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The CAD Academy

Permission to copy

Find and double click on the ArchiCAD

Icon on your desktop

Select

ArchiCAD 12

TEMPLATE and

STANDARD

PROFILE from

the dialog box

AND select

NEW

Page - 2

Double mouse click on WALL

from the tools menu

You can customize

and select wall

options from this

menu – select OK

Page – 3

MAKE SURE you have selected this option and

then pick a point and head left. Type in 24 and

enter and you will have complete a wall 24’ in

length.

Page – 4

Head to the right

24 and then up 24

to complete the 4

walls of our cabin.

Select the midpoint of the

upper wall and head down 12

Head to the right

and pick – RIGHT

MOUSE CLICK and

select OK.

Page – 5

Select DOOR

from the tools

menu and then

select a door of

your choice and

select OK.

Pick

approximately as

shown. When you

see an eyeball

pick to the

inside for the

door to open in.

Page – 6

Select a door of

your choice for

the back door

and position as

you did the

entrance.

Next select

WINDOW and

select window

of your choice

(notice there

are

subdirectories

of choices)

Page – 7

Position windows as per

your choice in the cabin

Go to the

PROJECT

BROWSER and

select GENERIC

PERSPECTIVE

Select the

ORBIT tool and

rotate drawing

into a position

of choice.

Page – 8

Go back to

the project

browser and

select or

double mouse

click on 1st

floor

Pick on the

select ARROW

and then

WINDOW the

cabin to select

everything

Go the file

DOCUMENT pull-

down and select

DOCUMENT

EXTRAS and the

AUTOMATIC

DIMENSIONING and then EXTERIOR DIMENSIONING

Page - 9

Notice the options of

dimensioning from

the mid point of

doors & windows or

the endpoints –

select PLACE

DIMENSIONS on

FOUR SIDES and

then select OK

Select a

WALL and

then when

you see the

HAMMER this

is the

location for

the

dimensions –

pick on the outside of the building.

Page – 10

To inspect the

dimensions

Use the zoom

tools at the

bottom of the

screen. Zoom

all to continue

project.

Tap the ESC

key twice to

make sure we

do not have any

objects

selected

Double mouse

click on ROOF

and select OK

Page – 11

Select each

corner of the

cabin sequentially

– you get feed

back when you

have the exact

corner picked

Make sure your roof

settings match as shown

and select OK.

Go to the project

browser and

select the

Generic

Perspective to

check the roof

Page – 12

Go to

DOCUMENT and

then select

CREATIVE

IMAGING and

then

PHOTORENDER

PROJECTION

Photo rendering

While we were creating our model ArchiCAD was

collecting the information for our drawing. This is

a BIM program – or BUILDING INFORMATION

MODELING – program.

Let’s check out what ArchiCAD has collected

while we experimented with this software.

Page - 13

Check out the schedule information from the

project browser

Check out the project indexes

Page – 14

Check out the schedules and ledgends

Check out the drawings – the floor plans and elevations

It is easy to see why BIM makes it easier to design. You

can also change something once and it will change in all

of the documentation we have just looked at.

Page – 15

Go to FILE and then SAVEAS and check out all of

the difference drawing types available in ArchiCAD

Save the drawing in .dwg format (AutoCAD).

Lesson is complete.