in universities where ArchiCAD is taught to students. Lecturers who would like to use this guide as a BIM Curriculum should visit the educational sites of the GRAPHISOFT website (http://www.graphisoft.com/education/curriculum/) where, after registration, they will be entitled to obtain a full set of training materials suitable for seminar lectures.
Contents of this guide:

Training guide e-book: The PDF guide includes detailed explanation of every step, with several screenshots. ArchiCAD project file: The pre-set training file will help your learning process. Pre-set project views help you to navigate between different steps thus you can focus on the core knowledge. Movie clips: Narrated movie clips are available on the YouTube channel for GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD (www.youtube.com/user/Archicad) providing step-by-step instructions for each step of the training guide. The ArchiCAD YouTube Channel can also be accessed from the Help menu of
ArchiCAD Training Series Vol.2
Introduction
ArchiCAD. Enter the name of this Training Guide in the search field to locate the related videos. You must have ArchiCAD 16 or later version installed on your computer to use this guide. This e-book and the movie clips were made with the English language version of ArchiCAD. For your conveniance we recommend you to download and use the same version for practicing. If you do not have ArchiCAD yet, please visit https://myarchicad.com/ to obtain a free ArchiCAD installer: If you are a student, a teacher or a representative of a school, register and download a fully functional Education Version of ArchiCAD for Students and Teachers. If you are a professional architect, register and download a fully functional 30-day trial version of ArchiCAD. Projects saved with this TRIAL version can be automatically upgraded to FULL versions upon purchase of a commercial license.
Please contact your local distributor for purchasing commercial ArchiCAD licenses. http://www.graphisoft.com/purchase/ How to use this training material? Install the required ArchiCAD version Open the PDF Guide Open the related movie clips from the GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD Youtube Channel Follow the instructions given in the PDF guide and the videos.
We hope you will find this training useful and wish you success with your future ArchiCAD projects! Good Luck! The GRAPHISOFT Team
ArchiCAD Training Series Vol.2
Opening the project
Opening the project

The goal of this training material is to quickly make you familiar with ArchiCADs basic modelling /documentation techniques and the fundamental project organization concepts. In order to shorten the learning curve well start working with predefined project template files, which already include the required project defaults, object libraries and element attributes. Instead of manually defining every parameter of new elements well use the so-called Favorites feature of ArchiCAD. Favorites are preset parameter combinations of ArchiCAD tools, which allow you to store the frequently used building element types in your projects. The project template files used in this training material include the favorites required to complete the modeling steps. Naturally you may also define these parameter combinations manually in the tool setting dialogs. Lets start modeling by opening the first template file.
1) Double-click the ArchiCAD application icon on your desktop to start

ArchiCAD.
ArchiCAD Training Series Vol. 2
Opening the project
2) The ArchiCAD startup-screen appears, followed by the Start

ArchiCAD dialog box, providing various options.
3) In the Set up Work Environment pop-up list, select Standard

Profile. Note: ArchiCAD is shipped with three default Profiles: Standard, Visualization and Layouting. These predefined profiles are designed to get you up and running with ArchiCAD. Naturally, you or your office CAD manager can reconfigure these profiles as needed. 4) Select Open a Project and Browse for a Solo Project option, and then click Browse to open an ArchiCAD project file.
Opening the project
5) Select the 01 Pavilion.pln file in the training project folder and click
on the Open button to open the file.
Navigation in ArchiCAD
Navigation in ArchiCAD
At first glance you can see a Slab, a Steel Column, a Section Marker and four Elevation Views in Floor Plan. On the right side of the ArchiCAD interface is the Navigator Palette (Navigator), a tree structure view that lets you build up the entire logical structure of your project and navigate in it. Here you can create folders, then copy, drag and drop views and other project items depending on their particular purpose.
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Multiplying Elements
Lets see how we can create multiple copies of an element to speed up the modeling workflow.
1) Select the existing Steel Column in the Floor Plan with the Arrow
Tool.
2) Select Edit/Move/Mirror a Copy menu command. 3) Define the mirroring axis with two clicks, as if you were drawing a
Line.
4) Move the cursor near the middle of the Slabs upper edge, and click
when the cursor takes on the following shape:
(Arrow with Heavy Checkmark).
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5) Draw the mirroring axis, while holding down the Shift key.
6) Pick up the settings of an existing column. With the shortcut

ALT+Click, the cursor will change to an Eyedropper; click on the column.
7) Place the two new columns above the Slab.
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8) Select all columns and select Edit/Align/Bottom menu command.

All selected elements will be aligned to the bottommost point of the selected group - that is, the bottom column.
9) To ensure the columns are all distributed evenly, select all columns
and use Edit/Distribute/Along X command.
10) Select Edit/Move/Mirror a Copy command.
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11) Define the mirroring axis.
12) The first axis point is the middle of the Slab. Draw the mirroring
axis, while holding down the Shift key.
13) Open the 3D Window. Press either F3 key or select the Window/3D
Window command.
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Creating Curtain Wall System

The building is surrounded by a curtain wall system, so well use the Curtain Wall tool to create it.
1) Activate the Curtain Wall tool. 2) Double-click CurtainWall from the Favorites palette.
Note: Favorites allow you to save your preferred tool configurations for later use. This way you can access your most frequently used building elements with just one click.
3) Choose the Polyline - Single Geometry Method from the Info Box.
4) You have to place the Curtain Wall 6000mm from the left side of the
Slab.
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a) Move the cursor to the upper-left corner of the Slab.
b) Type x6000+ and the cursor jumps to the correct position.
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c) Press Enter, move the cursor down, and click when the cursor takes on the following shape: Pencil point with perpendicular sign.
d) Click with the Sun cursor to define the outside direction of the Curtain Wall. Here, move the cursor to the left side of the Curtain Wall and click.
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e) In the appearing Place Curtain Wall dialog box, modify the height of the Curtain Wall to 3000mm and click Place.
f)Create the other three Curtain Walls with the same method.
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Modifying Curtain Walls

The unnecessary Mullions should be removed from the Curtain Wall.
1) Select the Curtain Wall in Floor plan with the Arrow tool. 2) Then click the Edit in 3D button, which appears on the selected
Curtain Wall. Another way to enter Edit mode: select the Curtain Wall, then the Design/ Modify Curtain Wall/Edit System command.
3) When the Curtain Wall is in editing mode, the model is shown in the
3D window.
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4) Select the middle Mullion frame and delete it.
5) Drag the Mullion frame.

a) Select the Mullion frame and drag it with the mouse.
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b) Click when the cursors shape indicates it is at the halfway point of the Boundary frame (Arrow with Heavy Checkmark).
6) Create a new Mullion frame.

a) Double-click on Mullion Frame in the Favorites palette. b) Move the cursor to the middle of the Boundary frame. c) Draw the Frame upside down while holding down the Shift key.
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7) Delete the Frame which is on the right side of the Panel.
8) Replace the middle Panel with a Door.

a) Select the middle Panel.
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b) Double-click on CW Door 2 in the Favorites palette.
9) When you have completed your modifications of the selected

Curtain Wall, click OK in the Edit mode Display palette to save changes and return to the 3D window.
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10) Delete the unnecessary Mullion frames of the other three sides, as
shown in the pictures.
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Creating Interior Walls

Continue working on the current project or open 02 Pavilion.pln ArchiCAD file from the training project folder. Lets place the partition walls to create the rooms of the building.
1) Select the Wall tool from the Toolbox. 2) Double-click on Wall 200 from the Favorites palette.
3) Set the Geometry Method to Rectangular and the Construction

Method to Left (reference line is in the left side).
4) The corner of the new Wall will be 10.500 mm from the left edge of
the Slab and 3.400 mm from the bottom of the Slab.
5) Move the cursor to the bottom-left corner of the Slab.
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6) Type the following: x10500+. (Cursor jumps to the right.)
7) Type y3400+. The cursor immediately snaps upwards.
8) Press Enter and move the cursor toward the upper right.
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9) Define the size of the rectangular wall: x7600 and y3600.
10) Press Enter.
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11) You have to edit these walls separately. The solution is to

temporarily suspend groups by choosing the Suspend Group toggle icon in the Standard Toolbar, or use the Edit/Grouping/Suspend Groups command.
12) Activate the Arrow tool and select the upper horizontal Wall. Click
on the upper side of the Wall and drag it downwards. Hold down the Shift key to constrain mouse movement vertically.
13) Define the distance of offset: r800, then press Enter.
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14) Do the same with the other horizontal Wall.
15) Double-click on Wall 100 in the Favorites palette.
16) Choose Single Geometry Method and Center Construction Method

(reference line is in the middle) in the Info Box.
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17) Create the new walls so that they divide the existing horizontal wall
into three equal segments. Lets set the Special Snap Points to display divisions along elements. Select View/Special Snap Options/Division(3) from Menubar.
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18) Draw two walls; the cursor will show you the trisecting points.
19) As a final step, we need to erase the middle part of the bottom
horizontal wall. a) Hold down the Ctrl/Cmd key and the cursor changes to Scissors.
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b) Click on the middle part of the Wall.
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Placing Doors
Placing Doors
Now well create doors in the partition walls.
1) Activate the Door tool and select Internal Door from the Favorites
palette.
2) Set the Anchor Point to Side. The Anchor Point setting defines
whether you place the Door by its center point or its side.
3) You have to place the Door 100mm from the bottom-left corner of
the wall. Move the cursor to the bottom-left corner and type x100+.
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Placing Doors
4) Press Enter. 5) To place the Door, click at the desired wall edge. 6) Then click a second time to define the swing direction of the Door.
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Placing Doors
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Mirroring Doors
Mirroring Doors
Lets create mirrored copies of the door.
1) To be able to mirror the Door, first you have to set View/Special

Snap Options back to Half.
2) Select the Door with the Arrow tool. 3) Activate the Edit/Move/Mirror a Copy command.
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Mirroring Doors
4) Move the cursor near the middle of the upper Wall, and click
when the cursor takes on the following shape:
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Mirroring Doors
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Creating Stories
Creating Stories
Continue working on the current project or open 03 Pavilion.pln ArchiCAD file from the training project folder. Stories are fundamental parts of all ArchiCAD projects. Lets see how to create them.
1) Go to Design/Story Settings. 2) Select Ground Floor and click on the Insert above command. 3) Modify the Story Name to Roof.
4) Click OK. 5) Select the Ground Floor from the Navigator and right-click to bring
up its context menu.
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Creating Stories
6) Choose Show as Trace Reference.

Note: Trace Reference allows you to display different model views or layouts in the context of the active view. This feature helps you to check the consistency of your documentation and your model.
7) You can see the Elements of the Ground Floor in the Roof story.
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Creating Flat Roofs
Creating Flat Roofs

Well model the flat roof of the pavilion using the Slab tool.
1) Activate the Slab tool. 2) Select Flat Roof from the Favorites palette. 3) Create the Flat Roof with the Magic Wand:
a) Hold down the Space key and the cursor changes to the Magic Wand. b) Click on the inside of the Ground Floors Slab.
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Creating Parapet Walls
Creating Parapet Walls

Well use profiled walls to model the Parapet Walls of the flat roof. The profile of the Parapet Wall has already been defined in the default project template file with the Profile Manager. (The use of the Profile Manager is explained in the Advanced ArchiCAD Training Guide.)
1) 2) 3) 4)
Select the Wall tool. Double-click on Parapet Wall in the list of Favorites. Set the Reference line of the Wall to Right. Hold down the Space key and when the cursor changes to the Magic Wand, click on the inside of the Ground Floors Slab.
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Placing Stairs
Placing Stairs
Lets create a simple straight-run stair with StairMaker, the built-in stairmodeling tool of ArchiCAD.
1) Double-click on the Ground Floor in the Navigator palette. 2) Open the Stair dialog box from the Toolbox. 3) Select the Create Stair command.
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Placing Stairs
4) In the appearing dialog box set the type of the Stair to Straight Run
and click on the OK button.
5) Set the following values:

a) Total height is 1500mm; Flight width is 3500mm; Full length is 2500mm.
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Placing Stairs
b) Structure type is Treads only.
c) Upper surface material: Stn-Marble White; Front surface material: Paint 01; Tread surface material: Paint 01.
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Placing Stairs
d) Railing type: No Railings.
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Placing Stairs
e) Finally, you have to define the type of the 2D View.
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Placing Stairs
6) If you have completed the above tasks, click Save As to give it a

name: Pavilion Stair. The Stair is saved in your Embedded Library.
7) Double-click on the Stair tool and select the Pavilion Stair. 8) Move the cursor inside the Preview Area: the cursor changes to a
rotate arrow. Rotate the 2D Symbol to the required position. Define the primary hotspot of the Stair; this will be its left-upper point.
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Placing Stairs
9) Modify the Relative Base Height to -1500 mm.
10) The Anchor point of the Stair is 2000 mm from the bottom-left
corner of the Slab. Move the cursor to the corner and type x2000+. The cursor jumps to the appropriate position.
11) Press the Enter key.
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Dimensioning
Dimensioning
Continue working on the current project or open 04 Pavilion.pln ArchiCAD file from the training project folder. Well add basic wall dimensions to the project on the floor plan.
1) Choose the Dimension Tool from the Toolbar. 2) Select Dim (2.5) from the Favorites palette.
3) Set the Geometry Method to X-Y Only in the Info Box.
4) Click on the upper-left corner of the vertical wall, then the bottomright corner of the other vertical wall. You can see two reference points.
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Dimensioning
5) In order to finish the dimensioning you have to double-click on an

empty space area.
6) The next step is to move the Hammer cursor to the position where
you want to place the dimension line.
7) Click on the side of the vertical walls. Two reference points will
appear on each wall.
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Dimensioning
8) Double-click on an empty space and move the Hammer cursor to

the position where you want to place the dimension line.
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Automatic Dimensioning
Automatic dimensioning is a very powerful tool that allows you to apply the most typical dimensions on the floor plan views with only a few clicks.
1) Select all Walls:

a) Activate the Wall tool. b) Choose Edit/Select All Walls command.
2) Click on Document/Document Extras/Automatic Dimensioning/

Exterior Dimensioning command.
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3) Define the appropriate preferences for the dimensioning.
4) Click OK. 5) Define the direction of the dimension lines. You can do this in one
two ways: a) Click the side edge of an existing Wall (the dimension direction will follow the Wall direction); b) Click in an empty area, and then click a second time to define the dimension direction.
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6) Click with the Hammer cursor to place the dimension lines.
7) Delete the unnecessary dimension lines. 8) Insert new Dimension points:

a) Select the Dimension line with the Arrow tool. b) Then, with the Dimension Tool selected, Ctrl/Cmd-click on the desired new Reference Point. The new point can be located between existing chain points or anywhere outside the dimension chain. 9) Create new Dimensions to the Slab and the Stair.
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10) The final result should be similar to the one in this picture.
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Creating Section Viewpoints

Creating new section markers and section views is easy with ArchiCADs Section Tool.
1) Activate the Section tool. 2) Set the Horizontal Range to Infinite Depth and choose the Single
Geometry Method from the Info Box.
3) Click twice to define both ends of the Section. 4) Click on the right side of the line with the eyeball cursor to set the
orientation of the Section.
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5) Open the New Section from the Navigator palette. The new Section
viewpoint is created and listed automatically in the Navigator Project Map.
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Elevation Dimensioning
Elevation Dimensioning
Elevation Dimensions allow you to place height markers in Section/ Elevation/IE and 3D Document windows.
1) Define the necessary preferences for the dimensioning in the Info

Box.
2) Activate S/E Dim. (2.5) from the Favorites palette.
3) Place individual markers by clicking the points that you want to

dimension, then Double-click or click OK in the Control Box. Use the Hammer cursor to position the marker.
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Elevation
Elevation
Working with Elevations is very similar to Sections. The process is explained in the previous chapter.
1) Open the South Elevation View from the Navigator palette.
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Inserting Background Images

We can improve the elevation view by adding a realistic background image behind it.
1) Double-click on the Figure tool. 2) Click the Open button to browse the directory system for image
files. Select Sky_cloudy2_photo.jpg file from the ArchiCAD Library/ [BImg] Background Images / Photos 1024x768 folder.
3) Set the bottom-left Anchor point. 4) Click OK.
5) Place the Figure with a single click.
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6) Resize the image by using the Pet palette.
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Placing Objects
Placing Objects
ArchiCAD is shipped with an extensive parametric object library, which helps you to quickly improve your model and documentation. Lets place a few tree objects on the elevations.
1) Open the Object Default Settings by double-clicking on the Object

tool.
2) Browse for a Tree object from the linked library. There are two ways
to do it: a) Select the tree object from the ArchiCAD Library /Basic Library / 1.7 2D Elements / Plant Symbols folder. b) Choose the Find Library Parts option to locate library parts by name using keywords in a search engine. Type the tree keyword and press the Find button.
c) Select the preferred Tree object.
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Placing Objects
3) Click on the left-bottom Anchor point of the Object, then click OK. 4) Place the tree object in the Elevation View. 5) You have to position the tree object behind the building. To do this,
you must change the display order of the object.
6) Select the object.

a) Option 1: Choose the Edit/Display Order/Send Backward command. You may have to run this command twice to achieve the appropriate result.
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Placing Objects
b) Option 2: Right-click to bring up the elements context menu, then select the Display Order/Send Backward command twice.
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Placing Objects
7) Create a copy of the tree object. Activate either the Edit/Move/

Drag a Copy command or use Ctrl+Shift+D(Windows)/ Cmd+Alt+D(Mac) shortcuts.
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Placing Objects
8) Replace the type of the tree: double-click on the Object tool and
select another tree object from the folder.
9) Place the new 2D People Symbols in the Elevation View.
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Merging Plans
Merging Plans
The furniture layout is already available in an external ArchiCAD module file. Well merge it into our project to shorten the documentation and modeling time. Note: You can learn more about ArchiCAD modules in other volumes of this training guide series. 10) Activate the Ground Floor view from the Navigator palette.
11) Select File/File Special/Merge command.
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Merging Plans
12) Browse for the Furnishing_Plan.mod file and click Open.
13) Until the file is placed, its elements will be surrounded by a dashed
rectangle. Click within the rectangle to move the elements to the desired position. Click outside or click OK from the context menu (or the Control Box) to place the elements.
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Merging Plans
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Rendering
Rendering
ArchiCAD offers you various visualization modes to present your design to your customers. You can select from two predefined Rendering Settings from the Navigator palette: the first uses the LightWorks Rendering Engine, while the second works with the Sketch Engine.
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Rendering
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Creating 3D Documents
The 3D document is a unique ArchiCAD feature that presents your models with annotations in a 3D perspective or axonometric view. The 3D Document allows you to use the 3D view of the model as the basis for creating a document, to which you can add dimensions, labels and additional 2D drawing elements.
1) Open the 3D-01 Document from the Navigator palette.
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2) Select the Dimension tool. 3) Activate Dim (2.5) from the Favorites palette. 4) Set the position of the Text to Top.
5) Choose the Dimension Plane from the Info Box:

a) Horizontal, Vertical, Free Plane
6) Set the Geometry Method:

a) X-Y Only, Any Direction
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7) Place individual markers by clicking the points that you want to

dimension, then Double-click or click OK in the Control Box. Use the Hammer cursor to position the marker.
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Layouting
Layouting
Continue working on the current project or open 05 Pavilion.pln ArchiCAD file from the training project folder. The final documentation layouts are available in the Layout Book. Lets see how to complete your documentation in ArchiCAD.
1) Activate the Navigators Layout Book. 2) Double-click on the A.01 Pavilion Layout.
3) Switch to the Navigator View Map, which is the second button in

the Navigator palette.
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Layouting
4) Drag the 0. Ground Floor from the Floor Plans folder and drop it
onto the Layout.
5) Modify the placed layout by using the Pet palette. Move the layout
to the upper-right corner.
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Layouting
6) If you do not want to place the drawings one by one, select the
Show Organizer command from the Project Chooser at the top left of the Navigator.
7) Choose the View Map in the left side of the Navigator and the
Layout Book in the right side.
8) Select each Elevation in the View Map and drag them into the A.01
Pavilion Layout.
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Layouting
9) Place the other drawings (Sections, Roof, Rendering) onto the

Layout and arrange them into the correct position.
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Defining Project Info

ArchiCAD can automatically display Project Info data on all sheets of the layout book. This solution will significantly reduce the time spent on project documentation.
1) Open the File/Info/Project info dialog box, which contains the most
important information about your project.
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2) If you fill in these fields with the necessary data, the text on the
layouts will change automatically.
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Exporting to PDF
Exporting to PDF
The project documentation can be published in many file formats with just one click of the mouse. PDF is the most widely use document archiving format in the construction industry, so lets see how to export to this format.
1) Open the Organizer dialog box from the Project Chooser at the top
left of the Navigator.
2) Click on Publisher Sets to the right side of the Navigator.
3) Choose the 3 - Pavilion Publisher Set from the list.
4) Select the A.01 Pavilion Layout from the Layout Book and click Add
Shortcut.
5) Define the output format. Files can be saved in a large variety of

formats, including all standard image formats and CAD exchange formats. Select PDF file format.
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Exporting to PDF
6) Click on the Publish button.
Congratulations!
You have succesfully completed this Training Guide! We hope that you have learnt many new and exciting things about the possibilities of BIM and understood how ArchiCAD supports the architectural design workflow. Please check the other volumes of this training series for more details about ArchiCAD. Should you have any questions regarding ArchiCAD or other GRAPHISOFT products, please visit ArchiCADwiki, our online knowledge base: http://archicadwiki.com Please feel free to contact GRAPHISOFT and its worldwide partners with further questions at www.graphisoft.com. We look forward to seeing you in the ArchiCAD user community. The GRAPHISOFT Team
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Opening the project

Opening the project

1) Double-click the ArchiCAD application icon on your desktop to start

ArchiCAD Training Series Vol. 2

Opening the project

2) The ArchiCAD startup-screen appears, followed by the Start

3) In the Set up Work Environment pop-up list, select Standard

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(Arrow with Heavy Checkmark).

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6) Pick up the settings of an existing column. With the shortcut

7) Place the two new columns above the Slab.

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8) Select all columns and select Edit/Align/Bottom menu command.

10) Select Edit/Move/Mirror a Copy command.

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11) Define the mirroring axis.

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Creating Curtain Wall System

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a) Move the cursor to the upper-left corner of the Slab.

b) Type x6000+ and the cursor jumps to the correct position.

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Creating Curtain Wall System

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Modifying Curtain Walls

Modifying Curtain Walls

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Modifying Curtain Walls

4) Select the middle Mullion frame and delete it.

5) Drag the Mullion frame.

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6) Create a new Mullion frame.

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7) Delete the Frame which is on the right side of the Panel.

8) Replace the middle Panel with a Door.

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b) Double-click on CW Door 2 in the Favorites palette.

9) When you have completed your modifications of the selected

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Modifying Curtain Walls

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Creating Interior Walls

Creating Interior Walls

3) Set the Geometry Method to Rectangular and the Construction

5) Move the cursor to the bottom-left corner of the Slab.

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