Kuhn Drive Residence, Laney LA
Kuhn Drive Residence, Laney LA
12 Steps For Starting a New Project in Archicad

12 Steps For Starting a New Project in Archicad

When designing by hand, the steps to starting a new project are simple: grab a writing implement, a surface to write on, and start being creative. As long as you have a pencil, pen, crayon… and a notebook, napkin, scrap of plywood… you are ready to go. If you are doing production drawings by hand (please tell me very few people still do this), the process isn’t much more complicated. You select a sheet of velum or mylar with your title block pre-printed on it, add a few details to the title block, and pick where you want to start.

Archicad Layer Theory Part 5: Attribute Names and the Tyranny of Alphabetical Order

Archicad Layer Theory Part 5: Attribute Names and the Tyranny of Alphabetical Order

Before we get to the official naming conventions article I’ve been teasing, I need to return to Layers. My post Pen Sets, Part Eight: Thoughts on Naming and a coincidental encounter made me realize that I was doing Layer names wrong, at least for how I use Layers. Below are the links to the first four posts on Layers (don’t forget to read the comments). These posts will catch you up on how I and others view Layers. You don’t need to read them all to understand this one, but together they are building an overarching concept of how to view Layers.

I want to learn Archicad, where do I start?

I want to learn Archicad, where do I start?

I get this question ALL the time. And because I am who I am, I often drop everything I’m doing and respond, whether I’m asked via the Internet, over the phone, or in person. If you’ve read all seven hundred(ish) blog posts and articles that I’ve written since 2010 (this is number one hundred and one on BIM Engine in case you were wondering), you’ve probably come across much of this advice.