Archicad Essentials
From a blank sheet to a coordinated model you can hand to somebody else.
About this course
Most Archicad training teaches the tool palette. This course teaches the habits that keep a model usable six months in — layer discipline, a storey structure that survives design changes, and a documentation set that updates itself when the model moves.
Built for architecture students in their final years and for practices moving off 2D CAD. You will model a small residential project end to end, then produce the drawing set from it.
You need a machine that can run Archicad and no prior BIM experience. A 30-day Graphisoft trial licence is enough to complete the course.
Curriculum
Each span below is drawn to the time it takes, so you can see where the course puts its weight before you commit to it.
- 01
Setting up the project
58m- videoWhat Archicad expects from youPreview8:00
- videoProject settings, units and levels15:20
- videoStoreys that survive a design change19:00
- videoLayers, layer combinations, and why15:40
- 02
Modelling the building
2h 27m- videoWalls, and the composite that owns them26:00
- videoSlabs, roofs, and the roof/wall trim30:20
- videoDoors, windows and the schedule they feed24:00
- videoStairs without fighting the tool35:00
- videoZones, areas and the numbers clients ask for21:00
- videoModel check before you draw anything11:00
- 03
Documentation and layouts
1h 59m- videoViews are not drawings14:00
- videoSections, elevations, and marker discipline28:00
- videoThe layout book32:00
- videoDimensions, annotation and text styles25:00
- videoTitle blocks and autotext19:40
- 04
Publishing and handover
46m- videoPublisher sets and PDF output17:00
- videoIFC export and what survives it19:00
- resourceProject handover checklist10:00
Not sure this is the right level?
Tell us where you are with Archicad and we will say plainly whether this course fits or another one does. We also run this course in-house for practices.