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Step by Step Tutorial
by Thomas M. Simmons

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About the Author
Thomas M. Simmons
President ARCHVISTA

The Graphisoft ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial was developed by ARCHVISTA and used with the ArchiCAD training course at the San Francisco Institute of Architects. This is the first edition of Step by Step produced for ArchiCAD 8. The author, Thomas M. Simmons, spent seven years as anarchitect and served as the Director of Design Technology for Esherick, Homsey, Dodge and Davis Architects, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed architecture firm, before starting his company, ARCHVISTA. While at EHDD Architects, he was instrumental in integrating and managing ArchiCAD on a variety of projects including single-family houses, commercial buildings, libraries and aquariums. Simmonsreceived a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A & M University. He has been a speaker on a variety of subjects including Beginning to Advanced ArchiCAD, Architectural Multimedia, QuickTime VR and Architectural Visualization. ARCHVISTA has produced several notable projects for the architectural andArchiCAD markets including the acclaimed NASA Virtual Tours - 2002, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Building Technology Facility - 2001, the award-winning Architectural Record, Record Houses CD-ROM - 1997 and 1998 and the award winning visualization of the American Hebrew Academy with Aaron Green Architects - 1998. ARCHVISTA is a leading consultant and reseller of ArchiCAD for the NorthernCalifornia, Nevada and Oregon regions and can be reached at www.archvista.com. ARCHVISTA is a member of the Virtual Building Group representing the largest base of ArchiCAD users in the United States.

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About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction Part One: Concepts and Tools 7 13 Step 15: Placing the Building on a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Part Four: Measuring and Costing a Building 95

Step 1: The ArchiCAD Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Step 2: Understanding Objects and GDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Part Two: Project Setup 25

Step 16:Calculating Building Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Step 17: Creating Building Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Part Five: Presenting the Design to a Client 103

Step 3: Customizing the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . 25 Step 4: Managing Project Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Part Three: Creating the Virtual Building 37

Step 18: UsingPerspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Step 19: Developing an Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Step 20: Viewing Virtual Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Step 21: Creating a Sun Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Step 22: Defining a 3D Cutaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Part Six: Producing and...