ACM005 - Simple Archicad Building (part 2)

This time we get a bit deeper into Archicad and go step-by-step how to draw up a simple building + get used to the tools of the workflow. It's a simple design, nothing very exciting, but a good start to get you on your way to Archicad mastery. 

This is the longest video in the series - 22 minutes long - so get a nice cup of coffee ready. If you download the iTunes version you'll see I've added chapters into the video so you can jump back + forwards to whichever part you want. 

The show covers:

The Wall tool  |   Editing Walls + Settings    |    Splitting Walls    |    Material selection    |    Storeys + Settings    |    Slabs + Settings   |     The Roof tool |    Polyroof + Manual    |    Stairs + Slabs    |    Doors + Windows    |    The Mesh Tool    |    Adding vegetation

Suspending Groups    |    The Cursor Tracker    |    The Pet Palette    |    The Magic Wand    | The Eyedropper    |    The Syringe    |    General 2D + 3D views    |    Show All / Selection in 3D 

Useful links
Graphisoft Archicad 
Abvent Artlantis

If you found this show useful, a quick review on iTunes would be very much appreciated!  You can contact me at archicadmonkey@gmail.com  if you have any comments,  ideas for new shows, or would like to share any tips
Enjoy the show!
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[Shlop2011]

HELP.. My house disapeired... I can't see it in 3D

[archicadmonkey]

@Shlop2011 hi, don't panic. drop me an email at archicadmonkey@gmail.com with the problems and maybe a couple of screenshots if possible and i'll see what i can do.

[MrChristopherStrydom]

Hey Great video.

I have just got one question though and that is when i try to click on the wall to exstend it up so i can fit it to the roof it selects all the walls instead of just the one?

please help it would be greatly apretiated. thanks XD

[archicadmonkey]

hi @MrChristopherStrydom, when you create a series of walls with the "continuous" geometry method, those walls are linked. to edit individual walls in that "group" you must click the Suspend Groups button in the main toolbar. Checkout "ACM005 - Simple Archicad Building (part 1)" at 3:27

[MrChristopherStrydom]

@archicadmonkey ha thanks i worked it out but forgot to tell you sorry and i have one more question... how in the world do you curve walls i know you can filet them vertically (wall to wall) but you can’t curve the top of the wall that connects to roof e.g. i have a flat roof and i want to curve the edges of it with the wall as if you were fileting it.

Hope i made sense.

Thanks :)

[archicadmonkey]

@MrChristopherStrydom do you mean you want to Trim the wall to the shape of the roof? if yes, there are two ways. First extend the wall beyond the roof plane. Then you either RightClick and select Trim to Roof. Or you can use Solid Element Operations from the Design menu and then select the wall as the Target, the roof as the Operator, and Subtract with upwards extrusion. Voila! the benefit of the 2nd method is that it's autoupdating, so if you move the roof it automatically changes

[ZanciiiC]

perfect tutorial! Just what I needed and so easily understandable!

[Cyntgn]

great tutorials!!! keep it up :)

[ps3NRB]

mine looks like a butthole

[jbpawsey]

Hi, i was wondering how i would go about making a glass conservatory, searched the internet everywhere and cant find anything at all. Hope you can help me

Thanks

Jack

[barakota89]

I can't thank you enough

[robway1000]

Fabulous video, I was using the ArchiCAD tutorials - but they were too complicated! This is great as you actually specify each button that needs to be pressed. Excellent. One question - when I extend the roof plan (you say about 300 in this video) I want to directly enter 300, but for some reason it won't let me type 300 during the stretch function - I'm sure this must be possible - any tips? Thanks and keep up the great videos.

[DienesOly]

@Shlop2011 there's an option right-top of the screen named ORBIT. click on that and you should rotate the project. With middle mouse button you can pan again even in orbit mode. Enjoy xD