ARCHICAD Standards Course

Developing Archicad standards will structure your process of working and embed your company knowledge. This means your staff can focus on the project instead of trying to answer questions about how to use the software or which tools to use in order to achieve the greatest value out of a BIM model.

These lessons go through a seven part course from an overview of a project template to setting up drawing defaults for drafting to creating modeling standards for developing a project to customizing schedules for listing project data. By establishing these standards from the start you save time and increase productivity on projects.

Course Details

Part 1: Overview of a Project Template
Uncover the settings that are the foundation for creating an effective Project Template including Attributes and Tool Settings and the Navigator as well as using the Archicad Template .tpl file format.

Part 2: Understanding Project Preferences
Explore the settings and standards within an Archicad project file including Working Units, Levels, Dimensions, Project Info and other miscellaneous preferences.

Part 3: Setting Up Graphic Standards
Learn how to setup graphic standards for Archicad using Model View Options, Graphic Overrides, Pen Sets and other options to create different graphic output such as presentation drawings, background drawings and reflected ceiling plans.

Part 4: Defining Drawing Views
Discover how to standardize Views for a template including organizing the Navigator, how to create Saved Views, methods to organize Views and creating preset Views for Layouts.

Part 5: Creating Title Blocks & Layouts
Examine how to create and standardize Title Blocks & Layouts including the steps to defining standard Titleblocks, setting up auto-text to automate sheet project information and office standards for output of printing, PDF’s, DWG and other output formats.

Part 6: Setting Up Defaults & Favorites for Tool Settings
Master how to use and organize Favorites to define defaults for the Tool Settings and review how to use Worksheets to set up General Notes, Keynotes, Legends and other project information.

Part 7: Defining Building Schedules
Discover how to create custom building schedules including setting up Properties, review of schedule types, using Criteria to define the type of schedule and how to coordinate schedule information using Fields.

Instructor Details

Tom Simmons is the Director of BIM at ARCHVISTA, Inc., a consulting company focused on the Archicad implementation and project integration. He has extensive experience in BIM technology for building design, project management and construction. Through his work with architects, engineers and contractors he has a broad understanding of BIM with specific emphasis on it’s use to inform design decisions, increase efficiency in documents, produce more accurate cost estimates and facilitate construction coordination through a Virtual Design and Construction process.

Course Lessons

Standards-1

Overview of a Project Template

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Gain an understanding of the basics of setting up a project template in Archicad. We’ll examine options for developing a template; the standards important for BIM such as Titleblocks and Project Organization; Settings that can be customized; and how to save a project template.

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Standards-2

Understanding Project Preferences

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Uncover the different types of preferences as well as the Archicad work environment in this Standards Class. Preferences include Working Units, Dimensions, Zones, Project Location and more. The environment includes User Preference Schemes, Company Standards, Shortcuts, and more.

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Standards-3

Setting Up Graphic Standards

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Learn how to setup graphic standards for Archicad using Model View Options, Graphic Overrides, Pen Sets and other options to create different graphic output such as presentation drawings, background drawings and reflected ceiling plans.

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Defining Drawing Views

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Discover how to standardize Views for a template in Archicad. You’ll learn about Saved Views and strategies for setting them up in a template, including organizing Views and creating preset Views for Layouts.

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Creating Title Blocks & Layouts

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Examine how to create and standardize Title Blocks & Layouts in Archicad. You’ll uncover how to set up a Master Layout, including title blocks and drawing placement options; setting up Layouts and Subsets; and adding preset content to the layouts.

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Setting Up Defaults & Favorites for Tool Settings

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Master how to use Defaults and Favorites for tools. You’ll learn about how favorites work and the favorites palette; how to create and organize favorites; and how to manage and edit favorites.

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Defining Building Schedules

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Discover how to create custom building schedules, including a review of schedule types. You’ll learn how to add custom properties, work with schemes, create custom indexes, and link schedules to labels.

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