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Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction _______________________________________________8
Chapter 1 - Creating the Building Envelope __________________ 10
Starting ARCHICAD ____________________________________________ 11
Site __________________________________________________________ 15
Importing Surveyor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Modeling the Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
External Walls _________________________________________________ 27
Building Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Composite Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Floor Slabs____________________________________________________ 37
Attribute Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Additional External Walls _______________________________________ 47
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Guide Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Priority-based Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Roof and Canopy ______________________________________________ 55
Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Trimming to Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Multi-element Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Timber Structures _____________________________________________ 67
Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Purlins and Wall Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
ARCHICAD Training Series Vol. 3
Contents
Terrace Slab___________________________________________________ 81
Contents
Appearance of Zones__________________________________________ 149
Zone Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Color Coding by Fill Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Color Coding by Zone Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Image Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Zone Stamp Display___________________________________________ 160
Contents
Furniture and Fixtures_________________________________________ 202
Site Elements ________________________________________________ 208
Contents
The CineRender Engine________________________________________ 270
2D Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
Surface Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Custom Surfaces______________________________________________ 277
Lamps and Lights _____________________________________________ 283
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 - Conceptual Design in ARCHICAD
Vol. 3 - Intermediate ARCHICAD
Vol. 4 - Advanced ARCHICAD
Vol. 5 - Using Teamwork
You are now reading Vol. 3 - Intermediate ARCHICAD a comprehensive hands-on training to
familiarize you with the advanced modeling and documentation tools of ARCHICAD. We strongly
recommend that you complete Training Series Vol. 1 and 2 before starting this one.
Contents of the training material
PDF guide an e-book including detailed explanation of every step with screenshots
ARCHICAD project files - preset training files to help your learning process
Narrated movie clips are available on the YouTube channel for GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD
(https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=1wze3LhHXCQ&list=PLnXY6vLUwlWXSWYyEfaKS2c2RdCubarpU) providing stepby-step instructions for each step of the training guide. The ARCHICAD YouTube channel can
also be accessed via the ARCHICAD Help menu by entering the title of this training guide into
the search field.
You must have ARCHICAD 19 installed on your computer to use this guide. The e-book was made
with the INT (English) version of ARCHICAD, therefore we recommend using the same version for
practicing.
Introduction
How to get ARCHICAD?
If you do not have ARCHICAD yet, please visit http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/ to obtain
a FREE installer:
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Starting ARCHICAD
Now, lets see the project we are going to create.
1 Double click the ARCHICAD application icon on your desktop to start ARCHICAD. The
ARCHICAD splash screen and shortly after the Start ARCHICAD 19 dialog box will appear,
providing various options.
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Click OK.
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Site
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating the Site - Importing Surveyor
Data - 03/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Usually, buildings are designed to physical locations, therefore orientation and geographical
parameters provide the initial context of the design. ARCHICAD is capable of importing various
data formats to enable the architects to use it as native building environment. For example point
clouds, Google Earth terrain or simple DWG/DWF files.
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The worksheet opens automatically and its tab appears as well. Now you can import the DWG
data and place it into the project. There are two ways of using 2D data in the project depending
on whether the data may change or not. If you expect that the data may change during the
project, use the Xref method. This way, there is a living connection between the original external
file and the ARCHICAD project, which ensures that in case the external file changes, you can
simply update the content. If the data does not change during the full project lifecycle, you can
also merge the content into the ARCHICAD project. In this case all elements will be converted into
native ARCHICAD elements, and can be edited in the future.
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Click any elements. The linework is selected with faded nodes. This means that it is not editable,
because it is part of another file.
The status of the attached Xrefs can be monitored below File > External Content > Xref
Manager.... If the original Xref changes you can update it by reloading it from this dialog.
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8 Select the mesh with Shift + click (activate the Mesh tool if deactivated).
9 Space + click (hold down the space bar on your keyboard and click with the mouse cursor) on
the curved level lines one by one to add them to the mesh. Select Fit to User Ridges in the
New Mesh Points dialog.
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Repeat this action with the line on the right and set the Elevate Mesh Point to 1,00.
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With the mesh selected right-click, and select Show Selection/Marquee in 3D to check its shape.
Click on the Fit in window button in the bottom of the screen if it is not fully visible.
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External Walls
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Exterior Walls - 05/52 video
on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Walls can have multiple skins representing the real structure, including the load bearing
structures, insulation, and finishing. Out of the box, ARCHICAD contains a set of fills and
composites, but now we will create our own composite structure with a white brick finish
representing the exterior wall of the building.
Building Materials
Since the white brick material does not exist by default we will have to create it ourselves.
1 Go to Options > Element Attributes > Building Materials....
In the upcoming dialog on the left you can see the list of the building materials used in the project.
Each material is simulating a real material has a so-called intersection priority setting. These priority
settings will control how our junctions will appear later when two constructions collide.
The higher priority a material has, the more important it will be in a junction. On the right you can
assign cut fills to the materials for 2D representation and surfaces for 3D. You can see a preview of
these settings in front of the building material name in the list as well.
Select an existing material - Brick - Finish - and click New... in the bottom and duplicate the
existing material.
In the upcoming dialog choose Duplicate and set a name - Brick - Finish (white) and click OK.
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Change the Cut Fill Foreground Pen color to 161 and surface to Brick - White Natural.
Composite Structures
2 Open Options > Element Attributes > Composites....
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Select the composite, which fits the best to the needed skin structure: 215 Block Insulated
Cavity Plastered.
Click Duplicate... and set a new descriptive name: Exterior Wall.
Select the Brick skin and change its building material to Brick - Finish (white), by pressing
the arrow button next to the skin name and selecting it.
Delete the Air Space skin by selecting it and clicking on the Remove Skin button.
Change Insulation - Plastic Hard to Insulation - Mineral Hard and thickness to 0,10.
Change the Concrete Block - Structural skin to Masonry Block - Structural and its thickness
to 0,25.
Change the thickness of the Plaster - Gypsum to 0,02.
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Set the Wall Top linked to 2. Story and 1,00 as Top offset to Top Linked Story. This function
will make sure that the wall height will automatically follow story height changes. The wall will
model both the ground floor and the 1st floor walls.
Set the Bottom offset to Home Story to -0,10, because it will start on top of the foundation
structure that we will model later.
With the Composite structure selected, choose the Exterior Wall composite.
Set the Reference Line to Core Inside.
In the Floor Plan and Section panel set Floor Plan Display as: All Relevant Stories, Projected
with Overhead, Entire Element. This way the whole wall will be visible (even parts above
floor plan cut plane) on all relevant stories.
Open the Tags and Categories panel. Set the tags as Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Wall,
Layer: Structural - Bearing:
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Note: When drawing the line of a wall, after the first click a heavy black line follows
the cursor like a rubber band. This line is the reference line of the wall and the width
of the wall is measured from this reference line. The reference line connects walls
smoothly and helps locating the walls with the cursor.
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Floor Slabs
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating a Floor Slab - 06/52 video on
the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
We will model the internal slab and the external pavement as well with the Slab tool.
Attribute Management
Lets assume that the correct skin settings are not available in the current project, but we used the
right composites in another project before. In this case, we can import existing composites from
other files. Lets see an example.
1 Open Options > Element Attributes > Attribute Manager....
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2 Click the Open button and browse Existing Project.pln. Click Open: the composites
appear on the right side.
3 Select Concrete Floor Insulated with 10 mm Tile and Exterior Pavement and uncheck All
Associated Attributes checkbox - so only the composite will be created, but fills and surfaces
linked to it will not be duplicated - and click << Append. The composite appears in the list of
the current project.
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Select Concrete Floor Insulated with 10 mm Tile as composite structure cut fill.
Set Reference Plane to Top.
On the Model panel activate Top Override Surface with Wood - Pine Grained Horizontal.
Overriding surfaces is advantageous if we have the same structure with different appearance,
for example walls with different paints. In this case it is not necessary to recreate the
composite with different building materials, we can override the default surface.
Set the tags as Load-Bearing Element, Exterior and Slab. By default, slabs have FLOOR as
PredefinedType (Attribute), which is good for us now. Click OK.
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Set 0. Ground Floor as Home Story and Offset to Home Story (as well Reference Plane
Elevation to Project Zero) to -0,05.
Choose the Exterior Pavement as composite.
Override the top and side materials and choose Pavement - Brick Moss and no override for
the bottom surface.
Set the tags to Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Site Geometry.
Choose Site & Landscape - Terrain as layer.
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5 Open the 3D window to see the result. Now we need a hole in the area of the building.
6 Select the pavement slab, and activate the Slab tool. Click on any edge to display the Pet
palette. This palette contains all editing commands available for the selected element. Select
the Subtract from Polygon command and the Rectangular geometry method in the Info
Box.
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Favorites
Instead of setting all the parameters for the newly created elements all the time, you can also save
and re-use parameters by defining Favorites. Similar to attributes, later on you can export and
import the favorite settings between projects.
You can apply the favorite settings to existing elements, as well as using them as a basis for new
elements.
You can access the favorites using the Favorites palette.
1 Deselect all and choose Window > Palettes > Favorites.
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Guide Lines
Now that the favorite is added to our project we can put it in use as our next wall element. Since
this wall will have a special placement we will use guide lines for precise inputs, but first let's
apply the new wall.
1 Open the 0. Ground Floor plan.
2 Open the Wall Settings dialog. Click on the Favorites button at the top.
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Set the Building Material to Stone - Structural and Show Projection to Entire Element on the
Floor Plan and Section panel. Click OK.
3 Select the Single geometry method and the reference line on the Outside Face in the Info
Box. First, we create a straight segment 2 meters from the existing wall, then we will modify it.
To find the precise locations, we will use guide lines.
4 Drag a permanent guide line from the top of the window (like a cutting plane) and place it to
the exterior side of the wall. Click on the spot and drag the line by the dot towards the
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6 Drag the permanent guide line downwards and type d1. Press Enter.
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8 Now click on the reference line and select the Curve edge icon on the Pet palette. Move the
cursor upwards, and type 30 in the Tracker as radius. Hit Enter.
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Priority-based Intersections
To the small entrance area of the building we will use the same settings as of the existing walls.
1 To pick up the parameters of elements and set them as default, activate the eyedropper
button in the Standard Toolbar. The cursor will change to an eyedropper (you can also use the
shortcut Alt + click to activate this option). Now pick up the settings of the closed external wall.
2 Move the eyedropper above the external wall, so that it will be highlighted and the Tracker
will provide you with some brief details about the wall. Click on the wall. Note that the Wall
tool will be activated in the Toolbox and the Info Box will also refer to the wall.
Note: In the case of multiple elements placed above each other, you can always
switch between them with the Tab key. Make sure that you found the external wall
with the eyedropper cursor.
3 Open the wall settings and set:
Wall Top to 1. Story (Home + 1).
Top offset to Top Linked Story to 0,00.
Click OK.
4 Draw the front and the back walls of the entrance enclosure with the help of guide lines
created 1,8 meters from the outside edge of the wall. Use Core Inside reference line and draw
the wall downwards on the left side and upwards on the right side. Make sure the new walls
connect the existing reference lines. You can delete the permanent guide lines by pulling
them over the trash icons on the sides of the window and clicking on them.
Note: You can also create these walls at a specific distance from the corner without
the guide lines. Move the cursor over the corner until it changes to a checkmark,
then type x 1,8+. The tracker will appear and the cursor will jump on the X axis by
1,8 meters. Hit enter to place the first endpoint of the wall. Type x 1,8- for the other
wall.
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You can see that some skins of the multi-layer wall intersect the stone wall and some layers of the
external wall do not intersect correctly. This is because the skin priorities are not set correctly. The
bigger the priority number, the stronger the wall or wall skin will be when it comes to intersection
with other walls. You can set the priority between 0 and 999.
You can set skin priorities by building materials.
1 Select the brick wall and open Options > Element Attributes > Building Materials. The
materials the composite uses will be highlighted in the list.
Select the Masonry block - Structural skin, and check its priority. It is 730, which means that
the stone wall must have an equal or higher priority number to avoid unneeded intersections.
Set the priority of the Stone - Structural material up to at least 730.
Click OK.
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Stories
1 Open Design > Story Settings... dialog box.
By default ARCHICAD creates the project with 3 stories. Select the third story (No. 2.) and
name it Roof.
Lets rename the 1st to Gallery and enter 3,00 m as the Elevation Height and leave Height to
Next to 3,20.
With the Ground Floor item selected, click the Insert Below button to insert a new story
below the existing Ground Floor, type Foundation and enter -1,00 as Elevation.
Click OK.
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Roof
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating a Single Roof - 09/52 video
on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Lets add now a semi-pitched roof to the building with wide overhangs supported by columns to
create a canopy.
1 Open the 1. Gallery story.
2 Activate the Roof tool and adjust its settings as follows:
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3 Click OK.
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5 Define the direction of the slope by clicking above the previously defined pivot line with the
eye-shaped cursor.
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Trimming to Roof
Activate the 3D tab on the top of the window. You can see that the tops of the walls are not
aligned to the roof. Now we will trim them to the right height.
1 Select the walls by Shift + clicking on one of them. The walls are grouped, so if you have
Suspend Groups off, which is a default setting (from the Standard Toolbar), one selection will
select all four exterior walls.
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3 Click anywhere on the roof. The empty roof icon turns black if the program finds a selectable
element.
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The walls are now associatively trimmed to the roof. If you change the roof geometry or sloping
angle, the walls will be updated automatically.
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Multi-element Editing
We would like to create a canopy at the back part of our building. To do so, we will have to offset
the roof and the bottom slab as well.
We could perform these actions one-by-one, but instead we will exploit a smart ARCHICAD
feature, the Multi-element Editing.
Simply select the roof and the external slab and click on an edge of the slab. Use the Offset Edge
action on the Pet palette and simply modify both elements at the same step. Offset the edges,
type 2,5 in the Tracker and hit Enter.
Note: Multi-element Editing works with all polygon-based elements except Morph
and Shell. This way you can easily cut holes through multiple slabs, roofs or even
meshes, move adjacent edges of elements, resize windows, etc. in a single step. The
elements can be of different types during editing.
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Timber Structures
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Timber Structures - Columns
- 10/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Next we place four columns and additional timber structures to create a canopy on the south side
of the building.
Columns
The first and the last columns will align with the axis of the two walls and they will be equally
distributed and parallel to the front wall.
1 Switch to the 0. Ground Floor in the Navigator - Project Map.
2 Activate the Column tool. Open the settings dialog and set parameters as follows:
Structure: Rectangular
Size 0,20x0,20
Building Material: Timber - Structural
Anchor Point of Core: Middle
Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Column
Layer: Structural - Bearing
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Click OK.
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4 Select the column and multiply it by activating the Multiply command from the context
menu: right-click and choose the Move > Multiply... command. Alternatively you can use the
Edit > Move > Multiply... menu command.
5 Choose Drag as the multiply action, and enter 3 for the number of copies. Now select the
Distribute multiply method.
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Rafters
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Timber Structures - Rafters 11/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Now lets continue with the rafters.
1 Switch back to the 0. Ground Floor.
2 Activate the Section tool in the Toolbox and draw a section line vertically, approximately in
the middle of the building. Click with the eye cursor to the left of the section line. The section
automatically appears in the Section list of the Navigator.
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Click OK.
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12 Open the 3D window to see the result. Use the Orbit and Explore commands to navigate and
check the section as well.
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Horizontal
Reference Axis Offset: 0
Leave Height to Project Zero as for the rafters
Click OK.
4 Draw the beam on the floor plan from one side of the roof to the other on the dashed line this is also the axis of the columns below.
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The position of the beam and the rafters is OK now, so lets simply drag a copy of this beam in
the section by using the context menu Move > Drag a Copy command. Drag the beam by its
upper right corner and move it to the position as marked below.
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7 Switch back to 3D and check the result. The columns are still too high compared to the collar
beam, so lets select them all and shorten them at the same time by using the Stretch height
command of the Pet palette. Set the height to the bottom corner of the beam.
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Terrace Slab
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Adding a Terrace Slab - 13/52 video
on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Navigate to the terrace side of the building. There is a missing slab.
1 Open the 1. Gallery level in the Navigator - Project Map and activate the Slab tool. Set the
settings as follows:
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Click OK.
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Open the section and drag a horizontal 3D cutting plane from top and position it on the 1
Gallery level (+3,00).
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Note that there are further options to position the texture in 3D.
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External Doors
ARCHICADs door, window and skylight objects are intelligent library parts; with a tremendous
range of configuration and setting options due to their parametric behavior. This accelerates your
work, makes the management of the project easier and allows you to design instead of drafting.
This means in practice for example that you do not need to delete and look for another window
object if you want to change its size, sill height, adjust its frame, sash, oversize, board or casing
properties. You can even specify shutter options using various shutters and glazing types, and
choose from a variety of handles. All these are available and valid for the very same window
object.
Entrance Door
1 In the 3D view navigate to see the entrance area of the building.
2 Activate the Door tool and open its Settings dialog by double-clicking on its icon on the
Toolbox or Info box.
Doors are GDL objects and have parameters to control their appearance and behavior in the
project. Open the Hinged Door Settings panel and use the arrow buttons to display the
settings in thematically grouped format. These settings affect the 3D and 2D properties of the
door.
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4 Select the Double Door Asymmetric 19 door object in the result list.
5 Set parameters as follows:
Width: 1,50
Height: 2,40
Anchor: Sill to Story 0 to 0,00 (Select Relink Anchor Story from the roll down list and select
0. Ground Floor)
Anchor Point: Center
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Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10 (the thickness of the insulation). To change from Wall Face press the
little arrow button on the right.
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On the Hinged Door Settings > Connecting Structures page uncheck Casing Outside and
Inside and choose Normal threshold.
Set a value of 1,00 on the Shape page of the Hinged Door Settings panel.
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On the Door Leaf Type and Handle page select a leaf (Style 20).
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Click the appearing snap point at the bottom to place the door. The outline of the door
appears in the wall. Now move the cursor to pick the external side and the right side
(indicated with a dashed line).
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You can also check the result on the floor plan. Select the door and click Flip on the Info Box, so
that the door will open inwards.
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Sliding Doors
We need some additional doors facing the canopy. Lets use some sliding doors for this purpose.
1 Switch to the 0. Ground floor.
2 Open the Door settings and type sliding in the search field to find the sliding doors in the
library.
3 Select the Sliding Door 19 and set its settings:
Size: 3,00/2,40
Anchor: Side 2
Sill to Story 0: 0,00 (Relink Anchor Story to 0.Ground Floor if necessary)
Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10
No casing in the Sliding Door Settings > General Settings
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Click OK.
4 Place doors on the left and right vertical walls starting right in the corner and one in the
horizontal wall.
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Use this anchor to place the other vertical door, click the upper right corner for the correct
opening direction.
To finalise the door arrangement, lets move multiple copies of an existing door.
1 Select the sliding door in the horizontal wall segment.
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5 Click the same corner point of the door, then click the intersection of the traced dashed line
and the wall face to distribute the sliding doors evenly.
6 Hit Esc to remove selection.
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Gallery Slab
1 Change to the 1. Gallery floor plan.
2 The roof and rafters hide a big part out of the walls. Lets open Document > Floor Plan Cut
Plane and modify Cut Plane height to Current Story to 0,80 from 1,10.
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3 The terrace slab is visible above the stone wall. Select the wall, right-click and choose Display
Order > Bring Forward.
Now we are ready to create the necessary slab.
1 Activate the Slab tool and set the followings:
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the external halving point of the core on the right vertical wall
the external top left corner of the core skin in the exterior wall
When finished select the new slab, right-click and select Display Order > Send to Back to
hide the edges of the slab behind the wall structure.
3 Check the section to see the results.
4 Change the priority value of Insulation - Fiber Hard (insulation of the flat roof ) to 645 from
420 so it would go below the brick skin.
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Partition Walls
1 Open the 0. Ground floor.
2 Activate the Wall tool and set the settings as follows:
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4 Select the wall, right-click and choose Move > Drag a Copy and move the wall 1,2 meters to
the right. When finished, adjust the endpoint of the wall so that it touches the curved wall.
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Internal Doors
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Adding Internal Doors - 16/52 video
on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
First, we add a pocket door hidden within the wall structure, then some ordinary doors to the
rooms in the entrance area and finally an entrance door to the gallery terrace.
1 To have the right wall thickness for the door settings dialog, pick up the parameters of the
load bearing wall with the Pick up tool (pipette).
2 Activate the Door tool and type pocket in the search field. Select Pocket Door 19. Set the
door settings as follows:
Anchor Sill to Story 0 to 0,00.
Anchor: Side 2
Door Settings and Opening tab page:
Pocket frame - on
Frame and Leaf tab page:
Centered Leaf off
Leaf Offset: 0,13
Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Interior, Door, IFC Interior Doors (Manage IFC
Properties > Apply Predefined Rules > OmniClass >Interior Doors)
Click OK.
3 Place the first door to the lower left corner of the entrance room. There are two walls meeting
at that point: click into the corner.
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5 You can see that the door is not in a convenient position to enter the interior space. Select it,
press Ctrl/Cmd +D and drag it to the right. Type d0,6 into the Tracker to move the door by
60cms. Deselect the door.
Now, lets add some more doors to the future WC area.
1 Activate the Door tool and set the door as follows:
Type: Door 19 (Hinged Doors 19 folder)
Size: 0,75/2,10
Anchor: Sill to Story 0 to 0,00
Reveal to Wall Core: 0,00
Anchor: Side 1
Hinged Door Settings panel > Door Leaf Type and Handle tab:
Door Leaf Type: Style 56
Click OK.
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The door we want to place into the external wall of the gallery is identical to the one at the
entrance.
1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan and choose the Ground Floor to be shown traced. Activate
Transparent Fills and Zones from the Trace settings.
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Note: The outer wall side you pick when you place a door or window sets the
direction of sill and board. If you want to change the opening direction use the Flip
command, which has no effect on the wall side settings.
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Windows
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Adding Windows - 17/52 video on the
ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Now well insert new windows in the building.
1 Open the 0. Ground Floor.
2 Activate Window tool and open its settings. Choose Window 19 from the Basic Windows 19
folder.
Similar to doors, windows have endless variations of appearance thanks to the wide list of
parameters. Use the tabs of the Basic Window Settings panel to check the available parameters
in logical groups.
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4 Turn Trace and Reference off using the icon in the Standard Toolbar.
5 Select the window and click on any hotspots to display the Pet palette.
6 Select Multiply. Set 3 as the number of copies and the Distribute-1 method. Click OK.
7 Click on the top-left hotspot of the window as reference and click the top-left corner of the
door as endpoint.
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1 Select the two windows placed on the side walls.
2 Open the settings dialog and select the Round Window 19 in the Special Windows 19 folder.
Change some parameters:
Size: 1,20/1,20, Sill to Story 1: 1,00
Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10
Click OK.
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As you develop the building model, sometimes certain views are more helpful than others, as
when changing the height or position of a window.
First, we resize a window in the 3D view.
1 Select the right window in the curved wall in the 3D view. This is going to be the window of
the entrance, so we have to make it bigger.
2 Click on the lower left or right corner to display the Pet palette and activate the Stretch
vertically command.
3 Drag the cursor downwards.
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Skylights
Skylights are an integrated part of the BIM model. They are capable of recognizing the roof
underneath and using important information from it, such as thickness or sloping angle.
1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan.
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3 Activate the Skylight tool and open its Settings dialog by double-clicking on its icon in the
Toolbox or Info box. At the bottom left of the dialog you can see various skylight types
available out of the box.
4 Choose Skylight Flat Panel 19 and set the settings as follows:
Width: 1,97 (as measured), Height: 3,00
Vertical Anchor: Story 1
Set the anchor point to the top right corner in the preview picture
General Settings tab page:
No. of Horizontal Frames: 2
Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Window
IFC: Roof Windows and Skylights
Click OK.
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Stairs
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Stairs - 19/52 video on the
ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Let's place stairs into the interior. As for other generic elements and objects, various parametric
library types of stairs exist, but we can also create custom ones.
Library Stairs
Activate the Stair tool and open its settings to see them.
On the left side, predefined GDL library stairs appear. These are highly customizable prototypes
and can be set by modifying the default parameters. Instead of choosing a default type, let's build
completely new, custom stairs using StairMaker.
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1 Click on the Create Stair button above the preview area to open StairMaker.
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4 Click OK and save the Stair 1 to the embedded library. Click Save. The new stair is now saved
in the embedded library. Later on you can use Stair Maker to edit this stair and save it by
overwriting or with another name.
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Now we will cut a hole in the gallery slab. Open the 1. Gallery floor plan and select the slab.
8 Click on any edge of the slab to display the Pet palette and select Subtract from Polygon.
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Foundations
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Foundations - 20/52 video
on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
This building has some simple underground structures only. We will use the already created
exterior walls as trace references to place the necessary foundations.
Bottom offset to Current Story: 0,0 (so that wall height is 0,90)
Home Story: -1. Foundation
Structure: Basic
Building Material: Reinforced Concrete - Structural
Thickness: 0,60
Reference Line: Inside Face
Reference Line Offset: 0,05
Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Wall
Layer: Structural - Bearing
Click OK.
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3 Draw the wall segments, so the reference line of the foundation meets the reference line of
the walls above. You can turn on the View > On-Screen View Options > Walls & Beams
Reference Lines option to better see the reference line of the placed walls and use Chained
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You set and placed entrance doors, internal doors, windows, and skylights into the building
model with different snap options. Then, you modified the openings in 3D view.
You also added a stair, and discovered the wide range of options for both GDL and StairMaker
stairs.
Finally, you created the foundations to complete the load bearing structure of the building.
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Zones
Zones represent rooms in the building. Zones can be arranged and defined by so-called Zone
Categories, this way we can assign common properties to multiple zones and edit them in bulk.
Zone category settings are accessible via Options/Element Attributes/Zone Categories....
ARCHICADs zones are real 3D spaces allowing you to:
Use them to create conceptual space studies as well as to create detailed space lists and area
calculations.
Trim the 3D zone spaces to slabs, roofs or beams to create more accurate volume calculations.
Fine-tune the zone-related calculations and element subtractions to meet local standards
below Options > Project Preferences > Zones. We will use the defaults now.
Furthermore, zones can identify existing geometry as boundaries - walls, lines, polylines,
columns, etc. Later on you can update zones so they follow the changes of the boundary
geometry, the automatic boundaries can detect either the reference lines or the contour lines of
the walls.
Later on, you can edit the edges of the zone with polyline editing methods or edit the zone body
with Solid Element Operations. If there are no defined boundary lines or if you use zones before
modeling the building itself, like in an early design phase, you can set the boundary lines
manually with polyline editing methods.
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Automatic Zones
1 Open the 0. Ground floor in the Navigator.
2 Activate the Zone tool and open its Settings dialog.
Set the parameters as follows:
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Note: The point you click is marked with a small blue + sign. This represents the
point around which the zone boundary detection recognizes the zone area. This
means that if you draw a new boundary element between the stamp and the + sign,
the zone will be updated based on the + sign.
6 Repeat to create the additional smaller zones:
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Entrance: Communication & Access category, Top offset to Top Linked Story: -0,46
(thickness of flat roof slab), Floor Finish: Tiles.
WC and Washroom: Technical Equipment.
Note: You can change the boundary of the automatic zones with polyline editing
methods, but they keep the automatic behavior. This means that if you run the
Design > Update Zones command, these automatic zones will re-calculate their
area based on the boundary geometry around their + signs.
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Manual Zones
Now we go to the Gallery level to add one more zone.
1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan in the Navigator.
2 Set Education & Culture category and type Gallery as name. Set Top offset to Top Linked
Story to 0 and Parquet as Floor Finish.
3 Place the zone as before by clicking into the gallery area. We can see that the zone extends
beyond the gallery slab and fills the hole of the stairs as well.
4 Fix the zone by selecting it and clicking on the bottom edge. Use the Offset edge command
from the Pet palette and move the edge to the slab edge.
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Refining Zones
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Refining Zones in 3D - 22/52 video on
the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Now we will further modify the zone geometry based on the surrounding building structures.
1 Open the 3D Perspective view in the Navigator. By default zones are turned off.
Lets create a view where all building components appear as wireframe, while zones appear as
solid elements.
2 To create such a view we will use layers. Open the Layer settings dialog (Ctrl/Cmd+L). Now set
all visible layers to wireframe, except the Zones layer. To do that, select all layers by pressing
the corresponding button and click the third figure from the left for any of the layers: all layers
will be set to wireframe except the very first ARCHICAD Layer. Deselect all layers and click on
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3 Now, lets show the zones. Go to View > Elements in 3D View > Filter and Cut Elements in
3D....
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5 Use the Orbit command to turn the Gallery zone and the roof to a comfortable position for
selection.
6 Select the Gallery zone, right-click and select Connect > Trim Elements to Roof/Shell.
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8 Change the layer and element visibility settings back to original (uncheck the Zone box in
Filter Elements in 3D and set the layers back to Solid in the Layer Settings dialog).
Appearance of Zones
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Changing the Appearance of Zones Zone Fills - 23/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Based on the standards and your own taste you can widely customize the appearance of zones in
floor plan views.
Zone Fills
You can set the fill origin and scale to display a more realistic pattern.
1 Open the 0. Ground Floor.
2 Select the three small zones and open the settings dialog.
3 Open the Floor plan panel and activate the fill by clicking on the Add/Remove Cover Fill
button. Select Grid 30x30 in the list.
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This way the appearance will be dependent on the original zone parameters.
Before going back to the floor plan, lets change the detail level of the openings as well. Open the
Detail Level of Door, Window and Skylight Symbols (ARCHICAD Library 19) panel. Here we
can control the appearance of all openings together. Change to Middle 2 for both doors and
windows.
This way all views that will use the Model View Option Combination we are about to save now will
have the same level of detail.
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5 Click OK. The zones will appear by their category colors and the custom fills you set. Openings
will be much better represented as well.
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Image Fills
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Changing the Appearance of Zones Image Fills - 24/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
You can change the zone fill to represent the flooring material. This way the resulting floor plan
can have a visual appearance. Select the Exhibition Space, click the Cover Fill: Add/Remove
button and change its cover fill to Wood Parquet in the Info Box.
There is no predefined tiling image fill in the file, so we will create our own for the small zones.
1 Open Options > Elements Attributes > Fill Types... and select Wood Parquet from the list.
2 Click the New... button and set Ceramic Tiling as name. Set Image fill as type. Click OK.
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Image fills provide an easy and quick way to make the representation more alive.
6 Go to the Gallery level and set the same image fill as for the Exhibition space and change the
font formatting of the zone stamp as well.
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Open the Settings panel and define the order: Zone Name, Zone Areas, Finishes,
Additional Tags.
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Delete all other rows by pressing the - buttons next to the actual rows.
Click OK.
2 The Zone representation will change immediately, but there are things missing. We set the
Additional Tags row, yet it can not be seen.
3 Open the settings of the Exhibition space.
Go to the Tags and Categories panel and add Display Spaces as IFC Property.
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In the Settings panel, go to the Additional Tags page and check Show Additional Tags.
Choose Create Sorting for the parameters, display data by Parameter Value and select OCCS
- Space by Function as the first row.
Click OK.
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Now the Exhibition space zone is displayed correctly showing additional data in a standard
compliant format. The same way we could add renovation status, fire ratings, space owners,
descriptions occupancy, ventilation type and so on.
Note: Additional custom data, even IFC related parameters can be displayed for
zones which is extremely useful if there is a necessity to report using a standard, for
example OmniClass or COBie.
4 Repeat the same Content Order settings on the Gallery level without defining the additional
tags.
Note: You can either do the same process after selecting the gallery zone or especially in case of high-rise buildings with many stories and zones to modify - it is
useful to select all zones from all levels using the 3D view. Turn on the visibility of
zones again in the Filter elements in 3D dialog, select the Zone tool from the
Toolbox and press Ctrl/Cmd + A.
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You modeled the spaces inside the building structures using the Zone tool. These elements
display information about the zones on floor plan, and also can appear in 3D as real 3D
elements.
You changed the appearance on floor plan by displaying fills and category colors.
Later on, you will learn how to retrieve this information in schedules.
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Chapter 4 - Dimensions
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Placing Dimensions on the Floor Plan
- 26/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Dimensions are an important part of the documentation. You can place dimensions to any
projected model view (floor plan, section, elevation, etc.) and into 3D Documents.
Now we add dimension chains to the design. ARCHICAD features associative dimensions, so that
the created dimension points and chains will remember their original reference points. If you
change the position or geometry of the dimensioned element, the dimension points and chains
will update automatically and immediately saving you a lot of coordination time.
It is possible to create dimensions manually or by using the automatic dimension feature. Later
on you can add and remove dimension points to the chain.
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5 Go to Document > Document Extras > Automatic Dimensioning > Exterior
Dimensioning....
6 Take a look at the available dimensioning settings, check Place Dimensions on Four Sides
checkbox and click OK.
7 Click on an element edge to define a direction for the dimension lines. This can be any
horizontal or vertical edge (e.g. a side of a wall). Once you click the cursor changes to a
hammer.
8 Click to set the position of the first inner dimension line on the same side where you set the
direction before.
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The dimension lines will be placed on all 4 sides automatically, based on the center of the
selected geometry.
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9 Go to 1. Gallery level and turn on the Trace & Reference. We will use the existing dimensions
to place the new ones so the documentation will be more consistent.
10 Select all walls, activate the Dimension tool and run the Automatic Dimension.
11 Use the same reference points to place the dimension lines you used on the ground floor. Turn
off Trace and Reference.
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4 Hit Enter. If necessary, modify the position of the dimension text and/or the section marker
too by clicking on it and dragging/moving its endnode.
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Manual Dimensioning
Now add a new straight dimension line to the interior.
1 Activate the Dimension tool, and dimension the wooden columns of the canopy.
Note: Before you click to place the dimension point, ARCHICAD highlights the
element it will be associative to. In case of overlapping elements it may not be the
one that we need. In this case hit Tab until the needed element is highlighted. This
ensures that if the model changes the dimensions follow the right element.
2 When you are finished with the points, double click on an empty area. The cursor turns to a
hammer.
3 Drag the cursor. A preview shows where the new dimension line will be created. Click to place
the dimension line.
Note: If you mis-clicked on a point accidentally, but you do not want to include that
point into the dimension chain, simply click on the point again, so the marker
disappears.
Now add a new curved dimension line to the project.
1 Activate the Dimension tool and change the geometry method to Arc
Length in the Info Box.
2 Click on one of the corners of the curved wall. The wall is highlighted and small nodes appear
at the endpoints.
3 Click the window corners to add points to the chain.
4 Double click to finish and drag to place the dimension line to a position above the wall.
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3 Click a corner point of the column. A new segment is added to the dimension line. Now add
the other corner to the dimensions as well. Instead of using the Pet palette command again,
just press Ctrl/Cmd and click the point you want to include in the dimensions.
4 Now repeat the same process with the lower corner on the fourth dimension line.
If the dimensioned element is deleted, the points automatically disappear from the dimension
chain. But sometimes you may also want to delete individual points from the chain.
Now we will get the full size of the building by deleting a point from the fourth chain.
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Select the intermediate witness line above the newly added dimension line segment by clicking
on it and press Del.
Radial Dimensions
Now, lets dimension the curved walls radius.
1 Activate the Radial Dimension tool and set the settings as follows:
Dimension Type: Without Centerpoint
Marker Size: 1,00 mm
Font Size: 2,00 mm
Layer: Dimensioning - Structure
Click OK.
2 Click the internal perimeter line of the curved stone wall with the thick Three-pointed star
cursor to set the place of the arrowhead.
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3 Click inside the entrance area to place the dimension line.
Level Dimensions
First we add some level dimensions to the floor plan. Level dimensions can associatively link to a
position of an element or be independent.
1 To place some associative level dimensions, activate the Level Dimension tool.
2 Open the Level Dimension Settings dialog to see the available dimension parameters
grouped on tab pages. These settings define the behavior and appearance of the placed
dimensions. Set the parameters as follows:
Marker Size: 2,00 mm
Font Size: 2,00 mm
Layer: Dimensioning - Structure
Click OK.
3 To make a level dimension associative, you have to specify the element you want to anchor
the dimension to. This is necessary, because several overlapping elements may appear on the
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floor plan at the point you want to place the dimension. Select the Gravity tool on the
Standard toolbar and set Gravitate to Slab.
4 Click on the exterior pavement slab and the interior floor slab to place level dimensions. These
dimensions are associative to the element, so their value will be updated if the parent
element changes.
5 Change gravity to Mesh and place some level dimensions on the site mesh, typically around
the building and on the level lines.
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Note: Repeat the steps above to place level dimensions on the Gallery level. If the
roof is visible, you can also set Gravity to Roof, so you can place level dimensions
on the roof eaves as well. To change the marker type, open the Level Dimension
Default Settings and use the Select Marker Type icon in the Type and Font panel.
For the markers at the bottom eave, set the Marker Rotation Angle to 180 degrees
in the Type and Font panel.
Note that when the level dimension is moved around the roof its value is updated.
Turn off Gravity when you are done placing the level dimensions.
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Click OK.
3 Lets dimension the right side of the building by clicking on points of the roof, slanted wall,
slab, ground slab and foundation. Only click on points that will be highlighted with the
circular marks. Double-click to finish point selection and place the dimension.
Now lets see how the dimension is updated if the parent element changes.
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4 Select the slanted wall.
5 Click on its upper node to display the Pet palette and select the Stretch height command.
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Depending on the dimensioned point, you may want to indicate whether the point is measured
from top or bottom. In our dimension chain all markers show top dimensions. Now we change
some of the markers to a bottom dimension.
1 With the Dimension tool active, hold down the Shift button and select the dimension
markers you want to change.
2 Select the Bottom dimension direction on the Info Box.
The selected dimensions change like this:
Note: In case that some text and markers overlap, you can drag the text to a more
convenient position. With the Dimension tool active, select the text itself by
hovering the cursor around the text and Shift + click when it is highlighted. Click
on the black snap point and drag it to a new position.
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Dimension Texts
In some cases, you may put a prefix or suffix to the dimension text or simply override it. The
reason for this may be that:
You want to add additional information to the automatically calculated value using custom or
automatic text.
You want to completely replace the automatic value with different information.
1 Open the 0. Ground Floor plan.
2 Select the text of the topmost dimension (10,500) by clicking on it.
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Note 1: If you completely override the automatic dimension value, it is
recommended to change its Text Pen color, so later on you can easily check the
manual values. If you want to restore the original measured value, simply select
Measured Value radio button in the Text Settings dialog. Open all floor plans,
elevations and/or create new sections and place the necessary dimensions.
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You added automatic and manual dimensions to the project using ARCHICADs dimension tools.
This way floor plans, sections and elevations are almost ready to be published.
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Objects
Library Objects
The ARCHICAD Library has a wide range of objects including furniture, sanitary fixtures, special
building structures, site elements and so on. To open the set of available library parts, click the icon
in the Info Box and review the Object Default Settings dialog. On the left side, you can see a folder
structure by default. The self-explanatory folder names help you find the needed part by type.
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The folder and its content is now added to the project. Objects created in the project are stored as
Embedded library parts automatically. For example the StairMaker Stair is now visible in the list as
a result of our work earlier.
Placing Objects
The first objects we place are the missing railings on the Gallery level terrace and stair hole.
1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan.
2 Open the Object Settings dialog and type railing in the search field.
3 Select Rail Wired 19 in the list of found elements and set its settings as follows:
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7 Go to the 3D view to check the result. The posts of the shorter railing are too dense. Lets
remove one.
8 Select the railing and open its settings.
9 Set the number of posts to 2 in the Rail Settings > Handrail and Post section.
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3 Add a name, Gallery railing and click OK. A new tab opens. Here you can define the profile
with fills, but you can use any lines as well as construction geometry. The little x icon indicates
the baseline position.
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6 Change the fill pattern to Glass and draw another rectangle on top of the wooden one, 0,01
by 0,15. Draw the fill, then move it to the middle. Set the Special Snap Options back to Along
Entire Element if necessary.
7 Select the fills and drag copies upwards, so the railing is 0,90 meters high.
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9 Drag the horizontal lines to the middle of the glass parts fills. This way, if you stretch the wall,
the footing and the handrail parts will keep their size.
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cutaway cursors appear on all four sides of the plan.
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Note: On floor plans you can also activate the Marquee tool to achieve a similar
result. Use the bold marquee to mark an area on all floors. Right-click and choose
Show Selection/Marquee in 3D from the context menu. To show full 3D again
right-click Show All in 3D from the context menu. Hit Esc to remove the marquee.
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7 Open the Object settings again and find Basin 19. Change Bottom Offset to 0,80 and leave
all other settings unchanged and click OK.
8 Place it in between the partition wall and the door and rotate it in a similar manner as the
toilet.
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Now, we will add several chairs as a single object. The ARCHICAD library contains such layout-like
elements, which can represent multiple objects.
12 Type chair in the search field and select the Chair Layout 19 object.
Set rotation angle to 90 and insertion point to lower-left.
Click OK.
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Site Elements
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Adding External Elements - 33/52
video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
There are many options to make the exterior of our building more realistic, such as:
Tree objects. These GDL objects have the similar parameter settings as other objects. The
advantage is that their visibility on the different views works just like any other elements,
however the 3D representation might generate too many polygons if detailed leafs and
branches are set. Nevertheless, the energy performance of the model is to be evaluated with
EcoDesigner STAR, the shading effect of these modeled environmental elements can be taken
into consideration, for example when calculating solar irradiation.
2D Bitmaps. These are image-like elements, mostly used for renderings and the most realistic
2D representations.
2D Graphical Symbols. These are simplified representations of elements, used for 2D
documentation only.
Considering the aspects above, we will now place 2D Graphical Symbols only on the Floor plan.
Later on, when rendering in 3D, these will not be visible so we can place 2D Bitmap images for
better visualization into the 3D view directly. The same way, these bitmaps will not be visible on
the floor plans.
1 Open 0. Ground Floor.
2 Activate the Object tool and open its settings and search for tree.
3 Choose Tree Plan 19.
Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, ARCHICAD Type
Layer: Site and Landscape - Terrain
Click OK.
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Note 1: Trees and other complex-shaped elements may contain large number of
polygons, which can increase the processing time of the building model. If this
problem occurs, it is recommended to set a simplified 3D appearance and hide the
elements layer in all model views where not needed.
Note 2: Surface recognition works for all elements, this way 3D trees can be
automatically placed at the correct elevation on the mesh.
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3 Lets add the slabs to the selection by modifying the Element Type to Slab and change the
other criteria to Home Story with a value of be 0. Ground Floor. Press + button to add
pavement and ground floor slab to the selected elements.
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10 Select Subtraction with upwards extrusion from the list of operations and click Execute.
The foundation and the parts above it are subtracted from the terrain mesh.
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Details
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Linked and Unlinked Details 35/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Details are part of the documentation, since they add valuable information on how the structures
will be constructed structure-by-structure, part-by-part.
In ARCHICAD, there is a dedicated place for these detail drawings.
You can create both linked details that can be updated by the model content, as well as
independent details that may contain typical details not marked in the model.
Linked Details
1 In the S-01 Section activate the Detail tool.
2 Select the Rectangular geometry method and draw a rectangle around the roof-wallskylight connection. Click above the top-left corner to place the marker.
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4 The detail contains a snapshot of the model content represented by lines and fills. These lines
will be updated if the model changes. Some lines are unnecessary; some need more detailed
geometry. You can use the available 2D tools (lines, fills, dimensions) to finalize the detail as in
the example below. Change the Scale to 1:10 on the bottom of the detail window.
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7 In our example we started to make the first steps towards a final detail design drawing,
however leaving a lot of parts unsolved for now.
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If you merge external content (DWG or PDF) as details which are not represented in any of the
sections or floor plans, you can create independent details.
1 Right-click on the Details item in the Navigator and select New Independent Detail
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The list items here are exactly the same ones you created before. Thanks to the BIM concept,
these lists are not only automatically updated, but you also have access to the parameters, and
can change them directly from the schedule as well. Beside the numerical values, you can also see
graphical representation of the doors.
Since the BIM elements themselves are listed in the schedule, you can change their parameters
from here. For example, lets change the size of the pocket door.
1 Select the pocket door in the schedule.
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On the Criteria panel you can see the primary filter of the list. These are the elements that are
filtered out of the model and displayed in the schedule with certain parameters. In our case it is
Door, Window and Corner-Window but you can change the criteria to any elements.
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To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Schedules - New Schedules 37/52 video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Lets create a schedule for the foundations. This way we can calculate the necessary amount of
concrete.
1 Right-click the Element node in the Navigator and select New Schedule....
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This way both the strip foundations below the wall and the pad foundations will be part of the
schedule.
4 Now lets set the fields. Add the Net volume and Type fields from the General parameters to
the Schedule fields list. Move Type to the top and click OK.
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6 Lets get back to the settings dialog. Click the rightmost icon at the Type field in the list to
activate a little flag icon. This will result in a summary by type. Click on the middle icon at the
Net volume field to display a sum icon. This will result an overall sum at the end of the list.
Click OK.
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Now the schedule shows the necessary information, but still needs some formatting.
7 You can use the formatting tools on the left panel of the schedule window. Simply select any
fields and set the font size, type, etc.
Check Merge Uniform Items to display identical items as one list row.
Check the Show headline box to insert an additional row for the Element type. This will help
to understand the schedule more easily.
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Click into the grand total cell and highlight its value by setting its font size to 7 mm and its
font pen to red.
Hide the vertical borders for the entire table by selecting Entire Schedule from the Apply
Format Options to list and Separators only at the Cell Border settings.
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Component Lists
Now we will list some sub-elements, like the amount of insulation in the exterior walls. The logic
is similar to the element schedules we created before.
As an example lets calculate the necessary materials for the load bearing walls.
1 Click Scheme Settings and click the New button.
2 In the Add Schedule Scheme dialog, select Components as items and type Walls as Name.
Click OK.
3 In the Criteria panel, set Wall as Element Type, Load-Bearing Element as Structural Function
and 0. Ground Floor as Home Story.
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The program contains some predefined component lists as well. Review those to get more ideas
on how to use the schedules.
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You created details directly based on the model and using preset manufacturer drawings.
You learned how to create dimensioned element schedules and component lists. You also
practiced how to change element parameters directly from the schedule window, and how to
modify an existing schedule to meet your needs.
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The second tab of the Navigator is the View Map. By default this contains a predefined folder
structure for architectural and structural plans filled with the existing stories, sections and
elevations. We will need a special folder for the 3D visualization, so lets create it.
1 Open the Navigator - View Map by clicking on the third icon from the right in the Navigator.
2 Select the topmost item in the list - this shows the name of the project.
3 Right-click on it and select New Folder in the context menu.
4 Add 3D Renderings as name and click OK.
The new folder is created at the bottom of the list.
5 Select the new folder, and drag it under the Details node. Be careful not to move it to any of
the existing folders.
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View Settings
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start View Settings - 39/52 video on the
ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Let's modify the default views and save our current settings by overwriting them.
1 Select the Floor Plans folder in the View Map. The bottom of the Navigator shows the
Properties panel, here we can see some of the settings of this view folder. We can already see
that it uses the 03 Building Plans Model View Option.
Earlier we chose to change the Model View Options and created a new one: 05 Building Plans Zones. This latter one is active in the Project Map, so opening a floor plan in the Floor Plans folder
of the View Map would override our settings from before. In order to avoid this we can override
the Floor Plans folder easily.
2 Right-click the Floor Plans folder and choose Redefine with current window settings.
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Element-level Settings
We have to change the current texture and hide the automatic slope lines of the mesh. These are
element-level settings only.
1 Select the terrain mesh and open its settings.
Click OK.
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Open the Floor Plan and Section panel, check the Cover Fills box and check Use Fill from
Surface to retrieve the fill automatically from the material you assigned to the surfaces.
Set the Cover Fill background Pen to 0 (Transparent) and click OK.
Since these are element level settings, they affect all other views automatically where the
elements are visible.
View-dependent Settings
Now we will set how the view itself will look like. These settings control the appearance of the
elements depending on scale and drawing content. This way the BIM model can be represented
in several ways. Before we start adjusting the settings, lets review these.
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2D/3D Documents: you can set the projection settings by adding a custom floor plan cut
plane and the style of dimensioning.
3D Only: settings specific to 3D views.
2 Leave the settings as is, and click OK.
Now lets hide the markers.
3 Select a section marker, right-click and select Layers > Hide Layer. This is okay for now, but if
you leave this view and return, they will be shown again, because in terms of the view settings
this layer is not turned off. To make it permanently off we have two options:
You save the view with a custom layer combination (just like before): this seems to be a quick
solution but later on if you have different custom layer combinations you cannot follow which
is applicable for what view.
You update the layer combination. This is the suggested way, so lets do it.
4 Open the Layer Settings dialog (Ctrl/Cmd+L) and select the Site layer combination on the
left.
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Select the pavement slab and select Display Order > Send to Back from the context menu. The
appearance is better, but we can still see the pavement fill through the interior partition walls.
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This way 2D representation will the same as for Air Space - Frame, while in 3D air gaps will still be
represented as transparent skins. Click OK.
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5 On the Floor Plan Projection panel set Show down to 1 Story(s) Below, this way the terrain
and pavement slab will be visible as well.
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Change the display of cut elements. Choose Uniform Surface for Fill Cut Surfaces with option
and set Paint - Sand Beige surface as Cut Surface Material.
Click OK.
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You learned the major difference between the Project Map and the View Map.
You created new views and changed existing layer combinations.
You learned the differences between element-level settings and view dependent settings.
You created a unique 3D Document of your project from a 2D view.
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To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Saving a View Directly in 3D - 41/52
video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
ARCHICAD delivers state-of-the-art visualization and presentation tools: no expert knowledge is
required to produce stunning renderings or fly-through movies.
You can create 3D model views by navigating in the 3D window or placing cameras in the model.
In both cases, you can return to the saved view any time and modify it if needed.
Saving Views in 3D
1 Open the 3D window from the Navigator - Project Map and use the already known
navigation techniques (zoom, orbit, walk) to set an exterior view of the entrance, like this:
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2 Open the View Map in the Navigator and select the 3D Renderings folder.
3 Click the Save Current View button at the bottom of the Navigator.
4 Change Name to Custom using the rolldown list and name it Entrance OpenGL. This is because the view uses the Open GL engine.
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5 Leave everything as is and click Create.
6 Lets add some sun shadows. Open the 3D Windows Settings from View > 3D View Options
> 3D Window Settings...
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From now on you can return to this view any time.
Note: Open the View > 3D View Options > 3D Window Settings dialog box to switch
between the OpenGL and Internal 3D Engines. If you choose the Internal Engine you
can select Wireframe, Hidden line, or Shaded modes, switch on Vectorial 3D Hatches,
Transparency in Shading and Sun Shadows. If your computer supports OpenGL you can
use the OpenGL engine for faster 3D navigation and representation. In this case you can
choose between Wireframe and Shading mode and display Transparency in Shading.
Here you can also select various 3D display methods (e.g. Contours) and effects (e.g.
Vectorial 3D Hatching), adjust display and background properties and so on.
Rendered Views
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Creating Rendered Views - 42/52
video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
There are three different, easy-to-use rendering engines shipped with ARCHICAD, giving you the
opportunity to create state-of-the-art renderings in different styles at any stage of the design
development.
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1 Activate the Document > Creative Imaging > PhotoRendering Settings command to set all
the parameters and characteristics of the selected rendering engine. The PhotoRendering
Settings palette opens.
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2 Roll down the list for Scene and choose Select and Manage Scenes....
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3 Choose Outdoor White Model Fast from the end of the list and click OK.
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4 Go to the Environment panel and check Use ARCHICAD Sun Position checkbox, so that the
shadows of the 3D window will be used instead of the settings defined by location and time.
5 Hit the PhotoRender Projection button at the bottom of the rendering settings palette.
The result appears in seconds.
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6 Now, you can save it as still image directly from the 3D window to several image formats (.png,
.jpg etc.) or you can save it as a view to be integrated into the documentation.
Click the Save current view... button in the Navigator, with the 3D Renderings folder
selected and save the current 3D window. Set Entrance - White as name.
7 Click Create. This view will be automatically updated if the model changes.
Sketch Engine
This rendering method gives you quick, hand sketch-like images.
1 Choose a new scene on the PhotoRendering Settings Palette: Koh-I-Noor.
2 Render the image.
The result appears quickly.
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3 Click the Save Current View button in the Navigator with the 3D Renderings folder selected
and save the current 3D window.
4 Set Entrance - Sketch as name.
Internal Engine
This method gives you a more realistic appearance using material and texture settings.
1 Create a back view of the building by using the already known navigation techniques (orbit,
walk, zoom), similar to this.
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2 Adjust the sun by selecting View > 3D View options > 3D Projection Settings.
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3 Drag the sun to the same side as the camera and set 45 degrees as Sun Altitude. Click OK.
4 Set the engine on the Photo Rendering Settings panel to Internal and select the settings as
follows:
Method: Best
Shadow Casting: Sun, High Accuracy, Use Transparency
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5 Hit Render.
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Lets add some environmental enhancements, like trees and grass.
2D Bitmaps
1 Activate the Object tool and open its settings. Set Home Story to 0. Ground floor and choose
Deciduous Trees 19, Maple. Click OK and place it next to the building. This is a 2D bitmap
image which will add more reality to the final result.
2 Lets create a new layer for these bitmaps, open the Layer Settings and click New. Define
the layer as Rendering and click OK twice to close the dialogs.
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Change the layer of the bitmap to this layer. Place another bitmap on the other side of the
building and some shrubs as well, all on the same new layer.
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Surface Catalog
1 Now add the grass. ARCHICAD comes with many surfaces by default, but now lets add a new
one that is part of the extensive Surface Catalog of the ARCHICAD library. Open Options >
Element Attributes > Surfaces and click New.
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2 Check New from Catalog and browse for the Grass 3D middle 19 material. Click OK twice
to close the dialogs.
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3 Select the mesh, open its settings and change the top surface override to Grass 3D middle 19.
Close the settings.
4 Go back to the PhotoRendering Settings palette and check Detailed Settings. Resize the
palette and find Options > Grass, check it.
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5 Render the image.
Save the view as Back CineRender. The PhotoRendering palette settings will be stored with this
view.
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Custom Surfaces
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Refining Surfaces - 44/52 video on
the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Now create an interior view of the building using the already known navigation techniques (orbit,
walk, zoom), similar to this.
We will modify some surfaces, replace the concrete surface and add a new one to the walls. To
make the interior more unique, first we create the new surface for the walls.
1 Go to Options > Element Attributes > Surfaces.... Select Paint Ivory Black from the
surfaces and click New. Choose Duplicate and name it Interior Covering. Click OK.
2 Change the engine to Internal Engine next to the preview image.
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CineRender surfaces have many parameters that should be set properly, so instead of this we will
create the surface with the internal engine parameters which do not need that expertise. When
done, we will match the internal engine settings with the CineRender settings. This way we can
transfer the settings in between engines.
Set the Surface Color to some dark gray in the Exposure to Light panel.
Set Brick - Stack Bond vectorial hatching.
Click the Search button on the Texture panel, and locate and select the metal-8_inverse.jpg
file in the recently uploaded Training Textures folder. Click OK.
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Set texture size to 1,50 by 1,03 (Keep Original Proportions checked), and Alpha Channel
Effects to Surface and Bump Mapping.
3 Now, select the CineRender by MAXON rendering engine on the top of the Surface Settings
dialog. The settings for the newly created material appear.
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4 Click the Match Settings button and choose Update CineRender Settings (from
Internal). Settings will change according to the settings of the Internal engine. Click OK to
close the dialog.
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5 With Suspend Groups off select the load-bearing walls and override the inner surface to
Interior Covering in the Wall Settings dialog. Close the settings when done.
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6 Open the Surface settings dialog and look for Concrete 02. Click New. Choose Replace
Settings from Catalog and look for Concrete - 03 19. Click OK, the catalog settings will
overwrite the defaults.
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Choose Ceiling Lamp 19 from the Interior Lamps 19 folder. Choose Type 10 on the Lamp
Style page of the Light Settings panel.
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Change to Light Parameters and Lamp Geometry and set a Main Intensity of 100 and a
light yellow color.
Click OK.
2 Place some lamps on the gallery slab. Click Show Layer when prompted. The gray rectangle
helps you to position the lamps on the bottom surface of it. Arrange the lamps precisely on
the 0. Ground Floor view in the Project Map, so that it inherits the view settings of the 3D
window. Change back to 3D in the Project Map when done.
Now lets add a pendant lamp over the piano.
3 Open the Lamp settings again and select Pendant Lamp 19.
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Set intensity to 90 and set red color. It will give a more dramatic feeling to the piano area.
Click OK.
4 Place the lamp anywhere hanging from the roof over the piano. ARCHICAD will connect the
lamp to the roof if you move it after placing it.
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Select it and click the center-bottom hotspot to drag the lamp lower hanging on a longer
pendant.
Now we change the materials of some elements to fit better to the interior.
5 Change the Piano, uncheck Use Objects Surfaces and set surface to Paint Ivory Black.
6 Select the chairs and set the surface to Wood Walnut Vertical the same way.
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7 Choose the Indoor Daylight Fast scene in the PhotoRendering Settings palette. Uncheck
Detailed Settings and move the Sun intensity slider to 30% and the Lamps intensity slider to
100%. These sliders are always set to a default value for the scenes, but with the slider we can
easily modify the values globally. Choose Bluenight weather preset and render the image.
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In this Chapter...
You learned how to set up the appearance of individual elements in views using the cover fills.
You updated layer combinations to meet the requirements of the views.
You created and set saved views for the final documentation.
You explored the rendering capabilities and created different views of the building with
different styles, including lights.
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Documentation
The traditional way of documentation is to publish sets of projected views, like floor plans,
sections, elevations, details, and some renderings.
The live model projections ensure that all the published project views and documents will be
fully updated and present the current - latest - design stage. You can be sure that last-minute
change to the gallery railing will be updated in a consistent manner in all the other
corresponding views (plans, sections, elevations, schedules, renderings, etc.).
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Layout Book
ARCHICAD provides you a hassle-free and comprehensive layouting function right out of the box:
the Layout Book lets you layout various project views, as well as other materials from different
sources, with all the tools you need to produce high-quality working drawings and paper-based
presentations that will be easily understood by engineers, construction partners and clients.
With ARCHICAD you will spend less time on documentation! The BIM project model is at the
cutting edge in effective documentation and management. Construction documents and files
can be derived without any additional software and practically no repetitive work. Automatic
page numbering, multiple master pages and intelligent title blocks reduce tedious work and
makes compliance with office standards easier, thus saving you time.
Once all the views are set, you can easily create virtual sheets in the Layout Book area of the
Navigator.
The standard template contains a predefined set of layouts based on the local standards. If you
use a localized version of the program, you may find different layout and numbering structure
here. We are using the international version during this training.
Lets explore the content of the layout book first.
1 Click the Layout Book icon of the Navigator.
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We can set this for all our sections and elevations together. Lets start with elevations.
4 Go to the Project Map page of the Navigator and select all elevations. Click the Settings
button on the Properties area.
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Lets see what we can set at the drawing level.
1 Select the West Elevation drawing on the layout and open its settings.
Identification
Here you can change the automatic naming and numbering if necessary. You can also change the
update type to manual if you do not want the drawing to be updated. This way you can freeze a
certain state of the drawings content while you can work on the model.
Properties
Here you can set the scale and aspect ratio, as well as the anchor point. You can also choose a pen
set and colors that will set the printing/plotting style. Change to Black and White in the Colors
list to overwrite color settings. This way, all lines will be printed in black, keeping the pen weight
of the original pen set.
Frame
The drawing has a boundary that can have any shape. By default it is rectangular, adjusted to the
drawings content. By default it is screen-only, but you can make it printable too. Leave the
settings as they are.
Title
You can assign different title blocks to display information about the drawing automatically, like
scale, name, ID, etc. Select Built-in Drawing Title in the list. The parameters appear in the list, so
you can customize them if needed. Leave the default settings unchanged for now.
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You can create or modify any of these masters and use them as bases for the layout book. You can
also place information on them (title blocks) that will be visible on all layouts that use the same
master as base.
You can change the master layout of single and multiple selected layouts and folders too. All you
have to do is to select the layout and select the right master in the list under the Properties area of
the Navigator.
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4 To set the same master for all layouts in the A.02 Elevations folder, drag the A4 Portrait master
on the folder in the Navigator. To adjust the drawings on all elevation layouts you can use the
Trace reference.
5 Open the A.02.1 E-01 North Elevation layout.
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The Organizers interface seems like a double Navigator. You can open different tree views on
both sides and drag and drop content between them.
2 Open the View Map on the left side and the Layout Book on the right side.
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In this view, you have access to its content. You can place any 2D content here, including text, fills,
lines, images, etc. You can also copy and paste these elements from one master layout to another.
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5 Place and format the text lines to include the following. Use the formatting tools like pen and
text alignment. Hit Enter to start a new row.
6 Click outside the text editor box to place the text. Later on you can change it at any time.
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3 Check the Set as Default for New Layouts box and click Create.
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The Project layout book will always be automatically updated as the project develops, since all
the drawings and sheets are linked to their source master content, so if any of the source
information changes, ARCHICAD will instantly regenerate and update all the layouts
automatically.
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Publishing
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Publishing - 49/52 video on the
ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
ARCHICADs publisher functionality is a powerful tool for sharing custom tailored project
documents using various file formats, including DWG, DGN, DWF, PDF and many more, ensuring
that anyone will be able to view the results of your work on both the Windows and MacOS
platforms.
All the publishing parameters need to be defined and set only once as your project design
progresses.
The Publisher contains two sets by default: Views and Layouts. The default file format is PDF.
The Publisher sets page of the Navigator has two levels: you can display the list of available sets,
or the content of a selected set. Use the arrow next to the set name to go a level up to display the
list of available sets. Double-click one of the items to see the content of it.
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1 Go one level up and select the 2 - Layouts set from the publisher sets.
2 Click the Publishing Properties button on the Publishing Properties area.
For Publishing method, choose Save files from the list. Set a location to which to save the files
by clicking the Browse button.
If you choose Create single file option, the different drawings will be binded to one single
document. With Create a real folder structure selected the files and folders are saved exactly
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6 Unmark Merge to one PDF file checkbox to keep the published set in separated pdf files.
Leave all other settings as they are and Publish the set.
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6 When it comes to publishing, you can choose whether you want to publish the whole set or
just a part of it. Next to the Publish button you find a drop down list with three options:
selected items, layouts in current issue, entire set. This way, you can even batch-publish
the documentation with one click. Pick some elements in the set and publish them using the
selected items option.
7 The program updates all affected views and saves the files.
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6 Select the Core of Load-Bearing Elements Only option to hide all unnecessary composite
layers and click OK.
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Note: Opening the Entrance - OpenGL view will again show all those layers that you
turned off when creating the IFC view. Opening the IFC view again will only show
the layers that were turned on when the view was saved.
11 Now select File > Save as Select the IFC 2x3 file format. Select Visible elements (on all
stories) to export the content of the current 3D window only. Use the General Translator.
ARCHICAD contains a series of predefined translators to ensure smooth work with different
programs. If you know which application your engineer is using, you can choose an optimized
one.
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You learned how to create a Layout Book and set drawing settings.
You learned how to handle Master Layouts, use Project Info and insert its content as
Autotexts.
You also got familiar with the functionality of the Publisher, created Publisher Sets with
different file format publishing options.
You further filtered the model and made it ready for IFC publishing and collaborative work
with other disciplines.
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Change Management
Before we could start marking the changed elements and highlight the changes we have to
create our very first issue which will contain the whole documentation set at its current state. The
revised versions will be collected from this point.
First Issue
We will use a special palette for most of the revision management-related task, the Change
Manager.
1 Open the Change Manager using the Project Chooser button at the top left of the
Navigator. The top part of the palette will show the changes, while the bottom will collect the
elements that are related to those specific changes.
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The entrance area currently has the pavement from outside as a floor slab. This will change now
and we will highlight the change. Open the 0. Ground Floor view in the View Map.
1 Select the pavement slab and cut the entrance area part of it by using the Subtract from
Polygon and Curve Edge commands of the Pet palette.
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Issuing
To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Issuing - 52/52 video on the
ARCHICAD YouTube channel.
Lets find out which layouts were affected by this change, probably the floor plan and the section
will have to be re-published.
1 Open the Layout Book and right-click on the topmost item (the Layout Book of the project)
and choose Update. This will update all drawings placed on layouts (the renderings as well!)
and find where the marked elements appear.
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5 Lets create the revised issue now. Open Issue History in the Change Manager. Click New
Issue and Continue Anyway in the upcoming dialog. Add the name Construction Revision
and click OK.
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The same way it is always possible to add layouts manually to an issue if you believe that for
some reason it is relevant by clicking the Add Layout button.
7 For now click Close Issue, Continue Anyway and OK to close the dialog. Some of the blue
highlights will disappear from the Navigator - Layout Book.
Those layouts that were marked as changed but were removed manually from the issue are still
highlighted with blue color in the Navigator. These can be used further in a next issue or can be
ignored completely. We will see how to handle these layouts later.
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Revision History
Now that we have a first round of revisions, we would like to make them appear on the layouts as
a form of documentation as a revision history table, so we can see the revision history of each
published layout. ARCHICAD provides a flexible GDL-object for this purpose.
1 Lets open the A4 Portrait Master Layout from the Layout Book.
2 Activate and open the Object tool settings. Search for Revision History 19 object:
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3 Pick up the parameters of the Revision History Table with the Pipette and inject them to the
Revision History Table on the A2 Landscape layout.
Open various layouts, the highlighted ones will have a 'Work in Progress' text appearing
above the revision history table meaning that the layouts contain changes that have not been
issued yet.
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New Issues
Lets change some windows and document the changes in an upcoming issue. We still have some
layouts highlighted and we know that we would not want to use them from now on.
1 Right-click one of the highlighted layouts and choose Layout Settings
2 On the Revision History panel click the X mark besides the Change so it will not be
associated with the layout anymore.
Click OK to close the dialog and repeat the same steps with all remaining highlighted layouts.
Once done, you can continue marking the new noteworthy changes.
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You shared the design with other project participants using 2D and 3D documentation
methods.
You learned the process of creating automatically updated layouts, the concept of publisher
sets and IFC data exchange.
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Congratulations!
You have completed this Training Guide! We hope that you have learned many new skills while
exploring the modeling and documentation capabilities of ARCHICAD. By now, you should have
all the necessary knowledge to start your own projects in ARCHICAD and complete them
successfully.
If you are interested in the advanced modeling and coordination capabilities of ARCHICAD on a
high-rise building project, we suggest that you continue with Training Series Vol. 4 - Advanced
ARCHICAD.
The following web page provides additional free training guides in other areas of ARCHICAD,
including building object creation, collaboration and modeling:
www.graphisoft.com/learning/training_materials
Should you have any questions regarding ARCHICAD or other GRAPHISOFT products, please visit
the GRAPHISOFT Help Center, our online knowledge base at helpcenter.graphisoft.com.
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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