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mastering archicad 11

Anonymous
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hi! can anyone help me doing this structure in AC 11? In few months from now, I will be on my on the job training and i want to know how to use different modellers.

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Anonymous
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is there any manual for this modellers? Can i get it for free i'm only a student
Anonymous
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jon2 wrote:
i wanted a program that will require me only 1-2 weeks to study the whole day because i will also study gdl and sketchup
No such program!
Anonymous
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if there are a lot of better programs why do you still using archicad? rhino3d and moI looks decent and amazing . Just like what i see in magazines. I already knew that new gadgets are modelled in computer but they do look so real. ipods and laptops look so real
Anonymous
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how about landscapes? artlantis works wonders but it requires me to buy albums and cd's . there are limited free downloads over the net
Anonymous
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no i mean just the basics just like what i did in ac11. the interactive training guide. I want to study for about 2 weeks then gradually master it. That's why I'm trying to do some exercises just like those attached photos but ac11 is only good for box designs. (i don't have knowledge in gdl scripting) i sometimes modify the objects but still there is a limitation.
Mats_Knutsson
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jon2 wrote:
if there are a lot of better programs why do you still using archicad? rhino3d and moI looks decent and amazing . Just like what i see in magazines. I already knew that new gadgets are modelled in computer but they do look so real. ipods and laptops look so real
Go to a 3D/visualization forum instead and be happy. This is a CAD-related forum and you're obvoiusly not into CAD.
Good luck.
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Anonymous
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i have objective. Is it now possible for at least do some similar shapes?
Anonymous
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"Mats_Knutsson" wrote:
"jon2" wrote:
if there are a lot of better programs why do you still using archicad? rhino3d and moI looks decent and amazing . Just like what i see in magazines. I already knew that new gadgets are modelled in computer but they do look so real. ipods and laptops look so real


Go to a 3D/visualization forum instead and be happy. This is a CAD-related forum and you're obvoiusly not into CAD.
Good luck.


but i just wanted to practice doing these structures in computer or at least in ac11. photorealistic renderings are just a bonus. I know it is easier in ac11 to create buildings than autocad that's why i'm looking for some ways to explore the capacity of ac11. I've heard a lot of objective and ac12 curtain wall tool
Anonymous
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actually I just have one comment , I hate when people say "easily" this is couldn't be done in ArchiCAD . all the shapes above could be " done " in ArchiCAD . yes not the best tool , yes it is cumbersome , yes you can't get all the BIM features of it . but in the end the answer is not "Easily" :NO !!

not 2 clicks as 90% of our buildings , but yes it could be "done" in archicad , and yes I don't find it something wrong that archicad enables us to do shapes in other packages and import it here .

I would love to have all that directly in ArchiCAD , but so far it is not .

any how ... I don't think that anyone would be against having organic tools in archicad ( beside programers in GS i guess )
TomWaltz
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Jon, I can appreciate your enthusiasm, but you need to slow down and listen to the responses you are getting.

Objective and the AC12 curtain wall are improvements, but they still won't give you native tools to build structures like these.

The geometry you're showing probably can't be built in Archicad without substantial effort and almost no ability to edit it without completely rebuilding it. You'd be better off to build it in something else like Rhino, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, etc. Once you import it into Archicad, you may or may not be able to convert it into usable construction documents. The representation of objects brought in from other programs is really weak.

If you just want to model these for presentation, just use a presentation modeler. Rhino is awesome for that.

If you want to do construction documents, you'll need something that can do swept or revolved profiles. You could pull off some of this with Revit's Massing and Apply to Face tools, but not all of it. Digital Project (Catia) might be your best bet.
Tom Waltz