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When you open ArchiCAD, a
Project
In this case, let's create a new project, going to
The project has a simple
important tools; on the left the
project; and on the right the
inside your project.
Each of these palettes can be moved and closed. To open them back, simply go to
Window
a palette back in position.
Let's see the basic
by a
used for 3D projects only.
All tools to build
You can draw segments with
between straight and curved lines with
For example, to draw a
fixed by clicking on your workspace. This will be indicated as a
A
and
line
With
radius
The
the other. You can choose between the two through the
To finish drawing, just click on the lastest cross, when the
black
In case you mistake while drawing, use
mistaken actions, use
Very important are the
To
at the bottom. You can use the
and click again to finish with it.
Through the
project. To add
to define a
type inside, setting font, style and text size through the dialog box above.
Remember to select the piece of text interested to apply the changes.
Mind that the
it, more rows will be added.
text in the future, enable the
Each tool has its own settings, all listed in the
in the
choose to draw following just the horizontal and the vertical directions, or the
line style. For all the list of properties, simply click on the button inside
Default Settings
ArchiCAD does help you while you draw. For example,
represented through
medians
New in ArchiCAD 19 is the ability to draw tangent, perpendicular or among the
same direction of one or more elements. All you need to do is to hover the
object's path until this is completely highlighted in
very easily a line perpendicular, tangent or following certain directions. Those
blue lines are called
lines are never rendered in your final project of course.
In case you need to be more precise, you can use your
you can type numbers in the blue dialog box to fix the object properties
directly. Use the
and
apply. These numbers use the
that you can set through
Let's see how to manage objects made. To manage and edit them you need to enable
the
which objects to edit. Click on one object to select it. This will be highlighted
in
node
changing distance, radius and so on.
Let's see the most important editing tools. The
selected object around the workspace.
define the
is used to create
Plus, depending on the kind of object selected and on the node, the list of
editing tools
the side or
an arc path. If you click on a
stretch
undo.
You can also
object and
If you right-click on a selected object, you can
In case you have complex projects,
this case enable the
area
moved together.
When your project is finished, just
Save As...
Solo Project
format. You can also save it as a
follow the
above.
You can also save all as
project, including its elevations as a simple image.
You can also choose what to export using the
which part of the project you want to be exported.
In the future, use
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