ArchiCAD Tutorial Outline

Professor Geoffrey Moore Langdon

Nantucket Community Schools     
March  2004



Saturday, March 6, 2004
Introduction, Overview, Hands on Tutorial - Quick Room, First House, Sections, Perspectives  (can also be taken as seperate intro course)


Saturday, March 13, 2004
Space Planning, Design Techniques, Multi-Story Buildings, Layer Issues, Roofs and Slabs, Rendering, Animation Walkthroughs, Creating modules, Find and select, Transfer Drawings To/From Consultants


Saturday, March 20, 2004
Plot Sheet Layouts with PlotMaker, Custom Objects, Detail Drawing, PhotoRendering, Window/Door Schedules and Legends, Drawing Titleblock Sheets, Lights/Shadows, 3D Select Image Items, Online Resources


Saturday, March 27, 2004
Lineweights, Foundation Plans, Image Overlay (Scan-to-CADD), Rotated Grids, QuicktimeVR, Solid modeling (subtract element- sophisticated 3D modeling techniques) Projects specific to areas of interest chosen by student -- such as -  site and terrain modeling, interior design elevations, photogrametrics (Align View), sun studies, TeamWork collaboration, custom stair railings, etc.