Everyday Problems and Struggles

[Anonymous]

Hey Guys,
I was wondering what types of problems everyone encounters with their users everyday? Or at least most days? What kinds of things do you find difficult to do in Archicad if you don't know it well? How do you help your users overcome these struggles.? Like Stairs and Curtainwall. Now I am not looking for solutions I was just thinking we could all start making a list and perhaps it would make it easier on all of use if we new what the common problems were. Then we can start talking about users. I'll Start with my list:

1. Stairs
2. Curtainwall
3. Creating Sections and Elevations
4. Detailing
5. Sloped Roofs
6. Dimensioning
7. Mesh Tool and Sitework
8. Elevators
9. Curving a Wall that Would be a Custom Profile
10. Columns, Beams, and Cross-Bracing
11. Cutting a Hole in a Slab
12. Linking one Detail to Multiple Tags
13. Custom Object Creationa nd Modification
14. Sun Screens
15. Curved Roofs
16. Flat Roofs with Tapered Insulation
17. Modifing Doors
18. Retaining Walls
19. Multiple Floor Heights on One floor Level (Multiple Stories or Single Story)
20. Coil Doors
21. Creating a Wall with Multiple Wall Segmetns and Removing the Extra Linework
22. Creating a Stair from Slabs witha Custom Railing
23. Stair Sections
24. Railings on a Balcony or Loft
25. Column Enclosures
26. Bemolition and Existing Building Work (Grayscale and Dashed)
27. Fire Rated Partitions (Priorites through Layer Control)
28. Screenwalls

That is my list so far. Anyone else have anything that they get asked about frequently be new or exisitng users that we think it might be good to document a best practice? Hopefully we can gather alot of information on this post then start answering.

[Anonymous]

My sentiments exactly Laura. I think I still ahve about a year before we are settled though. Uuugh.

[Andy Thomson]

TomWaltz wrote:

PivoArch wrote:

TomWaltz wrote:
Can't you set it to "Show on all stories" in its settings menu?

Yes you can, but then is actually shows up on all stories. Even if the wall does not.

Oh, duh! Sorry, I mis-read the question.

Yeah, GS hasn't fully gotten up to speed with the whole multistory element thing yet - another reason to stick to the old paradigm of walls per story - anyways, if you are doing multistory work, your hotlinks may require this - for example, floor 9-15 are all more or less the same, floor 9 is the one you work on, and floors 10-15 are mere hotlinks. we have always treated hirise and multistory projects in such a way that the floorplate and its walls, exterior and interior are self-contained (in other words, no multistory elements).

As for demo stuff, as ML says, by layer.

As for attributes. The bane of my existence. It takes a long, long time to develop a solid standard, but the key is to start with an 'inviolable' core of attributes which is never deleted, and add on top (index#'s) as you go, redefining the core standards as needed after 1yr, 2yr, etc.

I ask all users to prefix any new layers or attributes with a ! - so they float to the top of the list, and allow me to readily distinguish them, they get added to the core attributes if they prove useful on more than one or two projects.

[LiHigh]

PivoArch wrote:

TomWaltz wrote:
Can't you set it to "Show on all stories" in its settings menu?

Yes you can, but then is actually shows up on all stories. Even if the wall does not.

I think it's possible....but need to modify the object though.
If i've the time........

[Anonymous]

Tha would be great LiHigh....even if you could jsut adda story select to it.

[LiHigh]

Here we go! It's now story-sensitive.

[Anonymous]

That's Great LiHigh!

thanks a million