interior designer seeking advice
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2006-01-11
03:23 PM
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Molinda Prey
So I decided I need a fool-proof guide, real basic stuff. (the little guide that comes with the CD supposes that you already know how to draw a room - which is not the case!!)
I'm NOT an architect, my need is to make Interior Design come to live for the client...
So my questions are these:
1) Can anybody recommend a really good guide (in either Danish, English or Italian)
2) can anybody tell me if the stydy version is very limited compared to the full (meaning, if I buy a guide, is there a risk that basic tools it mentions are missing from the program I have, or is it usually the more complicated features they leave out?)
3) Is there a real life Interior Designer out there who can confirm that this is actually the program to have and use (on mac, I recall you) -or are there better alternatives, before I start getting to know this animal...
4) Bonus question - how should I save an archiCad file to make it possible for an autoCad user to open and correct my file?
I thank you so much for any help - really, please do send me your thoughts!
ciao, Iacobe

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2006-03-19 04:41 AM
Broker wrote:No, man.
I think perhaps you underestimate or make incorrect assumptions.
The situation is too familiar.
Everyone expects that any new software they try works like the software they are used to. Not.
In life, it is very useful to know who knows, if you don't know.
In plain English - there are many Bulgarians here on the forum; see who is nearby, have a chat ... one afternoon spent in frustration less, many afternoons spent in frustration saved!
Agreed with Tom; I had nobody to ask in 1995 ... and spent QUITE some time in fonding out how, being at that time used to command line in you-know-what ...
ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
HP Omen

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2006-03-19 04:49 AM
And if it works TOO MUCH like other products, talk to the lawyers.
Some things just aren't intuitive until you understand the intuition of the designer of the application.
But sometimes that guy is an idiot.
Right now, for instance, I'm testing a piece of software that has a control for the size and orientation of a dialog box.
There's a wide or high choice.
There's a top-on-the-side or top-on-the-top choice.
Ends up being four alternatives (2x2)
That's four lines of information.
Trouble is, you have to change each parameter separately and re-open the pull down a second time...
he didn't make those four lines of information say:
wide and top
wide and side
high and top
high and side
where just one command could do everything at once in the same four lines.
Idiot.
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2006-03-19 09:07 AM
Dwight wrote:You mean like a single click (or menu selection) to switch between OpenGL shading and internal engine hidden line views?
Right now, for instance, I'm testing a piece of software that has a control for the size and orientation of a dialog box.
There's a wide or high choice.
There's a top-on-the-side or top-on-the-top choice.
Ends up being four alternatives (2x2)
That's four lines of information.
Trouble is, you have to change each parameter separately and re-open the pull down a second time...
he didn't make those four lines of information say:
wide and top
wide and side
high and top
high and side
where just one command could do everything at once in the same four lines.
Idiot.

As I recall this was possible in AC7 but for some reason got "improved" in AC8.
If I am missing something? If there is a way to set up a toolbar to accomplish this please let me know.

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2006-03-19 03:42 PM

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2006-03-19 05:41 PM
Dwight wrote:Graphisoft even agrees!:
I just saying that the interface decisions of designers aren't always correct: an extra click is an extra click.
Every Click Counts

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2006-03-19 05:54 PM
"Every click is sacred.
Every click is great.
If a click is wasted,
Graphisoft gets quite irate."
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2006-03-19 09:55 PM
Matthew wrote:I have not done this with the Toolbar, but I have set the Alt+` to be the Switch to Internal Engine. The WE allowed for a Shortcut key to Switch to the Internal 3D Engine but not to the OpenGL????
You mean like a single click (or menu selection) to switch between OpenGL shading and internal engine hidden line views?
As I recall this was possible in AC7 but for some reason got "improved" in AC8.
If I am missing something? If there is a way to set up a toolbar to accomplish this please let me know.
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2006-03-19 10:07 PM
Jay wrote:Thanks, I saw this too (about the lack of an OpenGL switch). Even with that it would still be a two step process. I still just open the settings dialog and change both settings there. The toolbar might be an improvement if all the options were available.
I have not done this with the Toolbar, but I have set the Alt+~ to be the Switch to Internal Engine. The WE allowed for a Shortcut key to Switch to the Internal 3D Engine but not to the OpenGL????
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