Simple residential tutorial?

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

My question is simple, without doing a search for me (I have been looking), I am wondering if any of you AC users are aware off the top of your head of a basic residential tutorial I can blow through just to get the overall feel of Archicad's toolsets and capabilities for setting paramiters like wall types and graphical output of the same, roof tools, stairs, etc? Perhaps a non-commercial blog or tut. website?

Background:

I am new to the forum, but am a long time Revit user (2002). I am very intrigued by newer releases of Archicad (15/16). The Morph tool is currently driving my curiosity primarily because I have had to constantly rely on third party apps to do complex forms in Revit. I know they can be done natively, but they are so much quicker in Sketchup, etc. Also, pathed voids (e.g. simple bevels around door openings in thickened turret walls) in compound surfaces are next to impossible (unless things have changed and I'm ignorant of that).

I am primarily a custom residential designer, although I consult in all areas.
I am trying to get my feet wet in AC, but as most of you are aware, in this business, my time is very limited due to current contract obligations.

I have done a lot of searching for a simple residential tutorial so I can get up and running quickly with the v15 demo, but I've only so far found examples like the Massaro house tut., which appears to be aimed at ver. 12, or the commercial building tut. which is really of no use for my purposes. Others have been complex beyond my needs, or commercial fee based. Mostly, I get frustrated because there seems to be a slew of information available that is non-relevent to my situation.

Due to illness, I left practice in late 2009, and my Revit sub. lapsed. Fortunately, I hit the ground running when I re-opened recently. But before I re-commit to the latest ver. of that prog., I realize that now is the time switch softwares if there ever was one. I have always had an itch for AC, so if I am going to scratch it, I need to get on a roll quickly.

Thanks for lending any help folks, and forgive me in advance for making a simple question into a small essay.

Looking forward,

Bill

[Erika Epstein]

There are quite a few tutorials on Graphisoft's You Tube website. There are other You Tube videos posted by other Archicad users.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Hi Bill,

Unfortunately, I don't know of a good reference such as you're looking for. As you note, the Massaro house tutorial is a bit out of date (v 12 as you note) ... although all of the basics shown there are still present in ArchiCAD, so going through it would be useful. (However, many of us find the use of Favorites in these Interactive Training Guides create "magic" - presetting tools - without really explaining what you're doing / need to do in real life.)

I really don't see any youtube videos that help, Erika - maybe you can post some links if you know of some?

Karl

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input Erika, Karl.

Persistance pays; here are a FEW I dug up.
Hopefully, someone can use them in the future.

http://www.archimag.org/?p=357 (AC13 simple house)


http://blog.wsd.net/thpaskett/category/archicad-tutorials/

(Many AC15 tut's, and a couple of houses down the list. Some are older versions. Great resource by a PHD in EDU with a BS in Arch. Looks like it is being updated through time.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/EricBobrow/videos

Great youtube page with many videos covering the basics of building a residential building including site terrain, etc. Compliments to Mr. Bobrow.

If I find more along this line, I'll post.

Cheers to all,

Bill

[JaredBanks]

Bill,

If you haven't come across my stuff, you might want to check out my blog and youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/shoegnomellc

Most of my examples are related to residential projects since that's what I primarily work on. Feel free to message or e-mail me if you have questions. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd be happy to chat with you.