These best practices are common ideas, like getting organized, and doing things once instead of over and over again. I believe there are seven key principles that will help you to use ArchiCAD to its best effect.
Learn how to use Microsoft Word and PDF to create general notes and specifications quickly and elegantly for your ArchiCAD project.ĪrchiCAD Tutorial Articles (Originally published on AECbytes Tips and Tricks, Cadalyst, and ArchiMAG) ArchiCAD Video Tutorial | Use Microsoft Word to Create General Notes.This 6 minute video shows how to use one of the Options menu – Work Environment settings to Hide Locked Layers in Popup Palettes, and give yourself the gift of a much shorter, less confusing layer menu to work with. Simplify one part of ArchiCAD that you use frequently – the popup layer palette in the Info Box. ArchiCAD Video Tutorial | Streamline Layers.She said it saved her at least a couple of hours compared to the way she had previously done it. One of my clients wrote to me saying that she had used this approach in a recent project to set the ID's for 99 windows and doors in just a few minutes. This 5 minute video will help speed up a tedious part of the documentation process – setting up window and door ID’s sequentially so that they coordinate nicely with window and door schedules.
Does that include updates? Patching for bugs and many more? Click on the image below to download the Free ArchiCAD 18 version. You’re entitled to use Archicad 18 for a one-year period before re-registering.
To download and use the Archicad 10 student version, the only thing you need to do is to register to receive a personalized serial number.
What is the catch? The Free version has a watermark-style logo embeded onto all ArchiCAD projects, other than that, it has all of the function found in a full paid commercial version. For your information, Archicad is the most popular (for the moment) Virtual Building™ solution for architects in the world, the main question would be for how long can they hold on to that number one spot? I’ve been working for 7 months now and I find that alot of company chooses Autodesk Revit over ArchiCAD, Graphisoft better do something about it quick. The battle between Autodesk and Graphisoft rage on, competition produce results and I’m loving it. Two days ago I’ve receive a personal email from Graphisoft, according to him/her, Graphisoft has released the new Archicad 18, the latest CAD software, and has now made it available to students for free! A clean, legal, fully functional and operational Archicad 18! In order to enter Heaven, I’m doing my part for the good of mankind by helping them to promote the new ArchiCAD 18 Free version. Architects Are Just Art School Dropouts.Gradient Masks over AutoCAD with Photoshop.101 Things I Learned in Architecture School.