topic Re: Help setting up student standards or templates in Libraries & objects

Help setting up student standards or templates

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:21:01 GMT

I've taught myself how to use ArchiCad over the past year but am still unfamiliar with some of the more advanced aspects of the program. I'm running the educational version and would like to set up a basic template or set of standards that I can use for all my school projects. For example, instead of manually changing all the wall settings when I do plan or section cuts from having no fill to having a solid black fill. I believe there is a way to automatically have all new walls look like this? I would also like to setup line colors and weights for the various objects, windows, doors, etc. I don't care for the odd colors and lineweights in the default template provided. I'm attaching some images of work I did this semester. This is what I'd like my template/standards to reflect. Any comments, suggestions, critiques, etc. would be of much appreciation.

Re: Help setting up student standards or templates

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:56:01 GMT

Here's some elevation images

Re: Help setting up student standards or templates

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:56:54 GMT

And sections and siteplan

Re: Help setting up student standards or templates

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:17:32 GMT

If you want all the cut fills to be solid fill, black: check out the MVO (Model View Options). These can be used to globally affect the appearance of your views rather than adjusting each element or object type individually.

Re: Help setting up student standards or templates

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:22 GMT

You can save any PLN file as a TPL file.
This TPL file can be an empty file with all the settings, attributes, Favorites set to your preference.
Then when you start a new project, you just open the TPL file, save it as PLN and start working on it.
Is this what you are after?

Re: Help setting up student standards or templates

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:58:35 GMT

There are also "favorites." When you create, for example, a section marker with all your preferred settings, at the top left of the dialog box there is a "Favorites..." button that you can select and save your settings. This works with just about anything: doors, windows, lines, etc. etc.