ArchiCAD 19 - The Defi nitive Guide

This book is for architects, architectural technicians, and construction professionals who are familiar with 2D CAD programs such as AutoCAD Lite, or have some exposure to a 3D BIM package such as Revit. No experience with ArchiCAD is required. If you want to learn the skills needed for architectural drawing production in the real world, then this book is for you.

Dive into the wonderful world of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to become a productive ArchiCAD user

About This Book

Create a house and a commercial office building in a virtual 3D environment
Strategically placed best practice tips to help you create better and exciting models
Step-by-step tutorial, covering the advanced tools and features of ArchiCAD while creating two complete construction projects

What You Will Learn

Acquaint yourself with various project settings
Explore a wide range of selection methods and modification features
Create the walls, floor slabs, ceilings, and roofs of the residential and the commercial building
Use the drafting and annotation tools
Make objects and modify them to suit your needs
Master view creation and graphic control
Link and export files and discover the fundamentals of rendering

In Detail

ArchiCAD 19 – The Definitive Guide ensures that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to take up any construction project, empowering you to successfully create your own projects.

You will create two complete projects right from scratch, including a residential and a healthcare building. The first is a small residential house that utilizes all the basic modeling and drafting tools in ArchiCAD. It will give you a firm grip on the fundamentals of ArchiCAD before we move on to take up the more advanced and complex project that follows. The second project is a multi-storey healthcare building, where you will explore the leading-edge tools of ArchiCAD, thereby gaining the skills needed to use them in your own projects. The book will also take you through the design of the buildings, the output of all drawings, and associated construction documents. Best practice tips are inserted at key points along the way.