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ARCHICAD Training Series

Volume 3 - Intermediate ARCHICAD


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Credits

2ARCHICAD Training Series Vol. 3

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ARCHICAD Training Series Vol. 3

Intermediate ARCHICAD

(International English Metric Version)

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Contents


CONTENTS

Introduction _______________________________________________8Chapter 1 - Creating the Building Envelope __________________ 10

Starting ARCHICAD ____________________________________________ 11

Site __________________________________________________________ 15

Importing Surveyor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Modeling the Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20External Walls_________________________________________________ 27

Building Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Composite Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Floor Slabs____________________________________________________ 37

Attribute Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Additional External Walls _______________________________________ 47

Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Guide Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Priority-based Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Roof and Canopy ______________________________________________ 55

Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Trimming to Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Multi-element Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Timber Structures _____________________________________________ 67

Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Rafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Purlins and Wall Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78


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Terrace Slab___________________________________________________ 81

Chapter 2 - Openings, Internal Structures and Foundations ____ 90

External Doors ________________________________________________ 90Entrance Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Sliding Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Internal Slabs and Partition Walls _______________________________ 104

Gallery Slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Partition Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Internal Doors________________________________________________ 109

Windows ____________________________________________________ 113

Modifying Windows and Skylights ______________________________ 117

Modifying Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Skylights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Stairs _______________________________________________________ 122Library Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

StairMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Foundations _________________________________________________ 133

Strip Foundations under the Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Pad Foundations under the Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Chapter 3 - Internal Spaces ________________________________ 140

Zones _______________________________________________________ 140

Automatic Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Manual Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Refining Zones _______________________________________________ 146


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Appearance of Zones__________________________________________ 149

Zone Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Color Coding by Fill Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Color Coding by Zone Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Image Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Zone Stamp Display___________________________________________ 160

Chapter 4 - Dimensions ___________________________________ 165

Automatic Dimensions on Floor Plan ____________________________ 165

Editing Dimension Chains _____________________________________ 170

Dragging Dimension Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Deleting Dimension Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Manual Dimensioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Adding/Deleting Points to the Dimension Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Radial and Level Dimensions ___________________________________ 175Radial Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Level Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

On Section/Elevation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Editing Level Dimensions and Dimension Texts ___________________ 182

Additional Dimension Points and Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Dimension Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Chapter 5 - Accessory Elements ____________________________ 189

Objects _____________________________________________________ 189

Library Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Placing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Custom Elements - Profile Manager _____________________________ 195


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Furniture and Fixtures_________________________________________ 202

Site Elements ________________________________________________ 208

Chapter 6 - Details and Quantity Takeoffs ___________________ 211Solid Element Operations______________________________________ 211

Cleaning up Sections and Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Solid Element Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Details ______________________________________________________ 217

Linked Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Unlinked Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Quantity Takeoff (Bill of Materials) ______________________________ 223

Adding/Removing/Editing Listing Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Element Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Component Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Chapter 7 - The Virtual Building™ __________________________ 236

Views _______________________________________________________ 237

View Settings ________________________________________________ 239

Element-level Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

View-dependent Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

3D Document from Floor Plan __________________________________ 251

Chapter 8 - Visualization __________________________________ 256

Saving Views in 3D____________________________________________ 256

Rendered Views ______________________________________________ 259

White Model Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Sketch Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264Internal Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265


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The CineRender Engine________________________________________ 270

2D Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Surface Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Custom Surfaces______________________________________________ 277

Lamps and Lights_____________________________________________ 283

Chapter 9 - Sharing the Project ____________________________ 291

Documentation ______________________________________________ 291

Layout Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Drawing Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Layouts and Master Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Master Layout Settings ________________________________________ 314

Title Blocks and Project Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Custom Master Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Publishing___________________________________________________ 324Publishing Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Creating New Publisher Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Open BIM Collaboration (IFC) __________________________________ 329

Chapter 10 - Revision Management ________________________ 337

Change Management _________________________________________ 338First Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Creating Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Issuing ______________________________________________________ 345

Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

New Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

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Introduction


Introduction

Welcome to the ARCHICAD Training Series!

This guide is part of the ARCHICAD Training Series, which currently includes the followingmaterials:

• Vol. 1 - The ARCHICAD BIM Concept

• Vol. 2 - Conceptual Design in ARCHICAD

• Vol. 3 - Intermediate ARCHICAD

• Vol. 4 - Advanced ARCHICAD

• Vol. 5 - Using Teamwork

You are now reading Vol. 3 - Intermediate ARCHICAD a comprehensive hands-on training tofamiliarize you with the advanced modeling and documentation tools of ARCHICAD. We stronglyrecommend that you complete Training Series Vol. 1 and 2 before starting this one.

Contents of the training material

• PDF guide – an e-book including detailed explanation of every step with screenshots

• ARCHICAD project files - preset training files to help your learning process

• Narrated movie clips are available on the YouTube channel for GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD(https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1wze3LhHXCQ&list=PLnXY6vLUwlWXSWYyEfaKS2c2RdCubarpU ) providing step-by-step instructions for each step of the training guide. The ARCHICAD YouTube channel canalso be accessed via the ARCHICAD Help menu by entering the title of this training guide into

the search field.

How to use this training material?

• Install the required ARCHICAD version

• Follow the instructions in this PDF guide

You must have ARCHICAD 19 installed on your computer to use this guide. The e-book was madewith the INT (English) version of ARCHICAD, therefore we recommend using the same version forpracticing.

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How to get ARCHICAD?

If you do not have ARCHICAD yet, please visit http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/ to obtaina FREE installer:

• If you are a student, a teacher or a representative of a school, download a fully functionalversion of ARCHICAD and claim for an education license from myarchicad.com.

• If you are a professional architect, download a fully functional version of ARCHICAD and claimfor a 30-day trial license from myarchicad.com. Projects saved with this version can beautomatically upgraded to full versions when purchasing a commercial license.

Please contact your local distributor for purchasing commercial ARCHICAD licenses atwww.graphisoft.com/info/where_to_buy

We hope you will find this training useful and wish you success with your future ARCHICADprojects!

Good luck,

The GRAPHISOFT Team

Chapter 1 Creating the Building Envelope

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Chapter 1 - Creating the Building Envelope


Chapter 1 - Creating the Building

Envelope

To watch a short introduction about GRAPHISOFT Training Materials, please start “Introduction toArchiCAD Training Series 3 - 01/52” on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Starting ArchiCAD - 02/52” video onthe ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

In this chapter we will start the project using 2D site information and then model the basicbuilding envelope: e.g. creating a floor slab and adding some walls and columns to our project.

While these are all really simple operations, they will underscore some important core designconcepts:

• All ARCHICAD building elements are ‘real’ 3D objects: you might create a wall or slab in thefloor plan view, but their 3D view is also at hand immediately and at any time. This enablesusers to view the project in its own 3D environment (instant, real-time 3D feedback) and tomake better, more informed design decisions.

• ARCHICAD enables the creation of a fully integrated project information database: design

development can be done in any view - plan, 3D views, etc. - all other views will beautomatically and immediately updated. No tedious, iterative process is required from thedesigner. This is the true power of the ‘Virtual Building™’ design concept.



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Starting ARCHICADNow, let’s see the project we are going to create.

1 Double click the ARCHICAD application icon on your desktop to start ARCHICAD. TheARCHICAD splash screen and shortly after the Start ARCHICAD 19 dialog box will appear,providing various options.



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2 In the Set up Work Environment pop-up list, select Standard Profile 19.

3 Select the Open a Project and Browse for a Solo Project options and then select the Browse button to open an ARCHICAD project file.

4 Select the TS03_complete.pla project file in the training project folder and click the Open button to open the file of the final project. When the Open Archive Project message prompts,choose Read elements directly from archive and click Open.

In the Navigator, use the View Map to open some floor plans, sections and 3D views. Under theInfo Box you can use the new tabs as well to navigate between the different views.

If you feel ready for the task ahead of us let’s start creating the project from zero.

Create a new project by selecting the File > New > New command. In the appearing dialog,select Use a Template: ARCHICAD 19 Template, select the Standard Profile 19 and click theNew button. Choose Don’t save if the Save Changes dialog appears.



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A new project is created based on the standard template of ARCHICAD. This template alreadycontains layers, fills, materials, and composites to help you from the very beginning. Later on, youmay also create your own template to fit your own design and office standards.

Save the project to a location where you will easily find it later.Let’s change the default working units from millimeters to meters. This will not scale the model,but affects data input.

1 Open Options > Project Preferences > Working Units…



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2 Set the Model Unit to meter and its Decimals to 2.

Click OK.



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Site To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating the Site - Importing SurveyorData - 03/52” video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Usually, buildings are designed to physical locations, therefore orientation and geographicalparameters provide the initial context of the design. ARCHICAD is capable of importing variousdata formats to enable the architects to use it as native building environment. For example pointclouds, Google Earth terrain or simple DWG/DWF files.

Importing Surveyor Data

In the exercise, we will follow the most typical workflow for how architects and surveyors work

together - we will import a DWG file to model the site.In ARCHICAD a dedicated workspace called Worksheet is available to manage all external 2D data.

1 Open Navigator - Project Map

and right-click on the Worksheets item. Select New Independent Worksheet...



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and set ID as W-01 and name as Site. Click Create.

The worksheet opens automatically and its tab appears as well. Now you can import the DWGdata and place it into the project. There are two ways of using 2D data in the project dependingon whether the data may change or not. If you expect that the data may change during theproject, use the Xref method. This way, there is a living connection between the original externalfile and the ARCHICAD project, which ensures that in case the external file changes, you cansimply update the content. If the data does not change during the full project lifecycle, you can

also merge the content into the ARCHICAD project. In this case all elements will be converted intonative ARCHICAD elements, and can be edited in the future.



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2 Now select File > External Content > Attach Xref....



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3 In the appearing dialog, click Browse... on top to locate the W 01 Site.dwg file. Set theoptions as below:

4 Click Attach and click Skip to select font files if prompted.



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5 Now place the drawing inside the project. Choose default origin point of ARCHICAD markedwith an ‘x’ sign as the deployment point of the Xref-ed dwg. In the upcoming DWG/DXFPartial Open dialog leave all layers checked and click OK.

Click any elements. The linework is selected with faded nodes. This means that it is not editable,because it is part of another file.

The status of the attached Xrefs can be monitored below File > External Content > XrefManager.... If the original Xref changes you can update it by reloading it from this dialog.



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Modeling the Terrain To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating the Site - Modeling the Terrain - 04/52” video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

We will use the lines as base geometry for our terrain mesh.

Switch to Navigator - Project Map > 0. Ground Floor.

1 Right-click the W-01 Site worksheet in the Navigator and choose Show as Trace Reference toselect it as a traced view.

2 Click the arrow next to the Trace and Reference button in the toolbar and choose Trace &Reference from the bottom of the list to open the Trace & Reference palette.



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3 Open the settings of the Reference, check the All Types checkbox and click Apply Settings toall References to ensure that the trace will always behave the same way.

4 Close the palette.

Note: If you still cannot see the lines, their layers may be hidden. Open the LayerSettings dialog by pressing Ctrl/Cmd+L, scroll down in the list of layers. The layers

of the Xref are separated from the native ARCHICAD layers. Click the eye icons tomake them visible. Click OK.

5 Activate the Mesh tool (click the Mesh tool icon in the Toolbox so that it will be active) anddouble-click on its icon.

6 The Mesh Settings dialog opens. Set the mesh properties as follows:

• Mesh Height: 2,00 meters

• Home Story to 0. Ground Floor and Elevation to Project Zero to -0,10• Select Solid Body as Structure

• Set Soil as Building Material

• Uncheck Cover Fills in the Floor Plan and Section panel

• Override Top Surface with Grass - Green

• Select All Ridges Sharp.

• Tags and Categories: if you are going to communicate your design to any engineers whowork with 3D applications, you have to fill in these fields, so the external application can



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recognize them properly. Set Structural Function as Non-Load-Bearing Element and Positionas Exterior.



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Click OK.

7 Select the Rectangular geometry method in the Info Box, and click the two opposite pointsof the site rectangle to create a mesh.

8 Select the mesh with Shift + click (activate the Mesh tool if deactivated).

9 Space + click (hold down the space bar on your keyboard and click with the mouse cursor) onthe curved level lines one by one to add them to the mesh. Select Fit to User Ridges in the

New Mesh Points dialog.



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10 To set the height of the points of the mesh that are on the same height level select the meshand click on a node of the second line from the right (line in the middle):

When the Pet palette appears, click Elevate Mesh Point. Set Height to 0,50 and check the

Apply to All checkbox, so that all nodes on this line will be elevated to the same height. ClickOK.

Repeat this action with the line on the right and set the Elevate Mesh Point to 1,00.



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Now elevate the two corners on the right one by one. Click on the upper corner. Select ElevateMesh Point again and set 1,00 as the Height but leave the Apply to All checkbox unchecked,otherwise all points of the rectangle would rise. Repeat this with the corner below. The resultshould look like this:

With the mesh selected right-click, and select Show Selection/Marquee in 3D to check its shape.Click on the Fit in window button in the bottom of the screen if it is not fully visible.



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Go to View and click Editing Plane Display to turn off the editing plane if it is displayed.



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External Walls To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating Exterior Walls - 05/52” videoon the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Walls can have multiple skins representing the real structure, including the load bearingstructures, insulation, and finishing. Out of the box, ARCHICAD contains a set of fills andcomposites, but now we will create our own composite structure with a white brick finishrepresenting the exterior wall of the building.

Building Materials

Since the white brick material does not exist by default we will have to create it ourselves.1 Go to Options > Element Attributes > Building Materials....

In the upcoming dialog on the left you can see the list of the building materials used in the project.Each material is simulating a real material has a so-called intersection priority setting. These prioritysettings will control how our junctions will appear later when two constructions collide.

The higher priority a material has, the more important it will be in a junction. On the right you canassign cut fills to the materials for 2D representation and surfaces for 3D. You can see a preview of

these settings in front of the building material name in the list as well.• Select an existing material - Brick - Finish - and click New... in the bottom and duplicate the

existing material.

• In the upcoming dialog choose Duplicate and set a name - Brick - Finish (white) and click OK.



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• Change the Cut Fill Foreground Pen color to 161 and surface to Brick - White Natural.

• Click OK to close the dialog.

Composite Structures

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• Select the composite, which fits the best to the needed skin structure: 215 Block InsulatedCavity Plastered.

• Click Duplicate... and set a new descriptive name: Exterior Wall.

• Select the Brick skin and change its building material to Brick - Finish (white), by pressingthe arrow button next to the skin name and selecting it.

• Delete the Air Space skin by selecting it and clicking on the Remove Skin button.

• Change Insulation - Plastic Hard to Insulation - Mineral Hard and thickness to 0,10.

• Change the Concrete Block - Structural skin to Masonry Block - Structural and its thicknessto 0,25.

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Composite skins may represent different structural functions, like load-bearing, finishing orothers. You can set this up skin-by-skin in the Edit Skin and Line Structure panel.

Click OK.

Note: Composites can be also assigned to other structures, like slabs and shells. Thisparticular structure is typical for walls, but by clicking on the Use With icons you canassign the composites to other building structures too. Later on, the compositestructure will appear in the settings dialog of the assigned element types only.

Now, let’s define the wall’s settings.

1 Switch to Navigator - Project Map > 0. Ground Floor and deselect the mesh if still selected.

2 Activate the Wall tool and open its Settings dialog.

3 Set the Wall settings as follows:

• Set the Wall Top linked to 2. Story and 1,00 as Top offset to Top Linked Story. This functionwill make sure that the wall height will automatically follow story height changes. The wall willmodel both the ground floor and the 1st floor walls.

• Set the Bottom offset to Home Story to -0,10, because it will start on top of the foundationstructure that we will model later.

• With the Composite structure selected, choose the Exterior Wall composite.• Set the Reference Line to Core Inside.

• In the Floor Plan and Section panel set Floor Plan Display as: All Relevant Stories, Projectedwith Overhead, Entire Element. This way the whole wall will be visible (even parts abovefloor plan cut plane) on all relevant stories.

• Open the Tags and Categories panel. Set the tags as Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Wall,Layer: Structural - Bearing:



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We would like to add custom data and comply with standards when classifying our elementsand use standard compliant terminology. There are many properties, but only a few visible inthe Tags and Categories panel by default. The availability of these can be set by clickingManage IFC Properties....

Note: If we would like to know which properties are necessary to be filled out for aspecific standard, click Cancel and close the Wall Default Settings dialog by clickingOK for now. Open File > File Special > IFC 2x3 > IFC Scheme Setup... to import ascheme that will contain the necessary properties. Click Import... and browse forthe Concept Design BIM 2010.xml file. Click Open and Continue in the upcomingdialog. The properties visible in the element settings are all that need to be filledout for standard compliance.

Now we have to define the properties. Click Manage IFC Properties... in the Tags and Categoriespanel.

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The predefined values will appear in the Classification References and will contain several valuesthat are necessary for compliance. You can check these by clicking the button next to the valuefield.

Click OK twice to close the dialogs.



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4 Select the Rectangular geometry method in the Info Box and click the two marked points tocreate the walls. For this action it is highly recommended to turn off the grid display by View >Grid Display, because the grid line and the dashed lines we need cover each other. Later wecan turn the grid on again.



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5 Press Fn+F4 on MAC or Ctrl+F5 on Windows to show all in 3D.

Note: When drawing the line of a wall, after the first click a heavy black line followsthe cursor like a rubber band. This line is the reference line of the wall and the widthof the wall is measured from this reference line. The reference line connects wallssmoothly and helps locating the walls with the cursor.



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Floor Slabs To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating a Floor Slab - 06/52” video onthe ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

We will model the internal slab and the external pavement as well with the Slab tool.

Attribute Management

Let’s assume that the correct skin settings are not available in the current project, but we used theright composites in another project before. In this case, we can import existing composites fromother files. Let’s see an example.

1 Open Options > Element Attributes > Attribute Manager....


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In this dialog, on the left side you can review all attribute-like properties in one place, likelayers, materials, composites, etc. The check mark next an attribute indicates if it is currently inuse in the project. On the right side, you can open the attribute set of another project, browse,and add additional attributes to the current project. Open the Composites tab page of the

dialog.

2 Click the Open… button and browse Existing Project.pln. Click Open: the compositesappear on the right side.

3 Select Concrete Floor Insulated with 10 mm Tile and Exterior Pavement and uncheck All

Associated Attributes checkbox - so only the composite will be created, but fills and surfaceslinked to it will not be duplicated - and click


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Click OK, then Create to confirm the changes.


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Now we can create our interior slab, the walls define the size and shape of the slab.

1 Activate the Slab tool and open its settings.

2 Set its properties as follows:

• Select Concrete Floor Insulated with 10 mm Tile as composite structure cut fill.

• Set Reference Plane to Top.

• On the Model panel activate Top Override Surface with Wood - Pine Grained Horizontal.Overriding surfaces is advantageous if we have the same structure with different appearance,for example walls with different paints. In this case it is not necessary to recreate thecomposite with different building materials, we can override the default surface.

• Set the tags as Load-Bearing Element, Exterior and Slab. By default, slabs have FLOOR as

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3 Select the Rectangular geometry method in the Info Box.

4 Hold the Space bar and move the cursor towards the bottom on the exterior side of the walls. This activates the Magic Wand feature that can recognize closed contours. Click when theplane indicator turns into a darker gray close to the bottom of the wall and the slab will

immediately appear in the middle and at a correct elevation. Naturally, slabs can always beplaced on the floor plan view.


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Now continue with creating the pavement on the floor plan view.

1 Switch to Navigator - Project Map > 0. Ground Floor.

2 Activate the Slab tool and set the settings as follows:

• Set 0. Ground Floor as Home Story and Offset to Home Story (as well Reference PlaneElevation to Project Zero) to -0,05.

• Choose the Exterior Pavement as composite.

• Override the top and side materials and choose Pavement - Brick Moss and no override forthe bottom surface.

• Set the tags to Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Site Geometry.

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3 Click OK.


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y ydefine the exterior pavement.

5 Open the 3D window to see the result. Now we need a hole in the area of the building.

6 Select the pavement slab, and activate the Slab tool. Click on any edge to display the Petpalette. This palette contains all editing commands available for the selected element. Selectthe Subtract from Polygon command and the Rectangular geometry method in the InfoBox.

7 Click on the outer corners on the top of the exterior walls.


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of the slab automatically. Once you click the second point, a hole is created in thepavement slab.


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Additional External Walls To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating a Curved Wall - 07/52” videoon the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

We will create additional external walls using favorites.

Favorites

Instead of setting all the parameters for the newly created elements all the time, you can also saveand re-use parameters by defining Favorites. Similar to attributes, later on you can export andimport the favorite settings between projects.

You can apply the favorite settings to existing elements, as well as using them as a basis for newelements.

You can access the favorites using the Favorites palette.

1 Deselect all and choose Window > Palettes > Favorites.


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the relevant favorites only.

Let’s assume that we want to use a Favorite we created in a former project. Next to the Nameheader, click the arrow icon to display the available options. Click the Load Favorites... item.

Search and select the Existing Favorites.prf file.2 Click Open. In the upcoming dialog click Merge to append the additional favorites to the

current project. Select the Wall tool: the Exterior Wall (Slanted) will appear in the Favoriteslist. Close the Favorites palette.

Guide LinesNow that the favorite is added to our project we can put it in use as our next wall element. Since

this wall will have a special placement we will use guide lines for precise inputs, but first let'sapply the new wall.

1 Open the 0. Ground Floor plan.

2 Open the Wall Settings dialog. Click on the Favorites button at the top.


Select Exterior Wall (Slanted) and click Apply. Note that the parameter settings changed in theSettings dialog This will be solid stone wall with one side slanted


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Settings dialog. This will be solid stone wall with one side slanted.

Set the Building Material to Stone - Structural and Show Projection to Entire Element on theFloor Plan and Section panel. Click OK.

3 Select the Single geometry method and the reference line on the Outside Face in the Info

Box. First, we create a straight segment 2 meters from the existing wall, then we will modify it. To find the precise locations, we will use guide lines.

4 Drag a permanent guide line from the top of the window (like a cutting plane) and place it tothe exterior side of the wall. Click on the spot and drag the line by the dot towards the


pavement. Type 2, the value will appear in the Tracker. Press Enter. If not visible, the Trackercan be activated from the Standard Toolbar by pressing the Show/Hide Tracker button


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can be activated from the Standard Toolbar by pressing the Show/Hide Tracker button.


5 Draw the wall between the intersection points of the guide line and the traced dashed linesstarting from the left side


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starting from the left side.

6 Drag the permanent guide line downwards and type d1. Press Enter.


7 Select the slanted wall. Click on the right side endpoint and select the Stretch command. Pullthe end of the wall to the intersection of the guide line and the line from the dwg.


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the end of the wall to the intersection of the guide line and the line from the dwg.

8 Now click on the reference line and select the Curve edge icon on the Pet palette. Move thecursor upwards, and type 30 in the Tracker as radius. Hit Enter.


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To the small entrance area of the building we will use the same settings as of the existing walls.

1 To pick up the parameters of elements and set them as default, activate the eyedropper

button in the Standard Toolbar. The cursor will change to an eyedropper (you can also use theshortcut Alt + click to activate this option). Now pick up the settings of the closed external wall.

2 Move the eyedropper above the external wall, so that it will be highlighted and the Trackerwill provide you with some brief details about the wall. Click on the wall. Note that the Walltool will be activated in the Toolbox and the Info Box will also refer to the wall.

Note: In the case of multiple elements placed above each other, you can alwaysswitch between them with the Tab key. Make sure that you found the external wall

with the eyedropper cursor.

3 Open the wall settings and set:

• Wall Top to 1. Story (Home + 1).

• Top offset to Top Linked Story to 0,00.

Click OK.

4 Draw the front and the back walls of the entrance enclosure with the help of guide lines

created 1,8 meters from the outside edge of the wall. Use Core Inside reference line and drawthe wall downwards on the left side and upwards on the right side. Make sure the new wallsconnect the existing reference lines. You can delete the permanent guide lines by pullingthem over the trash icons on the sides of the window and clicking on them.

Note: You can also create these walls at a specific distance from the corner withoutthe guide lines. Move the cursor over the corner until it changes to a checkmark,then type x 1,8+. The tracker will appear and the cursor will jump on the X axis by

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You can see that some skins of the multi-layer wall intersect the stone wall and some layers of theexternal wall do not intersect correctly. This is because the skin priorities are not set correctly. Thebigger the priority number, the stronger the wall or wall skin will be when it comes to intersectionwith other walls. You can set the priority between 0 and 999.

You can set skin priorities by building materials.

1 Select the brick wall and open Options > Element Attributes > Building Materials. Thematerials the composite uses will be highlighted in the list.

• Select the Masonry block - Structural skin, and check its priority. It is 730, which means thatthe stone wall must have an equal or higher priority number to avoid unneeded intersections.

• Set the priority of the Stone - Structural material up to at least 730.

Click OK.

Now the walls appear correctly.


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To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating New Stories - 08/52” video onthe ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Our training project will have three stories: the existing ‘Ground Floor’ on which we’ve alreadyworked, a ‘Gallery’ and a ‘Foundation’ that we will create now and the ‘Roof’.

Stories

1 Open Design > Story Settings... dialog box.

• By default ARCHICAD creates the project with 3 stories. Select the third story (No. 2.) and

name it Roof .• Let’s rename the 1st to Gallery and enter 3,00 m as the Elevation Height and leave Height to

Next to 3,20.

• With the Ground Floor item selected, click the Insert Below button to insert a new storybelow the existing Ground Floor, type Foundation and enter -1,00 as Elevation.

Click OK.


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menu.

Roof To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating a Single Roof - 09/52” videoon the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Let’s add now a semi-pitched roof to the building with wide overhangs supported by columns tocreate a canopy.

1 Open the 1. Gallery story.

2 Activate the Roof tool and adjust its settings as follows:• Pivot Height (Pivot Line Offset to Home Story): 1,00 m

• Composite fill: Roof Aluminium

• Select the Single-plane geometry method and set an angle of 18 degrees

• Edge angle: Perpendicular

• Floor Plan and Section: All Relevant Stories, Projected with Overhead and Entire Element

• Top surface: Roof - Corrugated Sheet Matte, side and bottom: Wood - Pine GrainedHorizontal

• Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Roof

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3 Click OK.


4 First construct a pitched roof by defining its pivot line by clicking on the internal corners ofthe masonry skin on the lower x directional exterior wall.


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5 Define the direction of the slope by clicking above the previously defined pivot line with theeye-shaped cursor.


6 Draw the perimeter of the roof (which is its projection to the horizontal plane) using theexternal corners of the exterior wall.


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Trimming to Roof Activate the 3D tab on the top of the window. You can see that the tops of the walls are not

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aligned to the roof. Now we will trim them to the right height.

1 Select the walls by Shift + clicking on one of them. The walls are grouped, so if you haveSuspend Groups off, which is a default setting (from the Standard Toolbar), one selection willselect all four exterior walls.


2 Right-click and select Connect > Trim Elements to Roof/Shell.


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3 Click anywhere on the roof. The empty roof icon turns black if the program finds a selectable

element.


4 Click the side of the walls you want to keep.


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The walls are now associatively trimmed to the roof. If you change the roof geometry or slopingangle, the walls will be updated automatically.


Note: Later on you can review and manage the connections between the elementsvery easily. If you select an element which has connections, an icon appears on itssurface. Click on the icon to get a list of current connections. You can highlight thei d d l ll d l h i h b


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intended elements as well as delete the connections together or one by one.


Multi-element Editing

We would like to create a canopy at the back part of our building. To do so, we will have to offsetth f d th b tt l b ll


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the roof and the bottom slab as well.

We could perform these actions one-by-one, but instead we will exploit a smart ARCHICADfeature, the Multi-element Editing.

Simply select the roof and the external slab and click on an edge of the slab. Use the Offset Edge action on the Pet palette and simply modify both elements at the same step. Offset the edges,type 2,5 in the Tracker and hit Enter.

Note: Multi-element Editing works with all polygon-based elements except Morphand Shell. This way you can easily cut holes through multiple slabs, roofs or evenmeshes, move adjacent edges of elements, resize windows, etc. in a single step. The

elements can be of different types during editing.


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Click OK.


3 Place the column at the intersection point of the dashed lines.


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4 Select the column and multiply it by activating the Multiply command from the context

menu: right-click and choose the Move > Multiply... command. Alternatively you can use theEdit > Move > Multiply... menu command.

5 Choose Drag as the multiply action, and enter 3 for the number of copies. Now select theDistribute multiply method.


Click OK.

6 Click the center point of the column, and with the Shift key pressed move the cursor to theintersection point on the opposite side. Click to place the 3 new columns.


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7 Hit Esc to deselect the columns. Check the result in 3D.


Rafters

To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating Timber Structures - Rafters -11/52” video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.


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Now let’s continue with the rafters.

1 Switch back to the 0. Ground Floor.

2 Activate the Section tool in the Toolbox and draw a section line vertically, approximately inthe middle of the building. Click with the eye cursor to the left of the section line. The sectionautomatically appears in the Section list of the Navigator.


3 Double click on the section in the Navigator to open it. There is a problem now: the wallsintersect with the roof. To solve this we have to change the priority of a roof skin. Select theroof and open Options > Element attributes > Building Materials... and set the priority ofAir Space - Frame to 735 to make it higher than the building materials of the wall. This


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building material is the bottom layer of the roof composite.

4 We will take advantage of the automatic surface recognition when placing the first rafter.Switch to the 3D window and select the roof and open its settings. Turn off surface overridefor the edge surfaces. Click OK. The skins of the roof are now visible.

5 Activate the Beam tool. Set its settings as follows:

• Beam Height/Width: 0,20

• Reference Axis Offset: 0,10

• Inclined method, 18 degrees

• Building Material: Timber - Structural

• Floor Plan Display: Home Story Only, Projected with Overhead and Entire Element

• Uncheck Show Reference Axis

• Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Beam

• Layer: Structural - Bearing

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Click OK.


6 Select the Single geometry method in the Info Box, and place the beam along the top planeof the Air Space - Frame skin by clicking the bottom and top corners.


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7 Turn on surface override again for the roof when done.

8 Open the Gallery plan. Select the already drawn rafter, right-click on it and selectMove > Multiply.

9 In the Multiply dialog, enter 12 for Number of copies, choose the Distribute method andclick OK.

10 Click the top-left corner of the rafter. Then hold down the Shift key to constrain mousemovement horizontally and click the top-left corner of the roof.


11 Click anywhere on the empty screen or press Esc to remove selection of newly createdelements.


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12 Open the 3D window to see the result. Use the Orbit and Explore commands to navigate andcheck the section as well.


Purlins and Wall Plates

To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating Timber Structures - CollarBeams - 12/52” video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

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We also need some horizontal beams.

1 Switch to the Gallery plan and activate the Beam tool.

2 The purlins and wall plates have similar parameters like the rafter, the only main difference isthat these are horizontal. Let’s pick up the properties of the existing beams with the Pipette

.

3 Now open the settings dialog and change the parameters as follows:

• Horizontal

• Reference Axis Offset: 0

• Leave Height to Project Zero as for the rafters

Click OK.

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6 Drag another copy for the last beam as well. Move the copy of the beam to the followingposition.


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7 Switch back to 3D and check the result. The columns are still too high compared to the collarbeam, so let’s select them all and shorten them at the same time by using the Stretch height command of the Pet palette. Set the height to the bottom corner of the beam.


Note: If you turn off the display of Beams in the View > Elements in 3D view > Filterand Cut Elements in 3D dialog, you will see that the beams and walls are connectedautomatically and there are holes in the place of beams as the Timber - Structuralbuilding material has higher priority than the wall materials. These connections willbe considered when creating bill of materials as well.


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Terrace Slab To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Adding a Terrace Slab - 13/52” videoon the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Navigate to the terrace side of the building. There is a missing slab.

1 Open the 1. Gallery level in the Navigator - Project Map and activate the Slab tool. Set thesettings as follows:

• Offset to Home Story: 0,00

• Home Story: 1. Gallery

• Composite: Flat Roof

• Reference Plane: Top

• Surfaces: Tiles - White Matte 15×15, Brick - White Natural, Paint - Glossy White

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Click OK.


2 Select the Polygonal geometry method at the Info Box.

3 Activate 3D Cutaway on the Standard Toolbar.


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Open the section and drag a horizontal 3D cutting plane from top and position it on the 1Gallery level (+3,00).


4 Change to 3D Window again and start to draw the terrace slab by clicking the exteriorcorners of the short wall segments. Click only the four corners of the slab, we will add thecurve later. Make sure that the straight, longer side goes along the internal side of the coreskin of the exterior wall (the reference line).


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5 After clicking the fourth corner, select the slab and click the edge that needs to be curved.Thepet palette appears, choose the Curve Edge button and click on the inner side of the curvedstone wall.


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6 Further offset the curved edge of the slab towards to the Stone wall by 0,15.


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7 Switch off the 3D Cutting Plane by toggling on the Toolbar.

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9 As a last step, select the slab, right-click and choose Edit Selected Composite.... In theComposite Structures dialog change the thickness of the Insulation - Fiber Hard to 0,20. ClickOK to close the dialog.


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Chapter 2 - Openings, Internal Structures and Foundations

Chapter 2 - Openings, Internal Structures

and Foundations

To watch the recorded version of this chapter please start “Adding External Doors - 14/52” video


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To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start Adding External Doors - 14/52 videoon the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

It’s now time to further develop the design by adding openings to the building. Let’s first add anexternal door to the project.

External DoorsARCHICAD’s door, window and skylight objects are intelligent library parts; with a tremendousrange of configuration and setting options due to their parametric behavior. This accelerates yourwork, makes the management of the project easier and allows you to design instead of drafting.

This means in practice for example that you do not need to delete and look for another windowobject if you want to change its size, sill height, adjust its frame, sash, oversize, board or casingproperties. You can even specify shutter options using various shutters and glazing types, andchoose from a variety of handles. All these are available and valid for the very same window

object.

Entrance Door

1 In the 3D view navigate to see the entrance area of the building.

2 Activate the Door tool and open its Settings dialog by double-clicking on its icon on the Toolbox or Info box.

Doors are GDL objects and have parameters to control their appearance and behavior in theproject. Open the Hinged Door Settings panel and use the arrow buttons to display thesettings in thematically grouped format. These settings affect the 3D and 2D properties of thedoor.


3 Type asymmetric in the search field at the top left of the dialog, to find all availableasymmetric doors.


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4 Select the Double Door Asymmetric 19 door object in the result list.

5 Set parameters as follows:

• Width: 1,50

• Height: 2,40

• Anchor: Sill to Story 0 to 0,00 (Select Relink Anchor Story from the roll down list and select0. Ground Floor)

• Anchor Point: Center


• Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10 (the thickness of the insulation). To change from Wall Face press thelittle arrow button on the right.


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• On the Door Leaf Type and Handle page select a leaf (Style 20).


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• Select No Grid on the Side Panel page.

• Tags and Categories: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Door.


Click OK.

6 With Special Snap Points > Half option selected, move the cursor over the wall segment.


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7 Click the appearing snap point at the bottom to place the door. The outline of the doorappears in the wall. Now move the cursor to pick the external side and the right side(indicated with a dashed line).


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You can also check the result on the floor plan. Select the door and click Flip on the Info Box, sothat the door will open inwards.


Sliding Doors

We need some additional doors facing the canopy. Let’s use some sliding doors for this purpose.

1 Switch to the 0. Ground floor.

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3 Select the Sliding Door 19 and set its settings:

• Size: 3,00/2,40

• Anchor: Side 2

• Sill to Story 0: 0,00 (Relink Anchor Story to 0.Ground Floor if necessary)

• Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10

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Click OK.

4 Place doors on the left and right vertical walls starting right in the corner and one in thehorizontal wall.


Place the sliding door into the vertical wall by clicking on the intersection point of the traceddashed line and the external surface of the wall. This defines the external side, now click onthe upper left side of the door to define the opening direction.


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Before placing the door into the horizontal wall, change the anchor to Side 1. Define theexternal side by clicking the intersection point of the dashed line and the wall face and click tothe lower right side to define the opening direction.


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Use this anchor to place the other vertical door, click the upper right corner for the correctopening direction.

To finalise the door arrangement, let’s move multiple copies of an existing door.

1 Select the sliding door in the horizontal wall segment.


2 Click on its upper right corner to bring up the Pet palette.

3 Click the Multiply icon to bring up the dialog.


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4 Set 2 as number of copies and Distribute as method. Click OK.

5 Click the same corner point of the door, then click the intersection of the traced dashed lineand the wall face to distribute the sliding doors evenly.

6 Hit Esc to remove selection.


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Check that there are no changes on floor plan.


Internal Slabs and Partition Walls To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating Internal Structures - 15/52”video on the ARCHICAD YouTube channel.

To place internal doors, first we have to model some internal structures like the floor slab and

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Gallery Slab

1 Change to the 1. Gallery floor plan.

2 The roof and rafters hide a big part out of the walls. Let’s open Document > Floor Plan Cut

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3 The terrace slab is visible above the stone wall. Select the wall, right-click and choose DisplayOrder > Bring Forward.

Now we are ready to create the necessary slab.1 Activate the Slab tool and set the followings:

• Offset to Home Story: 0,00

• Home Story: 1. Gallery

• Composite: Concrete Floor with Parquet

• Reference Plane: Top

• Surfaces: Floorboards - 03, Paint - Glossy White, Paint - Glossy White• Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Interior, Slab


Click OK.


2 We will place a slab which covers half of the space. Use the Rectangular geometry method and click the following points:

• the external halving point of the core on the right vertical wall

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When finished select the new slab, right-click and select Display Order > Send to Back tohide the edges of the slab behind the wall structure.

3 Check the section to see the results.

4 Change the priority value of Insulation - Fiber Hard (insulation of the flat roof) to 645 from420 so it would go below the brick skin.


Partition Walls

1 Open the 0. Ground floor.

2 Activate the Wall tool and set the settings as follows:

• Wall Top linked to 1. Gallery (Home + 1)

• Top offset to Top Linked Story: -0,46 - so the wall will end below the story level by thethickness of the slab.


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thickness of the slab.

• Bottom Elevation (to Project Zero): -0,05

• Reference Line Offset: 0,00

• Home Story: 0. Ground Floor

• Composite fill: Stud Partition

• Floor Plan and Section: All Relevant Stories, Projected with Overhead, Entire Element

• Override Outside and Inside Face Surfaces: Paint - Glossy White

• Tags: Non-Load-Bearing, Interior, Wall, IFC property: Interior Partitions (Manage IFCProperties > Apply Predefined Rules > OmniClass > search ‘Interior Partitions’)

• Layer: Interior - Partition

Click OK.


3 Select the Single geometry method and Core Center reference line method and draw a Y-directional segment from the mid point of the stone wall. The wall will intersect with the stonewall as well, which is not correct so open the Composite Structures dialog again and replacethe Air Space - Frame skin to Air Space.


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4 Select the wall, right-click and choose Move > Drag a Copy and move the wall 1,2 meters tothe right. When finished, adjust the endpoint of the wall so that it touches the curved wall.


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4 Click the upper-right arrow for opening direction so that the leaf will open in the rightdirection and the pocket will be placed between the two walls (in the insulation skin).


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5 You can see that the door is not in a convenient position to enter the interior space. Select it,press Ctrl/Cmd +D and drag it to the right. Type d0,6 into the Tracker to move the door by60cms. Deselect the door.

Now, let’s add some more doors to the future WC area.

1 Activate the Door tool and set the door as follows:

• Type: Door 19 (Hinged Doors 19 folder)

• Size: 0,75/2,10

• Anchor: Sill to Story 0 to 0,00

• Reveal to Wall Core: 0,00

• Anchor: Side 1

Hinged Door Settings panel > Door Leaf Type and Handle tab:

• Door Leaf Type: Style 56

Click OK.


2 Place doors so you can enter all rooms:


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The door we want to place into the external wall of the gallery is identical to the one at theentrance.

1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan and choose the Ground Floor to be shown traced. Activate

Transparent Fills and Zones from the Trace settings.


2 We want to have exactly the same door as the entrance door. To have all settings andparameters, we use the pipette (Pick Up tool) again from the Standard toolbar.

3 Activate the Pick Up tool and move the cursor over the door on the trace reference until theinfo tag appears with basic information about the door. Click once. Notice that the Door tool isactivated at the same time.

Note: If you have overlapping elements on the floor plan, you can hit the Tab key toswitch between the elements.


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4 Set the door anchor to Side 1.

5 Place a door at the intersection point of the short vertical wall segment on the right and thehorizontal wall. Click to the bottom right quarter to define the opening direction. Use a guide

line if necessary.

Note: The outer wall side you pick when you place a door or window sets thedirection of sill and board. If you want to change the opening direction use the Flip command, which has no effect on the wall side settings.


Windows To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Adding Windows - 17/52” video on theARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Now we’ll insert new windows in the building.

1 Open the 0. Ground Floor.

2 Activate Window tool and open its settings. Choose Window 19 from the Basic Windows 19folder


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folder.

Similar to doors, windows have endless variations of appearance thanks to the wide list ofparameters. Use the tabs of the Basic Window Settings panel to check the available parametersin logical groups.


3 Set the settings as follows:

• Size: 0,60/0,60, Sill to Story 0: 1,80

• Anchor Point: Center

• Reveal to Wall Core: 0,15

Connecting Structures tab page:• Board on, Sill on

• Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Window, IFC: Exterior Windows


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Click OK.

4 We insert the first window with automatic snap points in the middle of the slanted wall in theentrance room.

Click the Special Snap Points options arrow and select Half and Between IntersectionPoints options. This way the program shows the snap points between point of intersectionsinstead of the entire element.


5 Place three windows randomly in the Stone wall, one for each room. We will organize thewindows in the second step. Click the lower right arrows when defining the opening directionand choose external sides with the Sun cursor. When done, select the windows one-by-oneand arrange them with the help of the special snap points. Select the middle hotspots on theexternal sides and move the windows until the snap points appear on the internal side of thewall.


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Let’s add some windows on the gallery as well.

1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan.

2 Activate the Window tool and change the current settings:

• Size: 0,80/0,80, Sill to Story 1: 1,60

• Set the Anchor Point to Center.

• Reveal to Wall Core: -0,10

Click OK.


3 The new window goes right above the pocket door from the ground floor. Use the trace toplace the window above the pocket door.


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4 Turn Trace and Reference off using the icon in the Standard Toolbar.

5 Select the window and click on any hotspots to display the Pet palette.6 Select Multiply. Set 3 as the number of copies and the Distribute-1 method. Click OK.

7 Click on the top-left hotspot of the window as reference and click the top-left corner of thedoor as endpoint.


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3 The two windows change their type and size.

4 Go to the 3D window to check the result.


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As you develop the building model, sometimes certain views are more helpful than others, aswhen changing the height or position of a window.

First, we resize a window in the 3D view.

1 Select the right window in the curved wall in the 3D view. This is going to be the window ofthe entrance, so we have to make it bigger.

2 Click on the lower left or right corner to display the Pet palette and activate the Stretchvertically command.

3 Drag the cursor downwards.


4 Turn the Tracker on if needed and type 1,5.


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5 Hit Enter.

Skylights

Skylights are an integrated part of the BIM model. They are capable of recognizing the roofunderneath and using important information from it, such as thickness or sloping angle.

1 Open the 1. Gallery floor plan.


2 Use the Measure tool to check the distance between same points of two rafters. This will bethe width of the Skylight.


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3 Activate the Skylight tool and open its Settings dialog by double-clicking on its icon in the Toolbox or Info box. At the bottom left of the dialog you can see various skylight typesavailable out of the box.

4 Choose Skylight Flat Panel 19 and set the settings as follows:

• Width: 1,97 (as measured), Height: 3,00

• Vertical Anchor: Story 1

• Set the anchor point to the top right corner in the preview pictureGeneral Settings tab page:

• No. of Horizontal Frames: 2

• Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Window

• IFC: Roof Windows and Skylights

Click OK.


5 Click the intersection point of the gallery slab and the rafter midpoint to place three skylightsto the roof. Please note that the skylights will automatically be placed into the roof.


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Go to the 3D window to check the result:


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Stairs To watch the recorded version of this chapter, please start “Creating Stairs - 19/52” video on theARCHICAD YouTube channel.

Let's place stairs into the interior. As for other generic elements and objects, various parametriclibrary types of stairs exist, but we can also create custom ones.

Library Stairs

Activate the Stair tool and open its settings to see them.

On the left side, predefined GDL library stairs appear. These are hig

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