Black & White Hidden Line Renderings
I like adding 3D views of the major facades on my cover sheets. I first did this about 3 years ago using the sketch rendering engine. I knew it was a good move when in a client meeting we hardly
Pen Sets, Part One
History lesson. My two favorite changes between version 9 and version 10 where the merging of Plotmaker into ArchiCAD and the arrival of multiple pen sets. There is a lot of power and utility with multiple pen sets. At SALA Architects,
January 26th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup coming fast!
Date: Wednesday January 26, 2011 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Location: SALA, Minneapolis In January we're inviting students from the UofM to join us. This will be a great opportunity for professionals and students to share insights about ArchiCAD. If there's
Old Files in need of opening?
December must have been the month of old files. I've had a few people ask me about opening up ancient projects. If you want to open a file from before v8.1 and only have v14 installed (I'm pretty sure even
Thanks for the Tip Julia Child
My wife and I were watching Baking with Julia tonight. The episode co-starred Bread Machine Wizard Lora Brody of West Newton, Massachusetts. Julia Child, a bread machine skeptic, had a killer quote: You're the boss of the machine It's a wonderful mantra
Paintings and Frames
There are a couple ways to hang a picture in an ArchiCAD project. There is an object which I can never find in the library when I look for it. There's also the object mentioned in this forum post. My
Aligning 3D Textures on Slabs
Aligning 3D textures in ArchiCAD should be easier. It needs to be done in 3D and this can be tricky if you don't have a node in the right place to snap to. Sometimes I'll make a temporary object or
Assigning Information in ArchiCAD for Material Takeoffs
This AECBytes article by Thomas M. Simmons of ARCHIVISTA is great. Material takeoffs are a lot easier and closer at hand than I thought. Worth a read. I have some experimenting to do.
MNAUG #10 Recap
Although the meeting was focused on new users, there were some great questions and discussions that have value for all users. As in most of our meetings, a fair amount of time was spent discussing complex profiles. For anyone who's