Each month there are one or more coaching calls; this is a recording of the session on July 21, 2011July – December 2011
Coaching Call – July 21, 2011
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ArchiCAD Training Session Notes
| QUESTION | ANSWER SUMMARY AND NOTES | START TIME |
| Creating a path on a terrain mesh (flush) | Solid Element Operations: SEO | 0:00:18 |
| Create the path: Spline tool for 2D shape, magic wand (spacebar), slab tool for 3d shape (0:06:16), SEO (0:07:03), SEO is in new sub-menu; “Connect” in AC-15 | 0:04:40 | |
| Second SEO operation = subtraction, moving the path to new location on mesh | 0:09:42 | |
| Undo and repeat the process – just for teaching purposes | 0:13:04 | |
| Path with 2″ profile above Mesh (raised) | Copy Mesh, variations on the path theme include: color coding portions of the site/mesh for planting, easements, parking, lakes, etc. | 0:21:42 |
| Road with cross slope on mesh? Cigraph Add-On: ArchiTerra – rules based road placement – but not engineering on site grades | 0:24:00 | |
| Create Window heads parallel to roof slope? | Special Window: Trapezoid and measure in elevation | 0:38:30 |
| 0:41:51 | ||
| MAC OS Lion issue | Graphisoft does not recommend upgrades to Lion at this time | 0:51:00 |
| Migrate Project into AC15, including Master Template? | “Consolidate” in AC15 will automatically replace the 14 library with the 14 migration library. AC-15 will also automatically find all required migration libraries your project needs, back to AC11 | 0:55:13 |
| Hot Linked Files, relink the MT15 HLM in Hotlink Manager OR keep MT14 and update the parts yourself. | 1:03:20 | |
| Eric summarizes migrating to AC 15 & to MasterTemplate 15 | 1:08:00 | |
| Save as: Archive, (Save files under separate name before migrating) | 1:15:25 | |
| Roof Wizard: Beams – I can’t see them? | Those elements go on a layer, check your layers. Turn on ALL Layers. | 1:18:40 |
| Can I space objects equidistant after placement? | Select the objects, then use the Edit Menu > Align and then >Distribute | 1:20:00 |
ArchiCAD Training – Coaching Call – July 21, 2011
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