Archicad Tutorial

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PREFACE

I ´ m not telling you it ´ s going to be easy I ´ m telling you it ´ s going to be worth it.

- Art Williams

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INDEX:

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ONTENT

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PREFACE

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ARCHICAD 19

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2D DRAWINGS

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3D DRAWINGS

ARCHICAD 19

2D DRAWING

BASIC TUTORIAL ON HOW TO USE ARCHICAD. I will show you how to use the tool box to create a floor plan. How to download furnitures.

How to put in lighting and how to create your own surfaces with downloaded textures by using JPEG and PNG files.

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STEP 1 Click on " welcome to Archicad " to start Archicad.

STEP 2 Create your own layers to have overview press: cmd + L

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THESE ARE THE TOOLS YOU WILL USE TO CREATE THE ROOM STEP 3 Double click on " wall " and you will get up " wall default settings " STEP 4 Select which material you want the wall to be. In this project I am using concrete

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STEP 5 Hold in your mouse and drag to create walls

Measurement of the wall

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STEP 6 Double click on " door " and you will get up " door default settings "

STEP 7 Select which door you want to use. In this project I am using Entrance double door -

STEP 8 Double click on " window " and you will get up window default settings " "

STEP 9 Selec t which window you want to use. In this project I am using Store Front window 08

STEP 10 Drag the door a long the wall and drop it where you want it to be

STEP 11 Drag windows a long the wall and drop it where you want it to be 09

STEP 12 Double click on " object " to pick furnitures

STEP 13 To download more furnitures click on " Library manager "

STEP 14 Click on " add " and you will get up the window shown below

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STEP 15 Place the chosen furnitures on the floor plan

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STEP 16 Double click on " Lamp " to get up Lamp Default setting .

STEP 17 Choose the lamp you want to use and place it in the floor plan

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STEP 18 Double click on options and choose Element Attributes

STEP 19 Double click on Surfaces

STEP 19 Click on New and tick on Duplicate to make a copy.

STEP 20 Click on Search for new textures.

Add texture images you want to use. ( JPEG, PNG )

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Finished 2D floor plan with furnitures and lighting

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3D DRAWINGS

In this chapter I will show you how to create a cafe counter. You will also be working on the 3D mode to design the counter.

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These are the tools you need to create the counter

STEP 1 Use the slab tool to draw an rectangle.

STEP 2 Use the wall tool to draw the back side of the counter

STEP 3 Click on 3D to watch the counter in 3D. Use the Orbit and Pan tool to rotate or drag the object.

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2D floor plan of the counter.

The counter in 3D

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3D of the cafe

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3D of the cafe

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3D of toilet

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3D of AC Office

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3D of MP Office and Studio

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3D of MP Office and Studio

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