The ‘Archicad in Your Pocket’ challenge results are in!

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Dear Community Members,   

Drumroll please! 🥁 

The time has come to announce the final selected works from 2024’s final Community challenge! Archicad in Your Pocket was an invitation to showcase efficient uses of Archicad features in a self-produced short video. In addition to sharing their knowledge and helping thousands of Archicad users with pro tips, participants were in the running to win amazing prizes, including $300 Graphisoft Learn gift cards and an Apple iPad Pro! 

The evaluation method set the bar quite high, and the creative submissions we received impressed us by achieving in all categories. Our jury panel selected the best works based on an aggregated score of each of the following criteria: 

• Creativity: The tip shows innovation and originality by showcasing an inventive technique that goes beyond traditional methods and pushes boundaries. 

• Reach: The tip is useful for a wide range of users and addresses recurring issues. 

• Clarity: The tip is explained and structured well, especially for beginners; clear instructions simplify understanding and accessibility. 

Curious what features our fellow Community members came up with? Without further ado, feast your eyes on these incredible productions! 

  

Honorable Mention – @Jaime-airc_digital 

This tip adds a lot of value to users looking to deepen their knowledge and refine their skills. Although the content might be more niche and geared towards advanced users, it could be a fantastic addition to a longer, more in-depth training material for interior design, for example. Overall, high technical quality, and the content can be made even more impactful as part of a more extensive training series.

@Yasmin Herden

Honorable Mention – @JaredBanks 

Simple and to the point, very relevant since it talks about Physically Based Rendering. Not only does this tip show the potential of the new Archicad feature, but it also teaches users how to access it more easily. The video goes into more complex concepts such as the work environment while also staying understandable and easy to follow the whole time.
@Yasmin Herden

Honorable Mention – @Waldemar 

Nice little hint! Waldemar’s video promotes an official workflow and presents an easy way to do fast rendering. To the point and handy!
@Maria Kalashnikova

Honorable Mention – @Patrick M 

This video is efficient in bringing awareness to roof editing capabilities, which can be unknown to some of our users, especially beginners. Very straight forward video and useful tip!
@Yasmin Herden

Honorable Mention – @ShineJoseph 

The idea to recreate in Archicad some real-life designs is always great, and it's clear what we are doing from the beginning of the video. Additionally, custom panels are a popular topic, but not everyone knows how to create them in Archicad. Relevant and useful content!
@Maria Kalashnikova

Challenge Champions – @CosminF and @nbeyner! 

Yes, that’s correct. We have not one, but two champions of this challenge! 

These individual tips from @CosminF and @nbeyner scored the highest, but honestly the entire video collection they each submitted was great! For that reason, we will highlight the best submission from each, but link the other shorts underneath in the expandable menu. 

Great tip! Modifiers are extremely powerful, and not many users know how to use them. Cosmin’s video makes it simple to understand and breaks the workflow down into small steps.
@Yasmin Herden

More shorts from @CosminF

• Import Blender file into ArchiCAD 

• PSA (Archicad) 

• Sources for 3D models (for ArchiCAD) 

• Magic Wand Organic Fence in Archicad 

• Align View - A neat idea in Archicad 

• Archicad File Cleanup Tips 

• Get Better at Archicad 

I love how this video shows off the amazing potential of the standard Archicad library, which is available to everyone right from the start! It’s easy to underestimate just how flexible and versatile it can be, especially since creating custom elements in other BIM software can sometimes be a real headache. This video offers some valuable insights that can truly empower even mid-level users and make their experience a lot more enjoyable.

@Maria Kalashnikova

More shorts from @nbeyner

• Wall cabinet in Archicad 

• Modeling of 3D Panels in Archicad 

• Archicad track light 

• Archicad is BIM 

• Built-in wardrobe in Archicad 

• Interior elevation Archicad 

We tip our hats to all of the winners of the Challenge!  

But wait! Are you new to Archicad and hungry for more?   

In addition to the amazing tips from our challenge gallery, we have two series of articles to supplement your Archicad skill building journey with:  head over to the Archicad Quick Tour and Archicad Basics to learn more.   

For online training materials, you can also visit Graphisoft Learn. Our free Archicad Basic Skills course will teach you the fundamentals and our YouTube channel has more tutorials for advanced techniques.   

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 Congratulations to all the selected video creators for their great contributions and thank you to each participant who had the spirit to explore and share their best Archicad tips with us.  

We hope this challenge is just the kickstart for many of you to keep exchanging knowledge and reaching new audiences with your content. 

Here’s to 2025 and all the joyful work to come!  

Graphisoft Community Team