AutoSpec to attend 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference

GRAPHISOFTScreen Shot 2013-04-24 at 11.05.57 AMGRAPHISOFT SA announce the participation of AutoSpec at the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, to be held at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, from 7-9 May 2013.

AutoSpec will attend the ArchiCAD conference as a technology partner, hosting a workshop session on 8 May 2013.

The participation of AutoSpec at this year’s conference, marks the start of an intended technology partnership between our two companies.  We have the express intention to offer the clients of both companies access to the market leading SADC specific, product benefits, manufacturer and project data features, that both companies have available. With the array of legislative and regulatory changes the local building industry has seen in recent years and the fierce economic pressure under which it finds itself, building designers are increasingly pressured to access the best performing, most cost efficient and reliable product, which we believe this intended technology partnership will aid tremendously” says André Strauss, MD of GRAPHISOFT in SADC.

For further information about AutoSpec, contact André Claassen, Specifier Executive at AutoSpec.

For further information about GRAPHISOFT and the 15th Annual ArchiCAD SADC Conference, contact Dean Naidoo, Business Development Manager at GRAPHISOFT SADC

Butt Jointed Glass Windows in ArchiCAD

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 between the walls.

Insert this into both “Custom Corner Left” & “Custom Corner Right”.

As seen in the 3D Window

Door / Window Markers in Elevations or Sections

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.

 

from Gideon’s Blog: http://gtaljaard.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/how-to-add-door-window-markers-to-elevations-or-sections/

migrate door/window schedules between projects

Here is a super simple, yet very useful tip on the migration of door/window schedules between projects…thank you to our Cape Town based ArchiCAD Reseller, Francois Swanepoel, MultiCAD

To export from the original project file where the schedule was created, follow steps 1 – 4 in red, to import to the new project file, follow steps 1 – 3 in red and step 4 in blue:

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Door & Window Schedules using the Interactive Schedule

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I recently posted a blog titled Door/Window Functionality Survey (Wish-list). One of the respondents to the survey made the following comment "Neither of these items are a matter of life or death to me - but I use the window and door scheduling frequently and have many other suggestions in this regard."

I have posted a number of blogs that discussed this subject in the past.

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Window-to-floor area ratio calculation in 4 easy steps (SANS 10400-XA 4.4.4.1 & 2)

Window-to-floor area ratio calculation in 4 easy steps (SANS 10400-XA 4.4.4.1 & 2).

via Window-to-floor area ratio calculation in 4 easy steps (SANS 10400-XA 4.4.4.1 & 2).

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Door/Window Functionality Survey (Wish-list)

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I am conducting a survey on the functionality of doors and windows.

Starting off with "standard" Door/ Window Dimension Markers available in ArchiCAD. This  is the result of increasing number of clients wanting to know where they find a door / window marker represented by the pictogram highlighted in the screenshot below..... it depicts a circle divided horizontally with a door number top and suffix below.

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A very good survey and opportunity for SADC ArchiCAD users to define the future of the ArchiCAD door and window functionality...Take a minute to review the functionality and leave a comment on your wishes, after completing the survey...