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A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad
A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad: Boost your design workflow by efficiently visualizing, documenting, and delivering BIM projects

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  • Explore the Archicad GUI, file format, and tools to get started with residential projects
  • Use out-of-the-box documentation tools combined with a powerful publishing workflow
  • Translate conceptual designs into compelling imagery using various visualization methods

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A BIM Professional’s Guide to Learning Archicad is a comprehensive introduction to all that Archicad has to offer for creating 3D models, 2D document extracts, and related outputs. This book is not a click-by-click series of recipes, but rather focuses on helping you understand why and how Archicad works by providing realistic examples and expert tips. The book gradually introduces you to Archicad tools using ample examples. It then helps you master its complexity through clear modules, allowing you to start your first project quickly, gain useful skills in subsequent projects, and keep using the book as a source for insights into the software. You’ll start with the basic modeling of construction elements and then move on to adding roofs, stairs, and objects to the project. Next, you’ll dive into basic drafting and 2D views for creating 2D output, and grasp how to use attributes and more advanced modeling tools for designing curtain walls and sites. The concluding chapters will show you how to extract and visualize your data and automate the publishing of your extracts and 2D documents into a variety of output formats. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of Archicad, how to implement it efficiently in your architectural projects, and how BIM can improve your overall design workflow.

Who is this book for?

This book is for design engineers, architectural designers, residential designers, BIM professionals, and anyone working in construction, manufacturing, or similar fields. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a professional looking to upgrade your engineering design and urban planning skills, you'll find this book useful. Although no prior knowledge of Archicad is necessary, knowledge of construction (architectural design) and a basic understanding of 2D CAD drafting is recommended. The book is based on the international version of the software and uses metric units.

What you will learn

  • Create an architectural model from scratch using Archicad as BIM software
  • Leverage a wide variety of tools and views to fully develop a project
  • Achieve efficient project organization and modeling for professional results with increased productivity
  • Fully document a project, including various 2D and 3D documents and construction details
  • Professionalize your BIM workflow with advanced insight and the use of expert tips and tricks
  • Unlock the geometric and non-geometric information in your models by adding properties and creating schedules to prepare for a bill of quantities

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Jared Banks Jun 13, 2023
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Ruben and Stefan have written an excellent guide to learning Archicad.I've been using and teaching Archicad since 2006. I've written a lot about learning Archicad and have read most of the how to guides published over the last two decades, as I'm always looking for good resources to share with other Archicad users. A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad is the best Archicad book I've come across. The book covers the basics a new user needs and introduces them to more advanced topics as well. It's well written, intelligently organized, and covers a breadth of topics. The explanations are clear and helpful. The images are illustrative and support the text. It's clear that Ruben and Stefan are experts who are passionate about sharing their knowledge of Archicad and helping others.I really appreciate the appendix that focuses on what people should do when they get stuck. The tips outlined in that section are so important for people wanting to learn a complex BIM program like Archicad. I'd absolutely recommend this book for anyone looking to learn Archicad, or who just wants to brush up on the fundamentals. No Archicad user knows every aspect of the program, so this book definitely has something for everyone.
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Edgar Zakani Jul 24, 2023
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This book is a very thorough book covering the most advanced ways of utilizing Archicad.
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Mahmoud Qenawi Jul 05, 2023
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I liked it's contents which are very good Archicad guide for beginners & intermediate levels, also I liked the digital copy besides with the printed book.What I hoped for is the printed book to be colored as the digital one even if affected the price.
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K. Land Jun 03, 2023
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I’ve used a variety of different BIM software throughout my 25+ years of design and drafting but I’ve never had the opportunity to work on any projects that involved using the BIM program ArchiCAD. I’ve always heard good things about it but never had the opportunity to work with it. I finally had a project come up where I needed to use it and was able to get my hands on this book to help me work through any setup and command questions.I found the organization of the book to be well thought out and helpful as it goes through each step of what working through a typical project might be. It starts off with putting together a simple residential model with walls, slabs, then roofs and then works towards other larger, advanced projects with more advanced features such as adding in a skylight, curtain walls, and placing stair systems.This is a very handy book to have at your side while learning ArchiCAD as you can easily look up any command and find your answers right away. I look forward to learning more about ArchiCAD while I work through this large project. Very helpful to read!
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I have personally found this book helpful in cementing my foundational understanding of Archicad. It provides a clear overview, as well as in-depth tips and tricks which we are actively investigating implementing into our own workflows.
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