Each month there are one or more coaching calls; this is a recording of the session on January 18, 2012January – June 2012
Coaching Call – January 18, 2012
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ArchiCAD Training Session Notes
| QUESTION | ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES | START TIME |
| Component or Block function in ArchiCAD? | Answers: Custom Object and Hotlinked Module | 0:02:44 |
| Custom Objects: First Select elements, then > File >Libraries and Objects >Save Selection as… > , then provide a name | 0:05:06 | |
| Fix viewing and proportion issues with object | 0:07:21 | |
| Hotlinked Module: Select Elements, >File > External Content > Save Selection as Module. You create an external MOD file. | 0:11:54 | |
| Update with hot link manager to see revised hotlinks | 0:15:15 | |
| Measured Stretch with marquee | Measured stretch with reference to remote point | 0:19:31 |
| Stretch or Trim multiple elements | > Adjust command, keybd shortcut = Ctrl+- or Cmd+- (dash) | 0:23:54 |
| Railings | Use object tool, use “find library parts” with Keyword box | 0:25:31 |
| Managing Library for Office and Home use | >File > Libraries and Objects >Library Manager | 0:27:50 |
| Copy a project started with generic template to a file with the Office Standard template? | Simple project & both templates have the same attributes: Copy and Paste | 0:37:23 |
| 2D information from elevations, worksheets, etc has to be copied individually | 0:42:50 | |
| Intersection cleanup of sloped walls? | 0:44:45 | |
| Magic Wand? | Apply slab to a space defined by walls | 0:48:12 |
| Create regular polygon with magic wand and circle tool | 0:53:30 | |
| Options > Project Preferences > Construction Elements > 3D Intersection Priorites | 0:56:03 | |
| Mixed Window types – complex window | ganging windows | 0:59:00 |
| diamond muntin sashes or custom sashes | 1:10:45 | |
| Text alignment in mirrored plans | Anchor points control relationships | 1:13:40 |
| Area reports | Program planning, Fill tool, Zone Tool | 1:24:03 |
| Zone Tool | 1:25:53 | |
| Cut an Axonometric view with a marquee? | >Save current view, to save the cut away view | 1:29:26 |
ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call – January 18, 2012
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