

With traditional CAD, your drawing is a 2D representation of how the building will be built.

Virtual Building TechnologySo what is the difference between traditional CAD drafting and Virtual Building Technology? Traditional CAD is the world of lines, arcs, circles and blocks. In addition to transforming the architects own practice, ownership of the 3D computer model will carry important competitive advantages in procuring all future work associated with the same building. As a result of this evolution, the architects ability to construct a virtual building on a desktop computer, to simulate the buildings behavior both before it is built and throughout its life cycle, will change the architects design process, fee structure, and relationship with the client, contractor and the community.
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The Concept of a Virtual BuildingArchitectural software is evolving rapidly from an automator of twodimensional drafting to a three-dimensional building simulator. This means that you will not be able to do some of the exercises as described in the manual. For example, you cannot save files or create a team project.
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While offering the full functionality of the software, this demo version contains security restrictions. If you have purchased or been offered Step by Step for evaluation purposes, the Step by Step CD-ROM contains a demo version of ArchiCAD. Important Note on the Step FilesThe ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial has been designed to introduce the programs functionality to users who have purchased a commercial or educational license. The steps also contain diagrams of Toolbox and dialogs that provide quick references to Tools used in that exercise. Each step guides you through the concept or technique to be learned, the information necessary to build the exercise, and what to do for that step. The intention of this course is to offer a consistent and organized process for learning ArchiCAD based on an architectural project. The steps highlight the implementation of a project, methods of design and the application of tools for construction documents. By the end of this course, you should have a basic understanding of ArchiCAD concepts, tools, drawing techniques and modeling. IntroductionWelcome to Step by StepThe Step by Step Tutorial for ArchiCAD 7.0 is designed as a 16- to 20-hour course that will guide you through a project. Additionally, ARCHVISTA has produced two products for ArchiCAD: ProjectStart and ProjectResource, management and organizational utilities. ARCHVISTA has produced several notable projects for the architectural and ArchiCAD markets including the award-winning Architectural Record, Record Houses CD-ROM - 19 and the award winning visualization of the American Hebrew Academy with Aaron Green Architects. He has been a speaker on a variety of subjects including Beginning to Advanced ArchiCAD, Architectural Multimedia, QuickTime VR and Architectural Visualization. Simmons received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A & M University.

While at EHDD Architects, he was instrumental in integrating and managing ArchiCAD on projects ranging from single-family houses, commercial buildings, libraries and aquariums.

Simmons, spent seven years as an architect 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. This is the first edition of Step by Step produced for ArchiCAD 7.0. The ArchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial was developed by ARCHVISTA and used with the ArchiCAD training course at the San Francisco Institute of Architects. Macintosh, Power Macintosh, QuickTime and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. ArchiCAD is a registered trademark and PlotMaker, Virtual Building, StairMaker and GDL are trademarks of Graphisoft. Published by GRAPHISOFT R&D Rt., First edition. The Nokia K2 project used for illustrating the ArchiCAD package and book covers is copyrighted by and used with the permission of Helin & Co. Reproduction, paraphrasing or translation without express prior written permission of the author and Graphisoft is strictly prohibited. SimmonsīUDAPEST MUNICH SAN FRANCISCO TOKYO LONDON MADRID SA PAULO SANTIAGO DE CHILEĪrchiCAD Step by Step Tutorial, version 7.0 1998-2001 by Thomas M.
