ArchiCAD

Engineering Drawing and Architectural Design with ArchiCAD

Architecture & Industrial Design4.6(99)7h 42m35 lectures5 sections

What you'll learn

  • Get to know the ArchiCAD interface and options
  • Draw walls, doors and windows
  • Draw columns, beams and slabs
  • Build stairs, roofs and railings
  • Prepare sections, elevations and dimensions
  • Import AutoCAD files
  • Draw a villa in a complete hands-on project
  • Export project documents and set up renders
  • Use the Shell, Morph and Mesh tools

About this course

This course teaches ArchiCAD, one of the best-known BIM modeling programs for architectural drawing and design. Instead of drawing only with points and lines, you add architectural elements directly to the project. You start with the interface, options and menus, then draw the basic elements one by one: walls, doors, windows, columns, beams, slabs, stairs, roofs, railings and furniture. Next you learn sections and elevations, adding dimensions and text, working with sheets, details and grid lines, and importing AutoCAD files, followed by a complete hands-on villa project. The course then moves on to exporting project documents and export options, schedules, render settings, and advanced tools such as Shell, Morph and Mesh, plus live synchronized linking with Lumion. It suits architecture students and graduates and practicing architects, and you do not need any previous experience with the program. By the end, you will be able to draw a complete architectural project, produce its sheets and export it.

Expected outcomes

  • Ability to create professional designs using ArchiCAD.
  • Understanding how to work on architectural projects from scratch to final output.
  • Mastering advanced tools for detailing and model development.
  • Efficiently handling large projects and exporting them in high quality.
  • Utilizing explained attachments to apply acquired skills.

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    Course content

    1

    Engineering Drawing and Architectural Design Using ArchiCAD

    2 lectures
    1. Getting to know the program interfaceIntroduces the Archicad 23 interface, from the start page and creating a new file with a template and profile, to the main menus, the Info Box, the Toolbox and the Navigator button.9:43
    2. Setting up the file Menus & optionsExplains setting up an Archicad file before starting a project, from length and area units and decimal places to building materials and their intersection priority, and configuring the stories list and heights.19:16
    2

    Drawing and Designing Basic Architectural Elements

    12 lectures
    1. Walls (Part One)Applies the Wall tool in Archicad hands-on, drawing a wall by entering length and angle, and setting thickness, reference line, material, slant and how walls display in the floor plan.20:34
    2. Walls (Part Two)Practices drawing a room with the Wall tool using Polyline with material and thickness settings, and explains grouping of walls, offsetting edges, and the copy, mirror and move commands.12:25
    3. DoorsExplains the Door tool in ARCHICAD and its options, such as the anchor point and opening direction, door settings and categories, display and color overrides, and marker settings.19:20
    4. WindowsExplains the Window tool in ARCHICAD after a quick review of earlier lessons, covering wall drawing, window settings and dimensions, and the marker's contents and font.19:26
    5. ColumnsExplains the Column tool in ARCHICAD, from drawing method, rotation and position relative to the grid, to cross-section, heights, materials, finish layer and classification.14:30
    6. BeamsExplains the Beam tool in ARCHICAD, similar to walls and columns, covering drawing method, section, axis, slope, offset and display, and how a beam affects walls and quantity schedules.25:50
    7. SlabsExplains the Slab tool in ARCHICAD and its options: drawing method, height and thickness direction, edge angle, materials, and showing the slab on other floors, with an awning and terrace example.15:55
    8. Stairs (Part One)Explains the Stair tool's options in ARCHICAD on a pre-drawn staircase: start and end of the stair, riser height, tread width, riser angle, drawing rules, structure and displayed text.22:45
    9. Stairs (Part Two)Explains how to draw stairs in ARCHICAD after setting them up: drawing upward or downward, adding railings, removing a step from the middle, and how the Flexible drawing method affects tread length.9:45
    10. RoofsExplains the Roof tool for pitched roofs in ARCHICAD: construction options, pitch angle, starting height, how roofs interact with walls, material priority, and drawing single-pitch and multi-plane roofs.19:53
    11. RailingsExplains the Railing tool in ARCHICAD: drawing on nodes or segments and its link to slab edges, and railing settings including top rail, posts, panels and offsets.15:58
    12. FurnituresExplains the Object tool for placing furniture, sanitary fixtures and site elements in ARCHICAD: placement method, anchor point and rotation, and adjustable options for objects such as sofas and counters.15:17
    3

    Basic Skills for Working with the Program

    11 lectures
    1. Sections and ElevationsExplains the Section and Elevation documentation tools in Archicad, their settings for cut and visible elements and plan appearance, and that they differ mainly in range and where they appear in the Navigator.17:33
    2. Dimensions and TextCovers the ARCHICAD documentation tools Dimension, Level and Text, including each tool's settings such as measuring method, alignment, arrow style, and text position, size and font.16:23
    3. Worksheets and DetailsCovers the drawing tools Line, Polyline, Circle and Fill, then Worksheets and Details, including marker settings and how drawing scale affects text size.15:50
    4. GridsExplains the Grid tool for drawing grid lines in ARCHICAD, including straight and circular drawing methods, marker and line settings, 3D display, and how grid settings apply per section.9:55
    5. Layer combination and 3D cutawayExplains creating 3D cutaways in ARCHICAD and saving them as a worksheet element, then using Layer Combinations to hide certain elements and show them only in chosen views.6:18
    6. Importing dwgExplains preparing and importing an AutoCAD file into ARCHICAD: checking units, tracing the villa outline and rooms on a new layer, then merging, setting scale and aligning the floors.10:35
    7. Villa modeling (Part 1)A practical villa modeling exercise in ARCHICAD (part one): drawing the ground floor, first floor and annex walls over an AutoCAD file, then adding slabs, doors and the boundary wall.19:13
    8. Villa modeling (Part 2)A practical villa modeling exercise in ARCHICAD (part two): drawing stairs and their slab openings, adjusting the surrounding walls, then decorative elements, canopies and furnishing two rooms.15:44
    9. Document export and Publish bookExplains exporting project documents in ARCHICAD: creating and setting up a Master Layout, building layouts and placing plans and details on them, then configuring the Publisher to output a PDF.7:33
    10. Export optionsExplains export options from ARCHICAD to formats such as PDF and IFC, the effect of exporting from the floor plan, choosing elements and layers, and saving the settings as a template.12:35
    11. Tips & TricksShares ARCHICAD tips: using the Grid and Snap to draw at set dimensions, naming similar elements in one go by selecting by property, Marquee selection, and converting 2D lines into 3D elements.7:40
    4

    Advanced Skills for Working with the Program

    8 lectures
    1. SchedulesExplains the Mesh tool in Archicad for creating terrain, its settings such as thickness, surface and edges, and drawing it from contour lines, then elevating each line to form a mountain shape.7:46
    2. Render settingsExplains setting up render settings in ARCHICAD, from the Camera tool and the Scene and Sketch engines to image, environment, sky, sun and line settings, then saving the image in common formats.12:42
    3. Shell tool (Part 1)Explains the Shell tool in ARCHICAD, from Infobox options and its construction methods such as Extrude and Revolve, to editing edges, angles and dome surfaces, with a practical example.15:19
    4. Shell tool (Part 2)A practical Shell tool exercise on Define Shell Contour and Holes, used to trim the shell or cut openings in it, and to shape masses and columns formed where holes intersect.13:19
    5. Morph tool (Part 1)Explains the Morph tool in ARCHICAD and its options, including rotating and scaling, editing points and faces by pulling, and Boolean operations such as Union to merge two shapes.12:25
    6. Morph tool (Part 2)A practical Morph exercise: converting elements such as a Shell into a Morph, building a canopy with Boolean operations, applying Extrude and Fillet to edges, and adding points to a surface and closing it.6:34
    7. Mesh toolExplains the Mesh tool for terrain and site modeling, from Infobox options and drawing methods to editing points and heights, turning contour lines into a mountain surface, and Smooth versus Sharp edges.7:45
    8. Lumion live syncExplains the Live Sync link between ARCHICAD and Lumion: downloading and installing the plugin from the Lumion site, starting sync, seeing edits and camera mirrored instantly, updating via Import, and export settings.7:12
    5

    Attachments

    2 attachments
    1. Downloading the First Attachments File
    2. Downloading the Second Attachments File

    Instructor

    Eng. Hossam Al-Shamali

    Eng. Hossam Al-Shamali

    Architect with five years of practical experience in architectural design, and a trainer for ArchiCAD in various training centers.
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