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ArchiCAD 19 - The Definitive Guide

Dive into the wonderful world of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to become a productive ArchiCAD user

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|Sep 2025
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    Book Description

    This book is for architects, architectural technicians, and construction professionals who are familiar with 2D CAD programs such as AutoCAD Lite, or have some exposure to a 3D BIM package such as Revit. No experience with ArchiCAD is required. If you want to learn the skills needed for architectural drawing production in the real world, then this book is for you.

    What you will learn

    • Acquaint yourself with various project settings
    • Explore a wide range of selection methods and modification features
    • Create the walls, floor slabs, ceilings, and roofs of the residential and the commercial building
    • Use the drafting and annotation tools
    • Make objects and modify them to suit your needs
    • Master view creation and graphic control
    • Link and export files and discover the fundamentals of rendering

    Who this book is for

    This book is for architects, architectural technicians, and construction professionals who are familiar with 2D CAD programs such as AutoCAD Lite, or have some exposure to a 3D BIM package such as Revit. No experience with ArchiCAD is required. If you want to learn the skills needed for architectural drawing production in the real world, then this book is for you.

    Table of Contents

    1. Project Setup & Modeling
    2. Drafting and Annotation
    3. Documentation
    4. Project Setup & Modeling Part I- Commercial Project
    5. Project Setup & Modeling Part II- Commercial Project
    6. Objects, Drafting & Annotation- Commercial project
    7. Documentaiton- Commercial Project
    8. Collaboration
    9. Visualization & Model Management
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-84969-763-7
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 358