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ArchiCAD Training Session Notes

QUESTION	ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES	START TIME
How to add profiles to the Master Template (or to another file)	Custom Profile: copy objects with their attributes from project to project, or copy into the Template file.	0:01:00
	Sidebar: Manage screen size display in ArchiCAD	0:04:34
Dragging a view from one layout to another		0:13:00
Manage enlarged plans vs text and dimensions	Use views and layers to manage scale.	0:19:06
	TIP: Hide locked layers to see only layers of the combination	0:27:26
Install GDL labels in ArchiCAD	Add GDL objects to the environment via: 1) the object tool dialog box, or 2) through the library manager.	0:30:24
Text setting that changes with scale	Paper size vs model size (72 pts per inch/ALL CAPS)	0:41:49
		0:46:30
Default Label Action: Stretch vs Drag bounding box	Double click allows new label boundary to autostretch for any length text without line breaks	0:48:30
		0:55:00
Pipes without AC’s MEP modeler	Use complex profiles with beam, wall and column tools	0:58:48
Label with two leaders lines	Use the polyline tool with arrow head option	1:05:27
Working with several houses in single project	Keep each plan in separate PLN file, then create new file and place the house plans as Hotlinked Modules in the new file	1:09:30
How to use label without text?	Place at least a single space to place the label	1:17:23
Modify Wall comand	When to use invert direction, structure, reference line, etc?	1:19:50
Composite Walls	Any advantage to creating the exterior vs interior at the top of the Composite structure dialog window?	1:27:35
Labeling windows and doors in Elevation view	Two step process 1) >Settings dialog: >Listing and Labeling > Label Door. 2) Change Label Selection settings	1:32:23

ArchiCAD Training Session Notes

ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call – January 26, 2012

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