Archicad 24 Essential Training
9h 9mBeginner2021-02-24
Authors
Willard Williams
Licensed Architect
Course details
Explore the powerful tools and techniques of Archicad, used by many architects as part of their building information modeling (BIM) workflow. In this Archicad 24 course, licensed architect Willard Williams shows you how to set up your Archicad environment and demonstrates both basic and advanced tools. He covers the actual stages of architecture, making it easy to relate how features can be leveraged for daily, real-world activities. Willard dives into modeling and documentation, including working with specific tools and various techniques necessary to bring a project from sketch to production drawing and the nuances in between.
Skills covered
ArchicadGraphisoftPrevizArchitectural VisualizationBIMVisualization and Real-TimeEssential TrainingAECProduct and Manufacturing
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Design your vision with Archicad
- 02 - Versions of Archicad
- 03 - The foundation of VDC or BIM is parametric modeling
- 04 - Brief history of VDC or BIM in AEC
- 05 - History of Archicad and GRAPHISOFT
- 06 - Why Archicad
- 07 - Archicad out of the box
- 08 - Approaching this course
1. User Interface
- 09 - Help
- 10 - Toolbox
- 11 - Info Box
- 12 - Menus
- 13 - Toolbars
- 14 - Palettes
- 15 - Pet palettes
- 16 - Navigator and Organizer
- 17 - Project map
- 18 - View Map
- 19 - Layout Book
- 20 - Publisher Sets
- 21 - Quick Options Bar
- 22 - Customization and optimization
- 23 - Keyboard shortcuts
- 24 - Work environment
2. Project Preferences
- 25 - Working units
- 26 - Dimensions
- 27 - Calculation units and rules
- 28 - Zones
- 29 - References levels
- 30 - Project location
- 31 - Set project north
- 32 - Project information
3. Attributes
- 33 - Layers
- 34 - Line types
- 35 - Fill types
- 36 - Building materials
- 37 - Pens
- 38 - Composites
- 39 - Surfaces
- 40 - Attribute Manager
4. Programming
- 41 - Drawing tool
- 42 - External content
- 43 - Interoperability
- 44 - Virtual trace
- 45 - Fill tool
- 46 - Zone tool
- 47 - Line tool
- 48 - Polyline tool
5. Schematic Design
- 49 - Slabs
- 50 - Walls
- 51 - Doors
- 52 - Windows
- 53 - Columns
- 54 - Beams
- 55 - Roofs
- 56 - Shells
- 57 - Curtain walls
- 58 - Objects
- 59 - New objects
- 60 - Zones
- 61 - Meshes
- 62 - Composites
- 63 - Priorities
- 64 - MEP
- 65 - Stairs
- 66 - Railings
6. Design Development
- 67 - Document tools
- 68 - Layers
- 69 - Model view
- 70 - Graphic overrides
- 71 - Renovation
- 72 - Pen sets
- 73 - Partial structural display
- 74 - Layout book
- 75 - Master layouts
- 76 - Grid elements
- 77 - Lighting
- 78 - Spline
- 79 - Nodes
- 80 - Image tool
- 81 - Cameras
- 82 - Visualization
7. Construction Documents
- 83 - Publisher Sets
- 84 - Detailing
- 85 - Dimension tool
- 86 - Elevation tool
- 87 - Section tool
- 88 - Interior Elevation (IE) tool
- 89 - Level Dimension tool
- 90 - Text tool
- 91 - Label tool
- 92 - Model checking
- 93 - Manage issues
- 94 - Advanced Excel export
- 95 - Structural analytical model
8. Bidding and Negotiation
- 96 - Schedules
- 97 - Quantity take off
- 98 - Property manager
- 99 - Expressions
9. Construction Administration
- 100 - Markup tool
- 101 - BIMx Desktop Viewer
- 102 - BIMx docs
- 103 - Construction sketches
10. Advanced Collaboration
- 104 - Laser scanning
- 105 - Modules
- 106 - Hotlinks
- 107 - Model comparison
11. Experimental
- 108 - PARAM-O
- 109 - Experimental features
Conclusion
- 110 - Next steps