A R C H I C A D TU T O R I A L

BY

ANGKHA

NA CHINK

HOT

P R E F A C E

I´m not telling you it´sgoing to be easy -I´m telling you it´s goingto be worth it.- Art Williams

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I N D E X :

A G E O N T E N T

02 PREFACE

04 ARCHICAD 19

05 2D DRAWINGS

15 3D DRAWINGS

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A R C H I C A D 1 9

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2 D D R A W I N G

BASIC TUTORIAL ON HOW TO USE ARCHICAD.

I will show you how to use the tool box to createa floor plan. How to download furnitures.How to put in lighting and how to create yourown surfaces with downloaded textures byusing JPEG and PNG files.

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STEP 1Click on "welcome toArchicad" to startArchicad.

STEP 2Create your own

layers tohave overview

press: cmd+L

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THESE ARE THE TOOLS YOU WILLUSE TO CREATE THE ROOM

STEP 3Double click on "wall"and you will get up "wall defaultsettings"

STEP 4Select which material you wantthe wall to be. In this project I amusing concrete

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STEP 5Hold in your mouse and drag tocreate walls

Measurement of the wall

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STEP 6Double click on "door"and you will get up "door defaultsettings"

STEP 7Select which door you wantto use. In this project I amusing Entrance - double door

STEP 8Double click on "window"

and you will get up"window default settings"

STEP 9Select which window you wantto use. In this project I amusing Store Front window

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STEP 10Drag the door a long the walland drop it where you want it tobe

STEP 11Drag windows a long the walland drop it where you want it tobe

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STEP 12Double click on "object" to pickfurnitures

STEP 13To download morefurnitures click on "Librarymanager"

STEP 14Click on "add"

and you will get up thewindow shown below

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STEP 15Place the chosen furnitures onthe floor plan

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STEP 16Double click on "Lamp" to get upLamp Default setting .

STEP 17Choose the lamp you wantto use and place it in thefloor plan

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STEP 18Double click on options andchoose Element Attributes

STEP 19Click on New and tickon Duplicate to make acopy.

STEP 19Double click on Surfaces

STEP 20Click on Search for newtextures. Add texture images youwant to use. (JPEG, PNG)

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Finished 2D floor plan withfurnitures and lighting

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3 D D R A W I N G S

In this chapter I will show you how to create acafe counter. You will also be working on the 3Dmode to design the counter.

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These are the tools youneed to create the counter STEP 1

Use the slab tool to draw anrectangle.

STEP 2Use the wall tool to drawthe back side of thecounter

STEP 3Click on 3D to watch thecounter in 3D. Use theOrbit and Pan tool to rotateor drag the object.

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2D floor plan of thecounter.

The counter in 3D

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3D of the cafe

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3D of the cafe

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3D of toilet

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3D of AC Office

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3D of MP Office and Studio

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3D of MP Office and Studio