Each month there are one or more coaching calls; this is a recording of the session on August 10, 2011July – December 2011
Coaching Call – August 10, 2011
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ArchiCAD Training Session Notes
| QUESTION | ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES | START TIME |
| Wall display: Outline vs. Symbolic | Model View Options | 0:06:25 |
| Cutting Planes (Discussed, not demonstrated) | 0:09:55 | |
| 2 Stories w/no height difference (Discussed, not demonstrated) | 0:10:25 | |
| How Schedules work w/plans that have varying layer combinations | 0:12:25 | |
| Creating layer combinations | 0:20:04 | |
| How to keep the Navigation Palette open in ArchiCAD 15 | 0:23:28 | |
| Find & Select storing & exporting options | 0:27:17 | |
| How to create a glass walled “window” bay area | 0:32:18 | |
| How an object can be permanently changed. | Tinkering with GDL script | 0:45:47 |
| Using parameter transfer with “Favorites”: (for Mac: Command + Option) keys (for Windows: Ctrl +Alt) | 0:55:48 | |
| Saving PDFs with ArchiCAD’s Publisher | 1:04:18 | |
| Loading Favorites | 1:12:00 | |
| Finding Composites: Options>Element Attributes>Composites | 1:12:48 | |
| Exporting & Importing Favorites | 1:14:41 | |
| Using Attribute Manager to more comprehensively manage composite structures | 1:21:50 | |
| Using Enounce MySpeed | 1:28:00 |
ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call - August 10, 2011
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