Graphisoft® ArchiCAD® Modeling

132 Pages·2008·18.56 MB·English

Graphisoft ArchiCAD
® ®
Modeling
Interactive Training Guide
Graphisoft
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Graphisoft® ArchiCAD® Modeling – Interactive Training Guide
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CONTENTS
Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide _____5 5.1.1. Stretching the Slanted Wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Step 1: Download and Install Archicad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 5.2. Wall Priorities and the Layer Intersection Group Number
Step 2: Create the Interactive Training Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Step 3: How to Use Movie Player in ArchiCAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 5.3. Creating a New Composite Structure for Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
5.4. Using the Modify Wall Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Introduction _______________________________________________10
5.5. Drawing a Double-Slanted Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Chapter 1: Architectural Modeling: Terrains____________________13 5.6. Creating and Editing a Profiled Wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
1.1 Customizing the Mesh Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Chapter 6: Architectural Modeling: Roofs______________________77
1.2. Creating a Mesh from External 2D Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
6.1. Creating a Simple Roof in 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
1.3. Creating a Platoo Slab on the Terrain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
6.2. Trimming Walls and Columns to the Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
1.4. Adding a Sloping Road to the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
6.3. Creating a Polyroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Chapter 2: Creating Basic Shapes – Using Solid Element Operations 22 6.4. Creating a New Barrel-Vaulted Roof on the Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . .84
2.1. Creating the 3D Form of a Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 6.5. Constructing an Irregular Barrel-Vaulted Roof in 3D . . . . . . . . . . .87
2.2. Adding the Choir and Aisles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Chapter 7: Special Constructions: Special Openings – Skylights /
2.3. Creating a Bell Tower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Corner Windows ___________________________________________91
2.4. Completing the 3D Form of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
7.1. Creating Special Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Chapter 3: Architectural Modeling: Structural Grid______________35 7.2. Customizing and Placing a Storefront Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
3.1. Creating a New Structural Grid – Columns, Beams and 7.3. Creating an Empty Opening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 7.4. Placing a Skylight Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
3.2. Adding a second structural grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 7.5. Adding Entrances to the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
3.3. Modifying the structural grid’s elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Chapter 8: Architectural Modeling: Stairs_____________________105
Chapter 4: Architectural Modeling: Columns, Beams and Complex 8.1. Adjusting and Placing an Existing Stair Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Profiles____________________________________________________46 8.2. Creating a New Staircase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
4.1. Modifying the Attributes of the Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 8.3. Creating Stairs with the Profile Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
4.2. Placing Circular Slanted Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 8.4. The ‘Create Stair Using Selection’ Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
4.3. Creating New Complex Profiles for Construction Elements . . . . . .49
Chapter 9: Special Constructions - TrussMaker_________________117
4.4. Placing a Profiled Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
9.1. Creating a Truss from Rolled Steel Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
4.5. Creating an Inclined Beam and Defining the Intersection Priority of
9.2. Terminating the Building Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Beams and Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
4.6. Defining Holes in the Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Chapter 10: Special Constructions - RoofMaker ________________125
4.7. Adding an ArchiCAD Object to the Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 10.1. Using the Roof Wizard Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Chapter 5: Architectural Modeling: Walls–Slanted Walls / 10.2. Modifying Elements of the Roof Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Composite Walls____________________________________________62
5.1. Creating and Editing Straight and Slanted Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
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Contents
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Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide
G S A CAD
ETTING TARTED WITH THE RCHI
I T G
NTERACTIVE RAINING UIDE
This interactive training guide was written to ease and speed up 1 Install ArchiCAD on your computer to complete the steps of
your learning process, saving you time. this interactive training guide.
Please read the three steps of this short introduction to familiarize 2 If you do not have ArchiCAD yet, please visit the following
yourself with the interactive training environment in ArchiCAD. websites to obtain a free ArchiCAD installer:
Every chapter of the interactive training guide contains the • If you are a student or a teacher, visit
following elements: https://eduregistration.graphisoft.com/ to register and
download a fully functional Education Version of
• a section of the PDF Guide with detailed
ArchiCAD® for Students and Teachers.
explanations and screenshots;
• narrated movie clips providing step-by-step
instructions,
• an ArchiCAD training project file to complete the
exercises.
The PDF guide can be printed and all the narrated movie clips can
be launched from the PDF. However, we recommend that you play
the movie clips within ArchiCAD, while completing the steps
using the training project files.
STEP 1: DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL
ARCHICAD
• If you are a professional architect, visit
To best enjoy the unique benefits and simplicity of learning in an
https://trialregistration.graphisoft.com/ to register and
interactive environment, we recommend that you install the
download a fully functional 30-day trial version of
interactive training guide as well as the latest version of Graphisoft
ArchiCAD. Projects saved with this TRIAL version can be
ArchiCAD on your computer.
automatically upgraded to FULL versions upon purchase of
a commercial license.
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Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide
4 Start the installer of the interactive training guide and
follow the instructions on the screen. We recommend you
install the guide to the “default” location suggested in the
installation wizard.
Once you have successfully installed both Graphisoft ArchiCAD
Please note that ArchiCAD is available in several localized
and any of the Interactive Training Guide packages, please proceed
languages for both Macintosh and for Windows operating
with the following steps to initiate the interactive learning
systems – make sure to choose the language and installer
environment.
version that best suits you.
Please note that there are separate
3 Start the Graphisoft ArchiCAD installer and follow the
installer packages for Macintosh and for
installation wizard to complete the process.
Windows operating systems. Please
make sure to use the appropriate
installer.
STEP 2: CREATE THE INTERACTIVE
TRAINING ENVIRONMENT
Introduction.mp4
Watch Movie
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Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide
1 Start ArchiCAD on your computer by double-clicking its
desktop shortcut.
If you installed the interactive training guide to its default location,
then you will find its folder in the “Graphisoft” folder of your
machine. The Graphisoft folder is located in the “Applications”
folder on Macintosh, or in the “Program Files” folder on Windows
operating systems.
3 Browse the chapters of this training guide and open any of
the ArchiCAD Project archive (.PLA) files.
The ArchiCAD splash screen will appear shortly after you start the
program, and the “Start ArchiCAD” dialog will be displayed.
2 Select the “Standard Profile” for the active Work
Environment in the “Start ArchiCAD” dialog. Select the
“Open Project” option, then click the “Browse” button to
locate the ArchiCAD training project file on your local
computer.
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Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide
4 Select the “Read elements directly from archive” option for
Active Library Usage in the “Open Archive Project” dialog.
5 Activate the “File > Save As…” command, and save an
ArchiCAD Solo Project of the currently open design file to
the folder in which the previously opened archive file was
located. The Solo Project format and the correct library are
selected automatically, so practically all you have to do is to
click the “Save” button to proceed.
This is an important step, since certain exercises will require a Solo
Project file to be saved on your local computer.
Now that the “training environment” has been set up, you are ready
to proceed with any of the exercises!
ArchiCAD will open the selected archive project and read all the
library elements directly from the archive file. The ArchiCAD
training project files are all saved as archive files. This is important
because the library elements have different names in localized
versions of ArchiCAD (“localized” meaning translated to foreign
languages and customized to meet different local standards).
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Getting Started with the ArchiCAD Interactive Training Guide
STEP 3: HOW TO USE MOVIE PLAYER 3 Click the Play button on the player to start the first clip. You
can pause the movie at any time, or use the slider to repeat
IN ARCHICAD
or skip any parts of the clip.
Let’s briefly look over the main features and functions of the
ArchiCAD Movie Player.
1 Open the Movie Player by
activating “Help > ArchiCAD
Movie Player”.
4 Once the movie is over and you have completed the current
2 The Movie Player will open
step of the exercise, click the “Next” button to proceed to the
and the first training clip will be automatically loaded. Feel
next step of the exercise and open the corresponding
free to reposition or re-size the movie player on your screen.
training clip. You can also click the “Previous” button if you
wish to open the previous clip.
The title bar of the movie player always indicates the number of the
current step and the total number of steps available in the current
chapter.
We hope that you will find this guide useful and will agree with
what experienced architects worldwide say: ArchiCAD is easy to
learn and fun to use.
You are always free to contact Graphisoft and its worldwide
partners if you have further questions: www.graphisoft.com.
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Introduction
I
NTRODUCTION
One of the major advantages of ArchiCAD is found in the creation design process. The intention the Modeling Interactive Training
of 3D construction elements, forms and models, allowing Guide to introduce the concept, tools and techniques of 3D
architects to put their ideas in spatial terms. Working in 3D makes modeling in ArchiCAD, which enables the creation of intelligent
it possible to verify and visualize the project during the entire objects.
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