January – June 2011
Coaching Call – March 2, 2011

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 ArchiCAD Training Session Notes

QUESTION ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES START TIME
Configuring Your Work Environment Add >File >Close Window into Menu Toolbar 0:08:43
Using Complex Profiles to Create Brick Facing on Top of a CMU Wall   0:16:05
  Profile is made with Fills 0:20:35
  Custom Edges – the pet palette “U” Icon 0:21:40
  Breaking up surfaces 0:23:04
  Creating a Tunnel Using Solid Element Operations 0:31:10
  REVIEW: Custom Profile steps 0:37:13
Ways to Use the ‘Picture’ Object   0:41:04
The Work Around for Complex Profiles in Graphisoft’s Start Edition   0:46:20
  “Slabify” Using slabs: the old fashioned way. 0:47:25
  Create slab 0:47:50
  Turn the slab into an Object: 0:48:37
  View in Parallel Projection (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F3) 0:49:05
  Save as Library Part 0:50:20
Solid Element Operations and visibility issue Place object on a layer you can turn off. 0:55:00
How to create a Complex Profile with profile window cutout? Technical issues: this will be answered later. 0:57:47
Recommendations for Complex Profile Add-Ons   1:01:04
Changing The Scale of Materials   1:03:08
Using the Profiler to Create a Wall Section That Depicts Wall Framing (Discussed – Not Demonstrated)   1:14:26
Where to Place Jpegs &Tiffs in the Library Manager
(Best to put in another library that is then loaded into ArchiCAD’s Library)
  1:16:52
Using Complex Profiles to Create Vertically Curved Walls That Windows Will Orient To In Regards To The Angling & Depth Relationship   1:22:50
The Line Tool’s Arrow Options   1:28:50

ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call – March 2, 2011

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    Mariya Lilith
    13 years ago

    Great recording. Again, a lot of very useful information.

    Thanks, Eric


  2. RJ Dial
    13 years ago

    Hey Eric,
    Somehow you really need to fix the audio quality on the calls. In both real time and later on the recorded sessions I’m always having to adjust the volume as you speak as you are always fading in and out.


    • Eric
      13 years ago

      RJ –
      Thanks for your feedback. I will see if there is anything I can do to process the audio to make the levels more even. I am talking on a headset, so there’s not much I can do to improve the basic audio (it’s not like I’m moving closer then further from the microphone). However, it is possible that post-processing might improve things.
      Eric