I love working in the BIM environment and helping other architects work in a smarter, more efficient manner. I started using ArchiCAD in 2006, founded the Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup in 2009, and began blogging about ArchiCAD in 2010. I'm always looking for guest bloggers who also want to share their experiences with ArchiCAD and BIM.

Groups Part 2

Posted: May 15th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Long Posts | Tags: , , | No Comments »

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on groups in ArchiCAD. It has quickly  become one of my most popular. If you haven't read that post, you might want to start here. Well I've been thinking more about groups since then. And Link Ellis (one of my ArchiCAD heroes) offered some great additions to the list in this LinkedIn post. Below is a summary of Link's thoughts (4. through 11.) and some more of my own: 4. (cont'd). Note, when groups are ungrouped while they're suspended, they will all become individual elements, regardless of whether they were in nested groups. 7. (cont'd). Similarly [Read More...]

How much do you know about Groups?

Posted: April 24th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Long Posts | Tags: , , , | 10 Comments »

Let's start with the basics and get a bit more complex. 1. The enable/suspend groups button should always be visible.  If the button looks like the image below, then groups are enabled. Otherwise they are suspended. 2. It's a good idea to have shortcuts for enable/suspend groups, group, and ungroup. This is what I use: command+G: group option+G: enable/suspend groups command+option+G: ungroup 3. When groups are enabled, you move the group as one unit. When groups are suspended, you can move individual elements within the group while maintaining the existence of the group. [Read More...]