Creating New Stories Our training project will have three stories: the existing “Ground Floor” on which we've already worked, a “Foundation’, and an upper “Gallery” that we will create now. 1 Open Design > Story Settings dialog box. 2. By default, ArchiCAD creates the project with 3 stories. Select the third story (No. 2.) andname it Roof. 3 Let’s rename the 1st to Gallery, and enter 3.00 m as the Elevation Height and leave Height to Next to 3,20, 4 With the Ground Floor item selected, click the Insert Below button to insert a new story below the existing Ground Floor, type Foundation, and enter -1 as Elevation. LO.0.2, a Thane = a thet 2 + LGatewy g 0 Grund Poor 2 1-1 Foungation z insert Above Insert telow Delete Story Cancet_| (OCSCreating Wood Structure Placing Columns Next we place four columns to create a veranda on the south side of the building. The first and the last column will align with the axis of the two walls, and they will be equally distributed and run parallel to the front wall. 1. Switch to the @. Ground Floor in the Navigator - Project Map. 2. Activate the Column too! [iT@Slinil. 3. Open the settings dialog and set parameters as follows: + Column Top: Not linked + Column Height: 3,15 + Bottom Elevation to Project Zer + Rectangular structure + Size0,2x0,2 + Building Material: + Anchor Point af Core: Middle Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Column imber - Structural Layer: Structural - Bearing Click OK, © My comer ant Poutonns00.8 Column Default Settings (Favorites...) Default [Uf] cencnic- ecrennat cranonc 0, Ground Floor (Current) +) | I] /Z ff. |90.00° 1m = [0.00° to Project Zer0|¥] | Anchor Point of Core: ssh, Ex] fral__ Floor Plan and Section fa Model aby Listing and Labeling 3 Tags and Categories al¥lyly ID Structural Function CRE - 001 Load-Bearing Element5. Create the same guide line geometry on the opposite side of the horizontal wall 6 Select the column and multiply it by activating the Multiply command from the context menu: right-click and choose the Move > Multiply command. Alternatively you can use the [Edit > Move > Multiply menu command. 7 Choose Drag as the multiply action, and enter 3 for the number of copies. Now select the Distribute multiply method - as indicated in the screen shot: wer @ag toue Cement lacumart Data | S888 StS Soren ae -L ayes Sant Click OK. 8 Click the center point of the column, and with the SHIFT key pressed move the cursor to the ‘guide line. Click to place the 3 new columns ifthe lines are perpendicular. =Creating Rafters Now let’s continue with the rafters. 1 Switch back to the 0. Ground Floor. 2. Activate the Section tool in the Navigater, and draw a section line vertically in the middle of the building. Click with the eye cursor to the left of the section line. The section automatically appearsiin the Section list of the Navigator.3. Double click on the section in the Navigator to open it. Measure the distance between the top of the rafter and the O level, so we will know where it should be placed precisely. You can use the Measure tool on the standard toolbar. +3.000 41 Gallery +0.000 und Floor 7 ; 4 We will take advantage of the automatic surface recognition when placing the beam, Switch to the 3D window and select the roof and open its settings. Turn of surface override for the side materials. Click OK. The skins of the roof are now visible. 5 Activate the Beam tool (29a 6 Set its settings as follows: Beam Height/Width:0,2 Reference Axis Offset: 0,1 Inclined method, 18 dearees Building Material: Timber - Structural+ Layer:Structural-Bearing + Tags: Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Beam We have not set the elevation of the beam we will leave automatic surface recognition do the job instead. 7 Click OK,8 Select the Single geometry method in the Info Box, and click the bottom corner of the roof ‘on the upper part of the rafter skin and the top comer of the roof, again on the upper part of ‘the rafter skin. After the beam is placed, open its settings to check the elevation and home story. ArchiCAD automatically placed the beam to the desired home story and elevation that ‘we measured from the section earlier. 9 Tur on surface override again for the roof when done. 10 Open the Gallery plan view. Select the already drawn rafter, right-click on it, and select ‘Move > Multiply. 11 In the Multiply dialog, enter 12 for Number of copies, choose the Distribute method, and click OK. 12. lick the top-left comer of the rafter. Then, hold down the SHIFT key to constrain mouse movement horizontally, and click the top-left corner of the roof.3. Activate 3D Cutaway on the Standard Toolbar. Open the section and drag a horizontal 3D Cutting plane from top and position it on the top -level of the shart walls (+3,00).Change to. 3D Window again and start to draw the terrace slab by clicking the exterior comers of the short wall segments. Click only the four comers af the slab, we will add the curve later. Make sure that the straight, longer side goes along the intemal side af the core skin of the exterior wall (the reference line). 4 After clicking the fourth corner, select the slab and click the edge that needs to be curved.The pet palette appears, choose the Curve Edge button and click on the inner side of the curved stone wall. 5 Set Cut Surface Display: Use Element Attributes o1 ‘opened from the View / Elements in 3D View menu. Offset the curved edge of the slab towards to the Stone wall by 0,15. Iterand Cut Elementsin 30’ panel6 With Special Snap Points > Half option tumed on, move the cursor over the wall segment. Click the appearing snap point at the bottom to place the door. The outline of the dor appears in the wall. Now, move the cursor to pick the external side and the right side (indicated with a dashed line). The final door in the wall: Hide layer.Creating the Floor Slab 1 Activate the Slab tool, and set the followings: + Offset to Home Story: 0,00 + Home Story: 1. Gallery + Composite: concrete floor + parquet + Surfaces: Floor-Parquet Pine/Paint-01/Paint-01 + Tags: Lead-Bearing Element, Interior, Slab + Layer: Structural - Bearing 2 We will place a slab, which covers half of the space. Select the Polygonal Geometry method, and click the following points: + the external top left corner of the core skin in the exterior wall + the external halving point of the core on the vertical wall + the similar point on the wall on the right + the corner point on the top right similarly to the first point 3 Check the section to see the results. You can change the priority value of Insulation - Fiber Hard (insulation of the flat roof) to 645, from 420 so it would go below the brick skit4 Select the wall, right-click and choose Move > Drag a Copy and move the wall 1.2 meters to the right. When finished, adjust the endpoint of the wall so that it reaches the curved wall. When done, select the new walls, right-click and choose Display Order > Send Backward for proper display at the top parts. shih Creating Internal doors First, we add a sliding door. 1 To have the right wall thickness for the door settings dialog, pick up the parameters of the load bearing wall with the Pick up tool (pipette). Activate the Door tool, and type pocket in the search field. Select Pocket door 17. Set the door settings as follows: Anchor Sill to Story 0 to 0,00. Anchor: Side 2General Settings tab page: = Nacasing + Door Frame-on, Packet frame -on Frame and Leaf tab page: + Centered Leaf off + Leaf offset: 0.125 (Set Model Unit decimals to 3 on Working Units panel.) Click OK. ‘Chapter 2- Openings, Stairs and Foundations 3. Place the first door to the lower left comer of the entrance room. There are two walls meeting at that point: click into the corner. 4. Click the upper-right arrow for opening direction so that the leaf will open in the right direction and the pocket will be placed between the two walls (in the insulation skin). 5 You can see that the door is not in a convenient position to enter the interior space. Select it, press CTRLICMD +D and drag it to the right. Type “d 0.6" into the Tracker to move the door by 60cms. Deselect the door. Now, let’s add some more doors to the future WC area. 11 Activate the door tool, and set the door as follows:3. Activate the Pick up tool, and move the cursor over the door on the trace reference, until the info tag appears with basic information about the door. Click once. Notice that the door tool is activated at the same time. i Note: If you have overlapping elements on the floor plan, you can hit the Tab key to switch between the elements. 4 Set the dooranchar to Side 1. 5. Place a door at the intersection point of the short vertical wall seament on the right and the horizantal wall. Click below right toward the wall with the single-eye cursor, Use a quidelineif necessary. direction of sill and board. If you want to change the opening direction, use the F command, which has no effect on the wall side settings. Wy Note: The outer wall side you pick when you place a door or window sets the3 Set the settings as fallows: + Size: 0.6/0.6, Sill to Story 0: 1,80 + Anchor Point: Center + Reveal to Wall Core:0.15 { i General Settings tab page: ae + Board on, Sill on + Tags: Non-Load-Bearing Element, Exterior, Window, IFC Exterior Windows 4 We insert the first window with automatic snap points in the middle of the entrance room. Click the Special Snap Points options arrow, and select Half and Between Intersection Points ‘options, This way, the program shows the snap points between point of intersections, instead of the entire element. 5. Place three windows in the Stane wall, one for each room, each of them in the middle of their ‘own wall-part. For placing use the automatic snap points appearing on the inner side of the wall. Then use the arrows to define the opening direction of the windaws: click on the lower- right icon to make right hand windows (opening to the rooms). Bae7 Click.on the top-left hotspot of the window as reference, and cli door as endpoint. i top-left comer of the 8 Place two more windows at the midpoint of the gallery slab on both sides. Modifying Windows Changing Type ‘Although window types are represented as abjects, you can change the type of an already placed ‘window any time. 1. Select the two windaws placed on the side walls. 2. Open the settings dialog, and select the Round Window 17 in the Special Windows 17 folder. 3. 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Click on the Create Stair button above the preview area, to open StairMaker. aasieja 3. Select Single Winder at Lower End type and click OK. = —= aa 4 Set the stair settings tab by tab:Geometry and Flight Settings Set the values in the order as shown in the picture below and don't forget to lock the Total height and Upper part length values: ita Xb EW : | Click the Check Stair button to check the geometry.Structure and Landing SettingsTread SettingsRailing Settings me =o Sette ele = a tence IRD: == Ot) Se) i)12 Select the Pelygonal geometry methed and click on the comers of the stairs. Make sure you cut the slab not only around the stairs, but below the plaster skin of the exterior wall as well: