Hello there, welcome to this video! Let's see quickly how to use
ArchiCAD 17
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When you open ArchiCAD, a
project, or simply open an existing one. Let's create a new one. Click on
ArchiCAD comes with a simple workspace. On the centre there is your main
workspace, where you are going to see, build and edit your project in progress.
At the bottom there are the
that has a list of quick buttons to make different actions; the
rule the settings of the current tool used; the
important actions collected in groups; and, on the right, the
that helps you going through the different templates and parts composing your
project. All these windows and palettes can be moved and closed. You can open
them again going to
Palettes
While working on your project it is very important to know what to see in your
workspace. Use your mouse wheel to
badly at first
It is useful the
you click on it, you will move through your project, until you click once again.
By default, you can see the
useful in case you create 3D projects.
Let's see how to draw
templates you can add in.
such as
For example, let's draw a general polygon, using
on your workspace. The
you can set the remaining settings of your object. For the Polyline, after the
starting point, you need to fix the next point to go on drawing.
you at doing this, showing you angles and directions of the carthesian axes,
indicating north and south directions through
You can fix the direction
A small
value, which is the angle
the point just created to confirm the creation of the object.
In other tools, for example the
point. In this case the software asks you to define the
of the arc.
Then, if you change your mind, you can
Escape
CTRL+Z
The
will be used to contain text. Choose font, size, color and style through the small
dialog box above, and type at the bottom. Click elsewhere to apply.
To come back editing text, activate the
When you use these tools,
the
if you use the
to draw, a polyline, or a rectangle. Mind
after the creation of the object.
between a
There are four main points related to an object. The object
represented through a sort of
it and the starting point of your future object will be placed exactly on it. There
are the
as a small vertical bar.
The
lays. Then, the generic point that lays on an edge or a direction is indicated
through a
Directions and trajectories in ArchiCAD are indicated through straight dashed lines
in orange or blue color and are useful to follow directions different than the
carthesian axes. They can show up while drawing your object, or by clicking on the
big red circle seen before,
Once the dashed line appears, you can fix points on such pretty easily.
These trajectories are called
them. To do so, simply right-click on your workspace and go to
Guide Lines
The
is enabled.
Remember that
just used to intersect objects' points, to make tangents, or trace lines perpendicular
to the Guide direction.
If you need to be precise in your drawings, you can zoom in your workspace, right
to avoid snappings. To insert
drawing an object. This will be typed inside the
use it to set exactly the distance from the starting point, the length, the angle of
rotation and the position respect to x, y and z axes. Use the
arrow keys
on the object you want to create and on the actual step you are in.
done,
What are the numbers used? The
default and known, so you never see any unit around. To check this, go to
Project Preferences
used in any 2D object, and
Let's see now how to
it in a second step. Click on
to select it. This will be represented bold and in green color, with all its vertices
and important points in black. To select more objects simply
click on more objects. Otherwise you can use a
including all objects to be selected inside such area in grey color.
Click once elsewhere to
You can
and
delete
Then you can go on editing your object. Click on a
will appear. This lists all the basic editings you can apply to the object, starting
from the point you have just chosen. Depending on the point and the object
itself, you have different buttons.
The
Use the
Click on
angle. You can use
Multiply
Use
Remember to use
In case you click on a
a new point. Use
can use
Use
distance kept constant.
Use
Mind that, if you have multiple objects selected, the editings will be applied
on all of them at once.
There are other edit tools on the
parts of the line delimited by two black points. You can fast activate it
CTRL down
The
changing anything of the original shape. Select first the objects, click on a point
and then drag a line. The objects will be cut where this line intersects the objects
selected. The
Adjust
splitted, but one of the two parts is completely deleted.
Intersect
Just make sure to have the objects selected first before using the button.
Fillet/Chamfer
There are many other ways to edit your object: experience will guide you through!
Let's see how to
object, simply
If you click inside a
you can fill just closed lines.
On top you can adjust anything of the filling. The pattern, the background and
the shapes color, and the stroke. Remember to have the filling selected to
see the new settings applied.
The filling just added is indeed an object on its own
as seen with the other 2D objects. Nothing changes.
You can also add
on your workspace and browse for your picture. Then you can manage it
like a normal 2D object.
Let's see how to
ArchiCAD project files
To
other formats available, from
It is pretty important to select what to export. If you activate the
you can select the area to be exported.
will be rendered!
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