MNAUG #11 Recap
Winter Usergroup meetings in Minnesota are an adventure--snow, ice, sub-zero temperatures. I'm always so glad to see a mixture of new and old faces make the trip. This month, even with a location snafu, we had about 1/3 newcomers. Below
Zonematic
Micro Aided Design, the Graphisoft Reseller in Finland, has a really cool Add-On for ArchiCAD. They actually have a couple, but Zonematic really stands out. It will create zones from a text file--which from a programing and planning standpoint is
January Usergroup Location Change
Unfortunately we ran into some complications and couldn't get a room at the UofM for our meeting. No worries. We'll just meet at the offices of SALA Architects in Minneapolis. I'll work on getting us onto campus in the future.
Black & White Hidden Line Renderings
I like adding 3D views of the major facades on my cover sheets. I first did this about 3 years ago using the sketch rendering engine. I knew it was a good move when in a client meeting we hardly
Pen Sets, Part One
History lesson. My two favorite changes between version 9 and version 10 where the merging of Plotmaker into ArchiCAD and the arrival of multiple pen sets. There is a lot of power and utility with multiple pen sets. At SALA Architects,
January 26th Minnesota ArchiCAD Usergroup coming fast!
Date: Wednesday January 26, 2011 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Location: SALA, Minneapolis In January we're inviting students from the UofM to join us. This will be a great opportunity for professionals and students to share insights about ArchiCAD. If there's
Old Files in need of opening?
December must have been the month of old files. I've had a few people ask me about opening up ancient projects. If you want to open a file from before v8.1 and only have v14 installed (I'm pretty sure even
Thanks for the Tip Julia Child
My wife and I were watching Baking with Julia tonight. The episode co-starred Bread Machine Wizard Lora Brody of West Newton, Massachusetts. Julia Child, a bread machine skeptic, had a killer quote: You're the boss of the machine It's a wonderful mantra
Paintings and Frames
There are a couple ways to hang a picture in an ArchiCAD project. There is an object which I can never find in the library when I look for it. There's also the object mentioned in this forum post. My