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Archicad design tools: Workflows, element connections, modeling tips

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Did you know you can adjust layer thickness of complex profile walls without creating new walls? To adjust complex profiles in Archicad without rebuilding elements, use Offset Modifiers to dynamically edit layer thicknesses, dimensions, and surfaces. This method saves time b...

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Adding new nodes to a Wall when editing it via the Pet palette eventually creates segments which cannot be joined again using an inverse command or such. Though it is not something you could not solve by deleting one of the segments and edit the remaining part, the method is...

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Welcome to our series of articles from the Snow Globe Challenge! We invited some of the designers who participated in the challenge to elaborate on their entries, share their workflows and tips&tricks. Enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment if you have any questions. Pleas...

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With the Grasshopper - Archicad Live Connection, you can enhance your BIM model with complex shapes that can not be defined easily with the defaultArchicad tools. In order to be able to properly represent and document these shapes, while keeping the geometry and BIM informat...

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We're famous for having Tools that can be used for more than their original function. Profiles are used in Walls, Beams, and Columns to create custom elements tailored to the project. Use the parametric profiles to create design alternatives and custom furniture using only o...

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As a newly introduced feature in ARCHICAD 22, the parametricity of profiles can be used for multiple purposes. One of them is to create adjustable fireproofing/insulation for beam or column elements. Later, the thickness can be adjusted by element, letting us use only one Pr...

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A Wall element can be a simple wall and it can also use composites or profiles. Composite structures can be used with Shell, Roof, and Slab elements as well, and can have up to 48 skins with individual skin separator lines However, since with ARCHICAD 22 complex profiles wit...

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With parametric profiles being introduced in ARCHICAD 22, came new attributes to manage, the offset modifiers. With the help of the Modifiers, you can create more intelligent Profiles for Walls, Beams, and Columns, by defining the edges parametrically in the Profile Editor. ...

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There are many ways to create a ramp in ARCHICAD (e.g., Ramp Object), but in this article, we are going to show you how to create one with the help of the Stair Tool. Here is what you will need: a complex profile a Stair with stringers that's all Structure Create a custom pr...

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This article explains methods of enhancing the appearance of connections of floors and walls in model section views. Description of the floating floor screed edge detail In most cases the solution for floors to match soundproofing requirements is to design a so called floati...

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The Profiler Add-On allows you to create Object type Library Parts by extruding a profile along a straight or curved path. The new Profiler command will appear in the Design/Design Extras sub-menu by default. How to use Profiler Add-On To create an object: In the Floor Plan ...

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Original thread is published at AECBytes: http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2008/issue32-archicad.html written by Eric Bobrow Principal, Bobrow Consulting Group Although AECBytes has already archived the original thread of this article, we kept this one here among the Ti...

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Revolved elements can be created using Complex Profiles, Shells or Morphs. In this example we are using Complex Profiles to create custom-shaped balusters. Step 1: Draw Profile Create a Complex Profile of the Baluster that you want to use. Make sure to keep one edge straight...

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by Dwight Atkinson, Vancouver, Canada Creating wall openings as windows is not the easiest or fastest way to make design experiments with wall openings. For non-critical work, using an SEO (=Solid Element Operation) combined with a Complex Profile Beam is faster and more ada...

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Walls in ARCHICAD by default have a uniform height along the whole element. By trimming Walls with Roofs or using Solid Element Operations (SEOs) with the Wall as target and Roofs/Beams/Slabs etc. as Operators, the contours of Walls can again be modified as desired. Here is ...

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