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A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad. Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects

A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad. Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects

Stefan Boeykens, Ruben Van de Walle, Dr. Arch. Eng. Pieter Pauwels

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A BIM Professional’s Guide to Learning Archicad is a comprehensive introduction to all that Archicad has to offer for creating 3D models, 2D document extracts, and related outputs. This book is not a click-by-click series of recipes, but rather focuses on helping you understand why and how Archicad works by providing realistic examples and expert tips.
The book gradually introduces you to Archicad tools using ample examples. It then helps you master its complexity through clear modules, allowing you to start your first project quickly, gain useful skills in subsequent projects, and keep using the book as a source for insights into the software. You’ll start with the basic modeling of construction elements and then move on to adding roofs, stairs, and objects to the project. Next, you’ll dive into basic drafting and 2D views for creating 2D output, and grasp how to use attributes and more advanced modeling tools for designing curtain walls and sites. The concluding chapters will show you how to extract and visualize your data and automate the publishing of your extracts and 2D documents into a variety of output formats.
By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of Archicad, how to implement it efficiently in your architectural projects, and how BIM can improve your overall design workflow.
  • 1. What Is Archicad and How Can You Learn It?
  • 2. Getting Started with Archicad
  • 3. Building a Basic Residential Model: Modeling the Construction Elements
  • 4. Building a Basic Residential Model: Adding Roofs, Zones, Beams, and Columns
  • 5. Building a Basic Residential Model: Modeling Openings, Stairs, and Objects
  • 6. Basic Drafting and 2D Views
  • 7. Adding Annotations and Creating 2D Output
  • 8. Using Advanced Modeling Tools for Developed Design
  • 9. Using Advanced System Tools for Designing Stairs and Curtain Walls
  • 10. Using the Mesh Tool and Wizards to Finalize a Design
  • 11. Using Advanced Attributes and the Renovation Tool for a Wider Design Range
  • 12. 2D Construction Drawings and 3D Views with Linked Annotations
  • 13. Data Extraction and Visualization
  • 14. Automating the Publication of BIM Extracts
  • 15. The Various Visualisation Techniques in Archicad
  • 16. Appendix: Some Final Tips and Tricks
  • Title: A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad. Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects
  • Author: Stefan Boeykens, Ruben Van de Walle, Dr. Arch. Eng. Pieter Pauwels
  • Original title: A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad. Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects
  • ISBN: 9781803245348, 9781803245348
  • Date of issue: 2023-05-19
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3d3r
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing