Creating Custom Templates in ARCHICAD
Throughout these lessons, we will explore the depths of ARCHICAD by learning how to create custom templates to fit your office standards, esthetic, and personal choices. Software required: ARCHICAD 18.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons, we will explore the depths of ARCHICAD by learning how to create custom templates to fit your office standards, esthetic, and personal choices. We will discuss how to set up layers and layer combinations, how to adjust pen colors and weights, and much more. We will also talk about how to create favorites and organize our templates so you can use them again and again. By the end of this tutorial you will have a fundamental working knowledge of how to design your very own templates in ARCHICAD. Software required: ARCHICAD 18.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Project 11m
- Automating the Layout Book 13m
- Discussing the Attributes Manager 11m
- Setting up Layers 12m
- Setting up the Layer Combinations 10m
- Adjusting Pen Color, Weight, and Sets 8m
- Working with Building Materials and Composites 12m
- Creating and Adjusting Composites 11m
- Importing and Manipulating Profiles 10m
- Adjusting Model Views 13m
- Organizing Saved Views 7m
- Creating the Publisher Sets 11m
- Customizing Our Favorites 9m
- Creating the Template File 6m
About the author
Willard has been using ArchiCAD for over 15 years and has worked on a number of complex projects, leveraging parametric technology to enable teams of varying sizes meet and exceed their goals. Willard has also trained individuals and organizations how to better utilize ArchiCAD both from an efficiency standpoint and on an organizational level. This deep understanding of the software began when he started using the software during architectural school. His passion for architecture and design mixe... more