In this Interactive Training Guide you will be provided with step by step instructions to build the Massaro House, using ArchiCAD's  BIM  architectural environment, also known as the Virtual Building concept. Frank Lloyd Wright designed this project to accentuate a specific New York island in 1950. The Massaros ran the plans by a Frank Lloyd Wright expert architect, Thomas A. Heinz, AIA, who used ArchiCAD to create the construction documentation based on Wright's 5 original pencil drawings. This interactive tutorial is intended to support your early ArchiCAD experiences.

The new ArchiCAD Essentials interactive training package guides you through the creation of a substantial 10.500 square meters modern office building built in Graphisoft Park, Budapest, Hungary andt designed by Lukács and Vikár Architects. New ArchiCAD users will be introduced to the core architectural design, design-development and documentation concepts and techniques of ArchiCAD, and will be ready to implement these instantly in their everyday design work. Experienced users will also find this guide useful by learning about the new features of ArchiCAD 12 in action.
The completition of the new Essentials ITG requires 5-10 hours.

• Saving 2D symbols and 3D models as GDL objects;
• Rotating auto-saved objects and adding material parameters to Library Parts;
• Auto saving rectangular doors and non-rectangular windows, creating custom door panels;
• Basic and advanced GDL scripting.

• DWG, DXF, PDF file export and import;
• Universal 3D, XREF and IFC support;
• Project Hotlinks and Hotlinked Modules;
• Project Mark-Up and Reviewer;
• Teamwork.

• Generic modeling: basic volumes and shapes;
• Architectural modeling: structural grids, terrains, slanted- and composite walls, columns, beams, stairs and roofs;
• Special openings: skylights, corner windows;
• Special constructions: TrussMaker and RoofMaker.