ArchiCAD 17 Launches – Western Cape – MultiCad

MultiBIM | MultiCad Event: ArchiCad 17 Launch in Cape Town

We wants to thank every person and company that attended our ArchiCad 17 Launch event in Cape Town on 11 July 2013.

Our whole team, Linda Swanepoel, Nikki Fourie and Francois Swanepoel were excited to welcome so many of our existing clients and some new-comers to this event.

Your enthusiastic attendance and lively participation with Francois’s presentation made it a very special experience for us, as this was the first ArchiCad New Version Launch event that MultiCad hosted independently (no direct involvement of Graphisoft SA).

Even our 3 ArchiCad 17 New Feature training sessions was +/-90% booked out and very well attended. We really appreciate your show of support for our effort to serve you and your company.

You are further invited to contact us with all your software needs in ArchiCad, BIMx, EcoDesigner, MEP-Modeler, Artlantis Render or Studio and Cinema 4D.

We can help you with everything from:

• Accredited Software Training for ArchiCad and all ArchiCad Add-ons
• Software Training for Artlantis Render or Studio
• Technical User Support for ArchiCad and Artlantis. We can even help you with Sketchup questions and some collaboration queries related to Revit workflows. Although our first commitment will always be to serve “SSA Contract” clients, we also serve “non-SSA” clients as our availability allows.
• Software Sales for ArchiCad, BIMx, EcoDesigner, MEP-Modeler, Artlantis Render or Studio and Cinema 4D.
• BIM Consultant services such as: ArchiCad Template and BIM Standards development, Graphisoft BIM Server and Teamwork management,
• Architectural services for Design, Modeling, Documentation and Rendering or Visualization.

Here are some photos (in no particular order) from these events for you to reflect on:

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How to: Butt Jointed Glass Windows in ArchiCAD

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I recently received an e-mail requesting help to make a corner window with butt jointed glass. This has been possible since ArchiCAD 14 but apparently not all users are aware of this.

Go to the Corner-Window tool and open up the “Corner-Window Settings” dialogue. Select “Ribbon Window 16” from the Special Windows 16 Folder. Then from the “Special Windows Settings” tab enable the tick for “Custom Corner Right”, and in the drop down change the option to “Glass”. Then set all the other parameters for the size, frame, materials, sill etc… Click “OK” to close the window.

Now click on the wall close to the corner (but not on the corner), this will generate the corner window to both adjoining walls.

As seen in the 3D Window.

Another example is the requirement for a curved wall with segmented butt jointed glass window.

Please note: one needs to establish the angle…

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How to: Add Door / Window Markers to Elevations or Sections

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In this example I have placed 6 windows in a wall and applied the Dimension Marker = “W Marker 16”.Now open any relevant section / elevation on which you want to display the window numbering. Then open the Label Tool > “Label Default Settings” window.Select “Window Tool” > “Curtain Wall DW Label 16”. Change the Marker Geometry to suite your needs. Click “OK” to close the window. Select all windows in the elevation by selecting the Window Tool and Ctrl + A (Win) or Command + A (Mac). Open the “Window Default Settings”.Under the tab “Listing and Labeling” check the box “Label Window”. Click “OK” to close. You should now see the window markers on elevation. Please note that you can adjust the position of the markers.

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How to: Change the Climate Data to reference one of the climatic zones of South Africa

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The first step before changing the climate data is to set the Project Location. This is important considering that choosing one of the climatic zones of South Africa would not help you to locate the project correctly.

To do this you can access the Project Location from Energy Model Review > Environment Settings…

With the Project Location window open you can then enter a Latitude: and Longitude: Please note: this can be entered as “decimal degrees” or “degrees, minutes, seconds” by clicking on the arrow pointing to the right.

 

You can verify the coordinates that you have entered by clicking on the button “Show in Google Maps…”

Once you have done this you can click on “OK” to close the Project Location window. You should then see Environment Settings window once again. Now click on button “Climate Data”

 

Now click on the option: Use ASHRAE IWEC, TMY, WTEC2…

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ArchiCAD 17 – new feature: Automatic Model-Based Junctions

This post on the new features of ArchiCAD 17, is shared with our clients and readers via Graphisoft SA’s blog

ArchiCAD 17 – New Feature: Link Element Height to Stories

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