Archicad: Best Practice: The Vitrual Building Revealed

by Martens, Bob

• ISBN13: 9783211407554
• ISBN10: 3211407553
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Actar-D

Summary

ArchiCAD has been on the market since 1984 and has firmly established itself as one of the best CAD software packages available. With a rapidly growing base now exceeding 100,000, ArchiCAD users need to keep pace with the latest developments of this flexible and powerful software package. Ongoing product development has broadened the program's spectrum of possible applications, and Bob Martens and Herbert Peter provide a comprehensive overview of its capabilities through an in-depth presentation of the software and description of the many tools, functions, and processes that can be used in professional, research, and educational contexts.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(3)
1. On the Relation between Architecture and CA(A)D	9	(28)
1.1 CARD = Automatic Architecture?	10	(13)
1.2 ArchiCAD: Its Inception and Developmental Context	23	(14)
2. ArchiCAD as an Intelligent Work Environment	37	(89)
2.1 Modeling with Different Tools	38	(5)
2.2 Using GDL Object Technology	43	(23)
2.3 Hotlink Modules Referencing	66	(4)
2.4 Additional Performance Features	70	(10)
2.5 Project-related Data Organization	80	(22)
2.6 Using Information from the Internal Database	102	(6)
2.7 Project-related Communication and Presentation	108	(18)
3. Characteristic Applications from Practice	126	(148)
3.1 Case Studies from Architecture Offices and Planning Studios	128	(100)
3.2 Visualization Strategies	228	(23)
3.3 Examples of Non-commercial ArchiCAD Applications	251	(23)
4. Developmental Perspectives: Integrated Building Simulation	274	(9)
Training Manuals and Reference Sources	283	(1)
Internetlinks	283	(1)
Trademarks	283	(1)
Photo Credits	284	(2)
Index	286