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ArchiCAD Competency Challenge

Akos Pfemeter
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
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Akos Pfemeter

VP Global Cross-Brand Sales, Graphisoft

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Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
just to add to link's observations:

"The purpose of creating Sun Studies is...

• to see what kind of shadows building elements cast
• to have a good idea of how much sun illumination different portions/rooms/areas of the building receive
• ... "

can't it actually be both of these? there could always be more than one purpose . . .
I thought about this when I came across it too mate, but concluded that sun studies don't really give you and idea of illumination do they? Not in a rendering sort of a way, they simply give you shadows.
and:

"When another Teammate copied an element into your working area and released it for other teammates, you...

• may take it over using the Receive Changes command
• may take it over using the Send & Receive Changes command
• ... "

it's been a wee while since i used teamwork, but i thought you could take over elements on a 'receive changes' command (am i wrong?) which means that you can also take them over on a 'send & receive changes' too . . . ?
No mate - only Send and Receive!
and finally: please could somebody help me with the attached question? i may be missing something completely obvious, but i can't work it out at all . . .
I thought it would be 1000.
link mate (#2) - the gauntlet has been thrown down . . .


I think I've invested too much time in this already mate. The questions and answered are so unpredictable, I now doubt even the ones I am sure I have right! I'm sure I'll give it another go though!

Cheers,
Link.
__archiben
Booster
and:

does anybody care anymore ??? --->
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No right answer here either...

Only one of them will be opened/merged, and it will be the one which is alphabetically first (at least in OS X).
James Murray

Archicad 27 • Rill Architects • macOS • OnLand.info
The Floor Plan Scale question:

A is correct, and I think it's the answer they want, but...

B is defensible in a common-sense way, and...

D is indisputably correct also.
James Murray

Archicad 27 • Rill Architects • macOS • OnLand.info
Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
Hey James

In response to your comments, on a PC (at least) when dragging & dropping two DWG's at the same time, they will both merge. Actually I stand corrected - it appears that the one that you click on to drag with will merge. So I guess that's C

For the Floor Plan Scale question, I agree it is *another* wobbly one. I wouldn't have voted for A myself only because of the lineweight - while text and fills can be set to change with the scale, lineweight can't AFAIK. So while it is true most of the time, not all of the time.

B could be correct, presuming they don't mean that you have already printed it out and expect the drawing to magically change on paper. Seriously, the next print out will change the size of the building, but this can always be overidden. Again not true all of the time.

C is also correct in an obscure way - if you look at the floor plan on the screen, the virtual building will definitely change size. Not really true though.

D is a definite, but only if the part is coded to change, as in a lot of the doors and windows. So for me, this one is true all of the time, even if the parts aren't included in the project or set to change with the scale.

So, the way I figure it D is the ~most~ correct. But with many questions like this, the test often feels like a test of your wills, rather than your expertise.

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
Not applicable
Now, am I just stupid or what?..the questions appear too hard fore my small head and yet I am an ArchiCAD genius of sorts out here!!!
Link wrote:
Actually I stand corrected - it appears that the one that you click on to drag with will merge. So I guess that's C
So there's no right answer for windowsers either. That should slow you down for a minute while we try to figure out the visual feedback of docking palettes. (Does AC run in VPC yet? )

I just checked again and the alphabetical thing holds.
James Murray

Archicad 27 • Rill Architects • macOS • OnLand.info
Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
You know mate, I just checked again, (Because who really does this anyway??) and it seems that it is quite random for me.

Since there is no 'Who really cares' answer, I would go for 'There's no way of telling' or whatever it was, I reckon.

Back to work.......

Cheers,
Link.
giza
Booster
I agree that there are many tricky questions with 2 coerect answers but, i think that we do not need to give advices now and answers as well to the questions because if other users start reading this thread from beginning they'll learn all the questions and the challenge will not be interesting anymore
Gezim Radoniqi | Architect | BIM Manager @ 4MGroup
ArchiCAD user since version 6
AMD Ryzen 3950X CPU, 64 GB RAM, NVidia RTX 3060 12GB
Anonymous
Not applicable
I just read this entire thread, and I believe I will skip the test for now because I can't take that much rejection and failure in one afternoon!

I would be interested in a better, less ambiguous test, though.