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Interactive Training Guide
This interactive guide is intended to support you throughout your early experiences of ArchiCAD®.
Q. What level of ArchiCAD knowledge do I need to benefit from these movies?
A. None - this guide has been developed for users, taking their next steps in virtual modeling.Q. What will I gain from using this guide?
A. You'll pick up a broad and working level of ArchiCAD modeling knowledge, and an appreciation for the potential you'll have with such design flexibility at your fingertips.Q. How long will the full guide take to go through?
A. If you progress through the entire guide - step-by-step - we estimate you will have invested half-a-day towards your career development
All you need to do is to follow and repeat the exercises as they are presented to you in the narrated movies. To get the best interactive results you'll need to install ArchiCAD, but the guide itself will be downloadable and will still function without the solution installed. Don't forget that you can also use the Acrobat PDF e-guide - by displaying or printing it - which also lays out for you each stage of each chapter.
Q. So what do I do next?
A. Simply watch a short introductory movie clip below to see exactly how simple and fun the interactive learning process can be!
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Please click on your preferred video format to view these movies - and remember to turn up the volume to hear the narrator!
The interactive training guide includes:
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Training Guide e-book: this PDF guide explains every step and is backed up with plenty of screenshots. It will also give you hints on related features and techniques which are closely connected to what you're doing during the training. |
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Archicad project files: these pre-set training files have been created to help the learning process. They include a lot of help tags and pre-set project views - allowing you to focus on the core material. |
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Archicad AV movie clips: these clips present every detail, and any required interaction, to complete a certain step. They can be watched while working on the Archicad pre-set training files, but they are also linked to the relevant chapters and steps of the PDF e-book. |
We hope that you will find this guide useful and share the same experience as architects around the world: ArchiCAD is easy to learn and fun to use! And of course, you can contact Graphisoft or its partners if you have any further questions.
Downloading the training guide
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System requirements for the movies
To view ArchiCAD movies and clips, check your system set-up.
Macromedia Flash browser plugin - When you open a flash clip for the first time, this dialog box may appear. If so, you should checkmark the "Never ask again" option, and hit the "Allow" button to proceed. You'll only have to do this once.
Apple QuickTime Player 7 - To watch the MP4 movies on this site, please install the free Apple QuickTime Player from the Apple website.
Windows Media Player - To view the wmv clips on this site, you need to have the free Windows Media Video Player installed on your Windows operating system. You also need to have the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Decoder (which available for free from the Microsoft website).