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Shoegnome Open Template v23.1

I spent eight hours yesterday measuring a house and building the ARCHICAD model on site. Measuring and modeling is the only way to work. I arrived at the house at 10:30 am. By 6:30 pm I was heading home having measured the house, built the model to enough detail that I could start design (it’s an interior remodel), and also had a one hour dinner meeting with the clients to discuss their program in more detail, as well share the structural and plumbing challenges I discovered. The only way that all happened was because I built the ARCHICAD model on site.

It helped I’m friends with the clients and this is the fifth project I’ve done for them (two remodels on their previous home and two projects for the husband’s family’s cabin property). But I’ll for sure propose this sort of project kick off experience for other clients, if it makes sense for their projects.

During the measure I made note of all the improvements I needed to make to the Shoegnome Open Template for ARCHICAD 23, as this was the first time I was using it on a live project. I found a number of places for improvement. Below is a list as well as a link to download the revised template. Not included are some minor changes I’ve made to the template since I released it a week and a half ago.

Reworking all the Building Material priorities is definitely the biggest and most important change I made.

Shoegnome Open Template v23.1 changes:

  • Composites
    1. 2 | Interior Wall – 2×4, 1/2″ Gyp Bd. each side, Insulation
    2. 2 | Interior Wall – 2×6, 1/2″ Gyp Bd. each side, Insulation
    3. 1 | Exterior Wall – 2×4, sheathing (uninsulated)
    4. 1 | Exterior Wall – 2×6, sheathing (uninsulated)
  • Complex profiles
    1. 5 | Footing – Turn on stretch and center reference line
  • Favorites
    1. Exterior – Single Door (new)
    2. Door Markers on exterior doors (fixed)
    3. Story Level Markers – removed brown pen on Section & Elevation Markers
  • Surfaces
    1. 06 | Plywood – changed Surface image
  • Building Materials
    1. Reworked all the Building Material Priorities
    2. Fixed color of Brick Building Material

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Comments

  • January 21, 2020
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    Darren Bell

    How did you find juggling a laptop, laser and tape measure whilst whipping around the house?
    I have thought of doing the same but struggling with the concept of too many toys to hold at one time.

  • January 21, 2020
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    Stewart Hart

    No problem at all with a iBackFlip sling bag that enables using iPad or laptop w both hands while standing. Before my backflip I used a walker, that elderly folks use to steady their walk, as a lightweight moveable table. I have used those telescopic thingies that golfers use to retrieve balls from water hazards to help measure high places by myself by positioning the “ignorant” end of the tape w the the telescopic thingy.
    https://www.ibackflip.com/

  • January 22, 2020
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    Mark Renz

    Thanks for this Jared. One thing that I cannot find any information on is how to update a template by merging or somehow combining them. In other words, if I use your template but make changes to it once I download it (i.e.
    Adding views, title block, wall types, etc.) how can I add your updated template to mine?

  • January 22, 2020
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    Mark

    When I use to do house extension work I use to do something similar Jared. I’d draft the existing floor plans and site plan in 2D whilst I was there, normally lap top was on the kitchen table so I’d sketch and measure room by room and then compile it to make sure it all worked. Nothing worse than traveling home, starting to draw it up a day or two later and some of the dimensions didn’t work or I couldn’t read my own scribbles.
    I’d photograph most of the externals as they would ordinarily be brickwork so I could count the brickwork from photos when constructing the 3D model based on a 2D worksheet reference.

  • January 22, 2020
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    Christian Gladu

    I use my IPAD Pro with Morpholio Trace. Does great to scale layered drawings with the apple pencil. You can underlay plans from JPG or PDF. or start from scratch and upload the underlays to Archicad.This little program basically replaces trace paper. Tons of cool drawing tools.

  • January 22, 2020
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    BRYAN

    Jared.
    I think you should do a whole news letter on this topic for Apple …. and PC users. Explain
    all equipment used during entire documentation process.

  • January 28, 2020
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    Nolan Walker

    I’ll be downloading and looking at the template this evening. I recently visited your pen set series, followed by your layers/layer combos series, and it is always fun to follow the evolution through time of your template, and seeing the articles that indicate where your next version will (potentially) improve based on your philosophies and what you’ve learned over time.

  • February 6, 2020
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    Jeffg

    Great job on the template! This is my first time downloading and reviewing your setup. Quick question – how do you typically document your RCP? It looks like you are using a 3D document. Are there specific view setting that you use for this? Is all of your ceiling plan annotation specific to view (ie. you would need to add all of you room names in lieu of using the zones you setup). I’ve never used a 3d document for an RCP (I do like that all modeled fixtures actually show up). Do you know of a good online reference for using 3d documents for ceiling plans? Thanks!

  • February 11, 2020
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    Darius

    Have you ever thought of using HDS Imaging Laser such as Leica’s BLK360? Is quite compact, light and quick. And then you can just load the point clouds directly into Archicad and use them to model.

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