Week 1 – The 7 Keys to Best Practices

1 Overview of the 7 Keys

2 In Depth: Keys 1 through 5
3 In Depth: Keys 6 & 7
Week 2 – Get Organized
1 Set Up A Standard Project Folder
2 Create A Project Template (TPL) File
3 Developing A Template File
Week 3 – Get More Organized
1 Mind Mapping the Template Concept
2 Optimizing Your Template
3 Library Management
Week 4 – Library Management & Migrating Projects
1 ArchiCAD 10, 11 & 12 – Library Management
2 ArchiCAD 13 – Library Management & Migrating A Project
3 ArchiCAD 14 – Library Management & Complex Project Migration
Week 5 – General Notes & Specifications
1 Using Microsoft Word and PDF
2 Using Word and PDF on Larger Sheets
3 General Notes and Your Template
Week 6 Save Your Favorite Settings
1 Introduction to Favorites
2 Managing and Migrating Favorites
3 Modules for typical rooms and arrangements
4 Tip: Parameter Transfer
Week 7 Interactive Legends
1 Introduction and Basic Setup
2 Advanced Setup using a Worksheet
3 Additional Variations and Applications
Week 8 Understand ArchiCAD’s Structure: The Navigator, Part 1
1 The Project Map and View Map – which should you use?
2 Intro to View Settings
3 Layers and Layer Combinations
4 Tip: Quick Layers Palette
Week 9 ArchiCAD’s Structure: The Navigator, Part 2
1 Layer Management
2 Layer Management (continued); Streamline Layer Usage
3 What are Clone Folders and why you should use them
4 Advanced View Options
Week 10 Using ArchiCAD’s Structure: Guiding Principles
1 Model in 3D well so you can draw in 2D less
2 Work from the General to the Specific
3 Record Your Design Intent using proper referencing and anchoring
Week 11 Conceptual Design Strategies
1 How do you start: Lines, Fills, Zones, Walls or Mass Model?
2 Program Planning – areas and lists of spaces
3 Early modeling approaches – Massing, Pseudo-Detail, Profiles & Room
Modules
Week 12 Site Topography and Site Planning
1 Introduction to Site Modeling: DWG Import and Working with the Mesh Tool
2 Drafting the Property Lines based on a Paper or PDF Survey Drawing
3 Placing a PDF Survey Drawing to Scale, Setting North Orientation
4 Advanced Site Creation: Level Dimensions, Regrading, Cut and Fill
Calculations
5 Advanced Site Creation: Working with Roads, Paths and Paved Areas
6 Case Study: Additional Techniques for Drafting Property Lines
Week 13 Building Your Model – Alignment and Relationship
1 Guide Lines
2 Using the Ruler and Shift Key Constraints
3 Introduction to Virtual Trace and the Trace & Reference Palette
4 Uses of Virtual Trace for Model Views, Layouts and 2D Drawing
Week 14 Navigation and Drafting Power Tips
1 Advanced Coordinate Methods
2 Advanced Mouse Constraints and the Control Box
3 Using the Grid for Sketching and Precise Placement
4 Navigation Shortcuts and Speed Tricks
5 Managing the 3D Window: Showing What You Need, How You Want to See It
6 Setting and Saving Precise 3D Viewpoints & Views
7 Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks
Week 15 Advanced Selection and Editing
1 Advanced Element Selection and Settings
2 Power Selection Techniques
3 Editing Element Geometry with the Pet Palette
4 Using the Pet Palette with Editable Hotspots and Sub-Elements
5 Drawing and Editing in 3D and Section
6 Working in 3D using Gravity, 3D Guide Lines and Temporary Elements
Week 16 Working With Roofs
1 Roof Basics
2 Modeling Roofs with Ornate Rafter Tails
3 Creating Different Roof Types in ArchiCAD 14 and Earlier
4 Creating Different Roof Types in ArchiCAD 15 and Later
5 Simple Hip and Gable Roof Systems
6 Connecting Roofs in ArchiCAD 14 and Earlier
7 Connecting Roofs in ArchiCAD 15 and Later
8 Barrel Vault Roofs
Week 17 Complex Modeling
1 Solid Element Operations
2 Complex Profiles
3 Multi-story Projects
4 Non-vertical Walls
5 Curtain Walls
6 Trussmaker
7 Roofmaker
8 Shell tool
9 Morph tool
Week 18 Complex Projects
 1 Floor Plan Cut Plane and Clerestory Plans
2 Multi-story walls
3 Split levels
4 Hotlinked Modules
5 Multi-building
Week 19 Strategies for Remodel Projects
1 Using two separate PLN files for the existing and new designs
2 Using horizontal or vertical displacement within a single PLN
3 Using different layers and layer combinations
4 Hotlinking the as-built model into the new project file
5 Renovation Tags and Filters in ArchiCAD 15 and Later Versions (Basics)
6 Renovation Tags and Filters in ArchiCAD 15 and Later Versions (Advanced)
Week 20 Managing Attributes, Project Preferences, Work Environment
1 Defining Materials, Composites etc.
2 Attribute Manager
3 Use Attribute Manager to Create Material Schemes
4 Model View Options
5 Dimensions Preferences
6 Project Preferences
7 Work Environment Preferences
Week 21 Creating and Customizing Library Parts
1 Creating basic 2D or 3D objects; optimizing hotspot handles, adding a
parameter
2 Making a 2D symbol more parametric with simple GDL editing
3 Combining 2D and 3D elements; scripting the Object ID; changing the Object
Subtype
4 Creating New Objects with Custom 3D Hotspots and 2D Symbol
5 Importing 3D IFC and DWG files to create library parts
6 Custom Door Panels and Window Sashes
7 Custom Doors and Windows
8 Rotating and Tilting Objects
9 Custom Drawing Titles
Week 22 Managing and Optimizing Live Sections and Elevations
1 Clean modeling to create clean drawings
2 Adding detail in 3D and 2D
3 Advanced 3D Model Detailing with special guest Timothy Ball, RIBA
4 Update Strategies and Model Display Options
Week 23 Layout Book, Drawing Options, Printing and Publishing
1 Layout Book Basics
2 Drawing Settings
3 Drawing Titles
4 Placing Internal and External Drawings
5 Master Layouts: Grids and Automatic Placement Options
6 Printing
7 Publishing
Week 24 Detail Drawings
1 Creating details, placing and referencing them
2 Management – placeholders, updating, rescaling, replacing
 3 Reusable details and sheets, detail libraries
Week 25 Schedules, Quantities and Data
1 Interactive Schedules – basic usage
2 Interactive Schedules – additional options
3 Set Door and Window IDs Quickly
4 Label Elements Automatically
5 Introduction to Quantity Take-offs
Week 26 In-office Project Management
1 Redlines and the Markup Palette
2 Spell Checking and Text Substitution
3 File Naming and Backup Strategies, Version and Revision Tracking
4 Data Safety and Project Migration
5 Project Migration – Additional Notes
Week 27 Collaboration
1 Introduction to Teamwork
2 More Teamwork
3 BIM Server Setup and Options
4 IFC: Intelligent 3D Model File Exchange with Consultants
5 Creating Specifications Using IFC Data
Week 28 Communication via DWG Files and BIMx
1 DWG Export and Import Basics
2 DWG Translation Settings
3 More DWG Translation Options, XRef Placement and Management
4 DWG Import Options and Workflow: External Drawings, XRefs, Worksheets,
Layouts
5 How to Trace 2D Drawings to Quickly Create a 3D Model
6 Project Reviewer
7 BIMx – BIM Explorer
8 BIMx Docs
Week 29 Stairs, Railings and Landscaping
1 Stair Basics
2 Stair Intermediate
3 Stair Conclusion
4 Stair Railings
5 Fences and Landscaping
Week 30 Managing Complexity
1 Mastering Polygons and Complex Geometry
2 Internal and External Hotlinks for Modular Design
3 Complex Hotlinks and Story Settings
4 Managing Multiple Design Schemes
5 Complex Visualizations: Sun Studies and Shadow Diagrams, Overlays for
Shadows, Sketches, Textures and Fills
ArchiCAD 17 New Features
1 Overview of New Features and Interface in AC17
2 Using AC 17 New Building Materials for Clean Sections and Detailed 3D
Models
3 AC17 Modeling Workflow – from Schematic Design through Development and
CD
 4 Reference Lines, Planes and Links to Stories
ArchiCAD 18 New Features
1 ArchiCAD 18 New Features Overview and Project Migration
2 ArchiCAD 18 New Features Runthrough
3 Change Manager and New PDF Options
4 ArchiCAD 18 New Features Runthrough Conclusion