switching from revit to archicad
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‎2008-05-19
12:58 PM
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Aruzhan Ilaikova
anyone here made the switch? any tips on how to un-revit my thinking?
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‎2008-06-17 12:55 PM
greenfin wrote:There are (if you're using the default work environment). These commands are in the Edit menu. And also, most of them in the various pet palettes, or in the contextual (right-click) menu, or in command tool bars etc. You don't have to remember any keyboard shortcuts if you don't want to. But they do save time.
all these combination clicks are so confusing but there's no other way around it i suppose.
how do i edit in plan view one of the walls in a chain of walls?Suspend Groups. (alt-G if you want one more of those keyboard shortcuts
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‎2008-06-17 07:28 PM
greenfin wrote:Yep. Like Giorgio (the Italian version), only with e at the end, instead of o
(how do you pronounce 'Djordje', btw? the Js like Y?)
greenfin wrote:Suspend groups. CTRL G, or turn the COntrol box on, and use it from there (see, another reason for the Control box!)
how do i edit in plan view one of the walls in a chain of walls? i can't seem to isolate it from the others. when i click on it, the whole chain gets selected. i've tried all the combination clicks, shift-, space-, ctr-, even tried F5. must i explode or ungroup them first?
And ... Archicad does not have relationships in the Revit sense, so don't try to find them. However, graphically you can align anything to anything else, and the smart use of marquee does wonders.
Try to work in 3D as much as you can. Opens your eyes ... and makes you think around the corner.
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‎2008-06-18 11:44 AM
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‎2008-06-18 12:00 PM
Djordje wrote:so it's a variant of george but in what language do you spell it like that (djordje)? let me guess... scandinavian perhaps?
greenfin wrote:Yep. Like Giorgio (the Italian version), only with e at the end, instead of o
(how do you pronounce 'Djordje', btw? the Js like Y?)
Djordje wrote:i tried that but discovered that what i really wanted was the marquee tool.
Suspend groups. CTRL G, or turn the COntrol box on, and use it from there (see, another reason for the Control box!).
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Djordje wrote:i'll try to remember that.
And ... Archicad does not have relationships in the Revit sense, so don't try to find them. However, graphically you can align anything to anything else, and the smart use of marquee does wonders.
Djordje wrote:yes, you never know what you'll find there.
Try to work in 3D as much as you can. Opens your eyes ... and makes you think around the corner.
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‎2008-06-18 12:07 PM
greenfin wrote:There is a PC version also. You can get a link to the torrent from http://www.archicad.ca
...i found the announcement that an ACE library is available for download butonly for macs...
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‎2008-06-18 04:36 PM
greenfin wrote:Greenfin, the comprehensive Archicad 11 library is supposed to be installed with your default installation of Archicad. Is it loaded? Check your library manager.
i was thinking more of a comprehensive library like that at revit (see attached).
Use the Object tool (Double-click Chair icon) to find objects and modify their parameters. (Doors and windows, also in the library, are accessed by their respective tools. Check the help file too.
If you want more, search this forum and Google for GDL objects.
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‎2008-06-18 06:52 PM
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‎2008-06-19 12:14 PM
Thomas wrote:yes, it is.
Greenfin, the comprehensive Archicad 11 library is supposed to be installed with your default installation of Archicad. Is it loaded? Check your library manager.
Thomas wrote:i did that, edited the parameters but i didn't see the 'style' part.
Use the Object tool (Double-click Chair icon) to find objects and modify their parameters. (Doors and windows, also in the library, are accessed by their respective tools. Check the help file too.
i was looking for a wooden panel door with an arched transom. in revit what you see is pretty much what you get. the parameters you can change are limited compared to archicad. but it's relatively easy to create your own door, or any component (object) for that matter, which leads me to my next question:
going back to the door, i could change the material of the door itself but not the transom (see attached). in the materials parameters, transom is not in the list and under the transom parameter, no material.
one other thing (see door elevation on right), because the transom is transparent you can see through it. i don't mind this in 3D but i don't want to see what's behind the facade in elevation view. can you specify the depth of the elevation or what you want to be visible?
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‎2008-06-19 04:31 PM
greenfin wrote:Make sure Transparency is off (not checked) under the Model Display panel (Uncut Elements) of your Section/Elevation Marker.
...can you specify the depth of the elevation or what you want to be visible?
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‎2008-06-19 04:34 PM
greenfin wrote:Download "Introduction to Object Making" from here, under ArchiCAD-related.how do you create an object in archicad?
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‎2008-06-20 09:08 AM
Laura wrote:thanks, laura. i'll try that.greenfin wrote:Make sure Transparency is off (not checked) under the Model Display panel (Uncut Elements) of your Section/Elevation Marker.
...can you specify the depth of the elevation or what you want to be visible?
i took a look at the 'introduction to object making'. a bit overwhelming for me at this point. maybe when i've mastered the basics of archicad but thanks anyway.
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‎2008-06-20 09:20 AM
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‎2008-06-20 04:42 PM
greenfin wrote:Assuming you are referring to "D1 Segmented Transom_OSL", the material of the perimeter of the transom seems to be controlled by the "Panel Material 1 Outside/Inside" and the intermediates by "Grill Material Outside/Inside".
anyone know how i can change the material of the transom (see previous attachment)?
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‎2008-06-21 07:19 PM
greenfin wrote:No, Serbian.
so it's a variant of george but in what language do you spell it like that (djordje)? let me guess... scandinavian perhaps?
greenfin wrote:There is always something else around the corner ...
yes, you never know what you'll find there.
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‎2008-06-27 03:11 PM
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‎2008-06-30 10:56 AM
i did search for 'curtain wall' in archicad help but there was nothing there of any help to me. nothing on curtain walls in the reference guide either.
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‎2008-06-30 05:10 PM
greenfin wrote:AC12 has a new Curtain Wall Tool. In prior versions, we have used Storefront Windows. There are Curtain Wall Objects in the Library as well. For irregular shapes, we have resorted to "slabified" GDL Objects.
how do you make curtain walls in archicad? do you just change the wall settings, like the material to glass? how about adding mullions? these questions might sound odd to you but as a revit user, i've always just picked 'curtain wall' from the type selector and added the curtain grid and mullions graphically or picked 'storefront' with preset (editable) grid and mullions.
i did search for 'curtain wall' in archicad help but there was nothing there of any help to me. nothing on curtain walls in the reference guide either.
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‎2008-07-01 10:24 AM
Laura wrote:good to know so i don't go looking for something that's not there. thanks again, laura.
AC12 has a new Curtain Wall Tool. In prior versions, we have used Storefront Windows. There are Curtain Wall Objects in the Library as well. For irregular shapes, we have resorted to "slabified" GDL Objects.
i didn't find 'storefront windows' but i suppose any fixed window would do but being windows they'd require a host, in this case, a wall, no?
i did find the curtain wall objects but it seems you can only place them horizontally (or along the x-axis in plan view). i know you can rotate them but i find that extremely cumbersome. there must be another way of doing it.
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‎2008-07-01 12:05 PM
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‎2008-07-02 11:11 AM
oreopoulos wrote:oh. that's very strange indeed. curtain walls have been around for decades and we (europeans, as well as the rest of the world) have been designing buildings with curtain walls all the time so how do archicad users get around this limitation?
Î¥ou will not find storefront windows in international version of Archicad, only in the US.
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‎2008-07-02 01:12 PM