Thank you for visiting the Best Practices Course website. The video lessons are available for members only. If you are an active member and would like to watch the ArchiCAD training video on this page, please login to the website. If you are not currently a member, please visit the following pages for more information and to sign up for the Best Practices Course, the QuickStart Course or for the Best Practices ArchiCAD Coaching Program. Eric Bobrow, Creator of the Best Practices Course

Want to download this video, pause or resume playback, jump to a specific point or watch this video in a larger window? Click here for Video Playback Notes...	Select +
While you watch this ArchiCAD Coaching Call, the player controls will disappear. To make them reappear, move your mouse over the playing area. Pause and resume the video by clicking anywhere inside the playing area. This recording was made at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels but is displayed in a smaller viewing area. While playing the video you may switch to full screen by clicking the little button at the far right of the controls. To return to the smaller size, hit the Escape key on your keyboard. You may download the video as an MP4 file from the Coaching Calls Downloads page After downloading, you may open file in QuickTime Player or any compatible media player to watch at full native resolution.

Want to download this video, pause or resume playback, jump to a specific point or watch this video in a larger window? Click here for Video Playback Notes...

ArchiCAD Training Session Notes

QUESTION	ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES	START TIME
Signing Into The Course Website		0:04:00
News: Video Transcripts & Audio Versions Now Available		0:04:51
How To Create A Barrel Vault Roof		0:12:50
	Using The Magic Wand Settings	0:21:28
	Grouping	0:30:00
	How to Trim a Roof Using The Split Tool	0:32:28
	Using the Solid Element Operation Command To Trim Walls To A Roof	0:34:06
	More On The Split Command	0:36:57
Splitting the Roof Using The Split Tool & An Arc		0:47:04
	Magic Wand Settings	0:54:09
Using the Curved Wall Cutting Element & Solid Element Operations To Trim The Side Of A Wall		0:57:27
Printing Out Layer Settings for Study (Check Out The Layer Combination Table in the Master Template)		1:01:14
Troubleshooting: Why Windows Would Show Up In 3D View, But Not In Plan View		1:13:36
Roof Elevation		1:22:34
Working With Sections; Story Height Markers & Managing When Stories Are Viewable (Including Dummy Stories) & Use of The Worksheet		1:25:03
Cadimage Products: Worth Purchasing?
Exporting & Importing Schedules		1:30:38
		1:36:20

ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call – April 19, 2011

Video Transcript

Right-click to download audio version as MP3 file

Add your comments and questions here.

Let us know how you feel... (2 comments so far)

You must be logged in to post a comment.

RJDial
14 years ago

As a longtime Cadimage user (back to the Theometric days), the one downside is that everytime you upgrade ArchiCad, you also have to buy the Cadimage upgrades. If you are on an ArchiPlus subscription, that can get very expensive! Also, there is little support for older versions of the tools; bug fixes are usually only applied to the current version, and documentation for older versions is non existent. As with AC14, we are going cold turkey w/o CI…
- Eric
  14 years ago
  
  RJ –
  
  As with anything in life, if you want to get the benefit from something you purchase you need to maintain it. Cadimage upgrades cost 25% of the original fee, so if you spend $1000 on their products you would need to budget $250 for the upgrades each year.
  
  I think their documentation and support has gradually gotten better over the years.
  Eric