ACM005 - Simple Archicad Building
This time
we get a bit deeper into Archicad and go
step-by-step how to draw up a simple building +
get used to the tools of the workflow. It's a
simple design, nothing very exciting, but a good
start to get you on your way to Archicad mastery.
This is the longest video in the series - 22
minutes long - so get a nice cup of coffee ready.
If you download the iTunes version you'll see
I've added chapters into the video so you can
jump back + forwards to whichever part you
want.
Enjoy the show!
Stuff mentioned :
The Wall tool |
Editing Walls + Settings | Splitting Walls |
Material selection | Storeys + Settings | Slabs +
Settings
The Roof tool | Polyroof + Manual | Stairs +
Slabs | Doors + Windows | The Mesh Tool | Adding
vegetation
+
Suspending Groups | The Cursor Tracker | The Pet
Palette | The Magic Wand
The Eyedropper | The Syringe | General 2D + 3D
views | Show All / Selection in 3D
Useful
links
Graphisoft Archicad
Abvent
Artlantis
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book : Archicad for Autocad users
Archicad may seem like a completely different world if you’re used to using Autocad, but actually many of the concepts are the same - especially the 2D drafting side. Some have different names or are executed in different way, but the outcome is the same or better.
Geoffroy Magnan wrote - a few Archicad versions ago - a very comprehensive piece called the AutoCAD to ArchiCAD 2D conversion guide, still very useful to start with. Similar to this is Digital Vision Automation’s AutoCAD/ArchiCAD Cross-training (PDF), which goes through most of the most common commands in both apps and the differences between them.
Though if you’re looking for the “Holy Grail” for Autocad users switching to Archicad, look no further!
ArchiCAD for AutoCAD Users
(US amazon
affiliate link)
The revised (2009) version of the book by Ralph Grabowski + David Byrnes + Geoff Langdon, “Archicad for Autocad users” covers all the commands, procedures and concepts usually known from the Autocad days, and how to replicate, simplify, and even evolve those processes in Archicad. It goes through all the essentials of drawing up floorplans, sections + elevations effectively by providing practical knowledge.
This doesn’t mean that Autocad is completely replaced, there are plenty of ways to share Archicad 2D + 3D files with Autocad, but as Archicad is a full BIM package you can increase your productivity significantly with the Virtual Building Model.
I think I’ll let the authors sell the concept themselves :
”We’ve
actually found it fun to go from an extensive but
general CAD package
like AutoCAD, to an advanced architecturally
intelligent package like ArchiCAD.
Here’s why: a lot of what you had to worry about
in AutoCAD
(scale, layers, units, setting limits, trimming
walls for door openings, and more)
is handled automatically by ArchiCAD...
... It is also fun for architectural designers to
have the immediate visual feedback
of 3D perspectives, sections, and elevations as
they are designing,
just as they had when designing with cardboard
(only better)...
... Over 80% of ArchiCAD users were AutoCAD users
in the past,
so you have a lot of company. We invite you to
see what all those
experienced CAD users have discovered in
ArchiCAD...”
The Mac in Toy Story 3
The new Toy Story 3 trailer shows Apple appearing a lot more than usual in a Pixar movie. We get the occasional cameo, like when Wall-E plays the classic boot-up sound when recharging from the sun rays, or when he’s watching scenes from “Hello Dolly” on a video iPod, even the spinning beach-ball appeared between the hundreds of balloons in the movie “UP” .
But never have they
had such an “in your face” approach as it seems
with Toy Story 3. Over at Macenstein
there’s
a breakdown of all of Apple’s cameos in the
Toy Story trailer, ranging from Safari +
iTunes, For the cherry on top, on
Cult of Mac
there’s
a picture of the the Director’s (Lee
Unkrich)
tweeted screenshot - @leeUnkrich
- from
his airplane seat, when he was editing the
movie on his MacBook Pro!
This comes of no real
surprise as Steve Jobs - founder + CEO of Apple -
was the owner + big boss CEO at
Pixar, having also
co-founded it, until it was acquired by Disney
in 2005. He is still on the Disney Company
Board of Director’s and the largest individual
Disney shareholder, playing an active role in
the company. Toy Story was Pixar’s big debut
film, and though the 3D graphics were
revolutionary in 1995, the bar has been
significanlty raised by films like “Wall-E”,
“Ratatouille” and “Up”, so it will be very
exciting to see how they can improve on the
classic and how much more Apple may pop up in
the film.
DISCUSSION
Will Archicad be the first true CAD app on the iPad?
There are many rumours going around about which will get to be the first official CAD application on the magical iPad. I discussed in a previous article about the possibility of the tablet device having 3D technology, as many recent Apple patents are steering to such a conclusion.
Of course there are a few CAD-ish apps on the iPhone - like Mark on Call (iTunes link) or CADTouch (iTunes link) - but these are mostly vector based drawing applications similar to Adobe Illustrator , only less advanced of course.
“...maybe
VectorWorks or ArchiCAD” says Randall Newton
as
they are both established CAD + BIM
applications on the MacOS X platform. Both
programs are now under the umbrella of
Nemetschek
-
one of the leading companies for the AEC
software sector - having matured to a position
where it wouldn’t take as much work to get
onto the iPad as say the highly
anticipated Autocad for Mac
which
is still in alpha testing. Autodesk is mainly
a Windows based company, though their amazing
sketching application Autodesk SketchBook
Pro was
met with great praise on the Mac and
the iPhone|iPod Touch
(iTunes
Link). They’ve taken a good step towards
possibly edging their way in with
Project Butterfly
which
makes it easy to view + even edit Autocad
drawings via an internet browser, making it
technically cross-platform.
If Graphisoft could bring out a native iPad
application or at least an Archicad project
viewer like Virtual Building
Explorer, it
would become a great tool to show off and
describe designs anywhere with a great touch
interface easy enough for anyone to understand
the design over coffee or on the building
site.
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ACM004 - Archicad 101
In this episode I continue the
Archicad series, firstly
exploring the educational + professional
licenses, downloading the trial versions +
installing them, as well as Archicad 12 + 13
compatibility with mac + pc. Following with a
tour of the basic interface, and the general
workflow logic to get you started, we dive
into one of the major parts of the Archicad
interface - the “Navigator”, defining the
“Project Map”, “View Map”, “Layout Book”, and
“Publisher Sets”.
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Useful
links
- Graphisoft Archicad
- MyArchicad.com
- Archicad Wiki - Snow Leopard Compatibility
- The Student fact sheet
- The Tutor fact sheet
- Abvent Artlantis
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Enjoy the show!
What's the best video card to run Archicad on?
ArchicadWiki
is a
great resource for all technical info about
Archicad - including troubleshooting. Based on
the Wiki software - the
same as Wikipedia- it allows easy creation and
editing of any number of interlinked web
pages. Generally it’s a hub of information
that anyone can take advantage of and add
information
Illes Arvay has produced a very comprehensive
article about recommended video
cards and relevant
drivers for Archicad 13, both for Windows +
Mac. Also some test results for Windows XP + 7
with Nvidia Quadro FX , ATI FireGL cards, and
Asus Geforce cards.
It’s
worth
checking out if you’re considering buying a new
Mac or PC and running Graphisoft Archicad
13.
> Link to source