CD example

[Anonymous]

Could someone direct me to an example of some CD's (be it sections, details, etc...anything) that were made using Archicad. Our firm is thinking about goign to Archicad, but we can't find any examples (examples such as pdfs, actual files) out there to see what the software can do. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
jr

[Karl Ottenstein]

John Stebbins' web site has a number of PDF's from a variety of architects and firms using ArchiCAD. It was very generous of those people to allow them to be used and for John to post them:

http://www.digitalvis.com/working_drawings_gallery.php

Enjoy,
Karl

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link. Thanks sooooo much. Anyone know of any other websites with examples.
Thanks again

[Rick Thompson]

Well, this is not exactly a set of CD's, it's a personal project (my wife's play house:). It is an example of how quick it can be to make something in AC. I made this for the framer since the roof is a little difficult to visualize. As long as you build a good model you can make easy presentations. This booklet took less than 1/2 hour. The pdf's are simple "print to pdf" (Mac, not sure w/PC) and then combined in a little freeware program. I'm the "builder" and it's next door, so it's not "CD formal".

http://www.thompsonplans.com/Dianne'sSanityTemple.pdf

edited.. you will need to copy/paste the url.. the forum must limit the link length.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link. Looks great.

There seems to be some confusion here at our office concerning Archicad's ability to generate sections. Some think that AC can generate construction details (3"=1'-0" type) that only require one to add notes to it. Is this right?

[TomWaltz]

jrjr wrote:
Thanks for the link. Looks great.

There seems to be some confusion here at our office concerning Archicad's ability to generate sections. Some think that AC can generate construction details (3"=1'-0" type) that only require one to add notes to it. Is this right?

No. The best modelers (people, not programs) I know can model pretty well up to about 3/4 = 1'-0"" scale, but that is not complete. You still need to add flashings, blocking, insulation, etc.

I don't believe any of the current BIM solutions out there can what you are asking, but it would be interesting!

[Rick Thompson]

no not right... or, at least it depends on the detail level, which at 3" would be high.. of course. I will attach a detail, but it's not a section through the model. I will post that also, but you do need to come back and add plates and clean things up a bit. If you make a good model the clean up is not very bad.. but you still need to draw in headers, plates etc.

[Rick Thompson]

this is a detail, not via the model. There is a library that has detail parts that makes this type of detailing fairly easy.

[Karl Ottenstein]

TomWaltz wrote:

jrjr wrote:
Thanks for the link. Looks great.

There seems to be some confusion here at our office concerning Archicad's ability to generate sections. Some think that AC can generate construction details (3"=1'-0" type) that only require one to add notes to it. Is this right?

No. The best modelers (people, not programs) I know can model pretty well up to about 3/4 = 1'-0"" scale, but that is not complete. You still need to add flashings, blocking, insulation, etc.

Just a small comment to tie this into the two nice details that Rick posted. In the first, the (sec_bld) the wall plates, mud sills, etc are shown the way they would look if you modeled them in ArchiCAD ... correctly sized and located ... but graphically missing the "X". In his 1" detail (crazy numbers file name), the x's are there, possibly done by hand with the line tool, or else with the large (600+ symbol) 2D detailing library included in AC.

IMHO no value in modeling J-bolts and holdowns ... I use the 2D symbols to snap them appropriately into sections.

I like the pastel coloring of the column detail, Rick! Really clarifies the drawing and ties the three views together. 😉

Karl

[Rick Thompson]

The 1" detail was using the MAS library. I have all my "stock" details in one AC file, it makes relinking easy, as well as updating. 24_14_12_9 = 24" base.. 14"x12" tapered top at 9' ceiling height... I have many variations. It is easy to make variations this way (many thanks to Erika for this idea:) I will attach a few eaves, they demonstrate this clearly.. it's all turning on an off layers (2x4 walls, 2x6 walls etc)