Newsletter 52
September 7, 2001
Hey AutoCAD Users:
ArchiCAD 7.0 r2 is coming
USER GROUP MEETING:
ArchiCAD Focused Training Sessions:
Speed Tips for ArchiCAD

Newsletter 51
August 14, 2001
ArchiMaster 7.0
Free Training Days
Class: ArchiCAD Step by Step; Beginning on August 17th
USER GROUP MEETING
ArchiCAD Focused Training Sessions

Newsletter 50
August 3, 2001
ArchiCAD 7.0 is Reviewed in Cadence magazine
Pacifico Associates Inc. and Boxtect Inc.
USER GROUP MEETING:
Newly Renovated Online Stores
Summer time SALE features:
ArchiCAD 7.0 notes:
New AutoCAD Promotion

Newsletter 49
June 28, 2001
ArchiCAD 7.0 is Shipping
CADENCE magazine give ArchiCAD 7.0 Editors' Choice Award
ArchiFM 7.0
Kajima Implements ArchiCAD
Published in CAD Comments
USER GROUP MEETING
ArchiRuler Killer Add-on and ArchiFacade
Newly Renovated Stores
United States National CAD Standards
Is your other software IFC 2.0 certified? ArchiCAD is

Newsletter 48
June 1, 2001
GDLCentral.com
ArchiCAD 7.0 Order Form
USER GROUP MEETINGS

Newlstter 47
May 4, 2001
USER GROUP MEETINGS:
ArchiCAD 7.0 out of the box
Prices
Step by Step Class
New Artlantis for ArchiCAD
Architectural Graphic Standards

Newsletter 46
April 3, 2001
ArchiCAD 7.0
WindowMaker
Architectural Graphic Standards
User Group and Classes

Newsletter 45
March 5, 2001
Artlantis 4.0 for ArchiCAD
Get Training or ArchiCAD Demo Online
USER GROUP MEETING
March Special

Newsletter 44
January 18, 2001
New Products and a New Store
Piranesi
ArchiFM
Parch.com Object Store
The Architectural Scene Library
Step by Step Class
User Group
CAM Show

Newsletter 43
December 16, 2000
Graphisoft Key Client Conference
USER GROUP MEETING
Web Usage
An American Wins the Graphisoft Prize
ArchiCAD at CAM EXPO 2001
Get Training or ArchiCAD Demo Online
Basic Tip

Newsletter 42
December 5, 2000
Getting the Partners Invloved
USER GROUP MEETING
ArchiCAD Focused Training Sessions

Newsletter 41
November 22, 2000
ArchiCAD 7.0 will be "carbonized"
ArchiCAD Library Parts compared to an AutoCAD wblock compared to an ArchiCAD Module and Xref.
Class: ArchiCAD Step by Step  Beginning on December 1
ArchiCAD Focused Training Sessions:

Newsletter 40
November 4, 2000
USER GROUP MEETING
Another Free Formed Modeler for ArchiCAD
ADT2  User view of ArchiCAD
Other AutoDesk news
Class: ArchiCAD Step by Step  Beginning on December 1

Newsletter 39
October 28, 2000
Wedge Issues
Google Search
Log Home Library
Books on ArchiCAD

Newsletter 38
October 17, 2000
ArchiMaster
Online Store
Online Discussion
Step by Step Classes
Focused Training Sessions

Newsletter 37
Sept 11, 2000
Step by StepTraining
Focused Training
User Group Meetings
6.5 R3/V3
ArchiForma
ArchiTerra

Newsletter 36
July 14, 2000
Training
User Group Meetings
ArchiCAD 6.5 Review in Cadence and CAD/CAM Magazines

Newsletter 35
April 14, 2000
Training
User Group Meetings

Newsletter 34
April 14, 2000
6.5 R2/V2 whats new
New StairMaker 4.1

Newsletter 33
April 14, 2000
6.5 R2/V2
OS News
Graphisoft buys DrawBase
6 Targeted Training Sessions in 2 days

Newsletter 32
December 20, 1999
Growth
FAQ 6.0 to 6.5
6.5 Goodies
Graphisoft Watch
Educational Series

Newsletter 31
November 8, 1999
Cadalyst Review
Step by Step Class
Travese City User Group
Prices

Newsletter 30
October 21, 1999
User Group Meetings
ArtLantis Render 3.5 New Features

Newsletter 29
October 1, 1999
ArchiCAD 6.5
Partial New Feature List
Training

Newsletter 28
September 20, 1999
The Best is Getting Better
ArchiCAD 6.5
The Design Build Series
Prices
Training
Newsletter 27
August 1, 1999
Free Training
User Group Meetings
ProfileMaker
Free stuff on the installation CD
Sale on NEW SmartParts

Newsletter 26
July 17, 1999
ArchiCAD in the Press
Profiler vs ProfileMaker
Drag and Drop
Load v5/r5

Newsletter 25
June 12, 1999
Graphisoft wins big at AEC Technology Show
The Keynote Speech and Vision
Step by Step Class
Get HotSpots

Newsletter 24
May 15, 1999
User Group
Step by Step Class
"Wagging the Firm"
A member of the Big Three Gabor Speaks
Project Framwork
AC-Talk Tip: Non-vertical walls

Newsletter 23
April 14, 1999
User Group Meetings
Step by Step Class
Seminars
Free API's and List Templates

Newsletter 22
March 1, 1999
Graphisoft exceed analyst expectations
Wall Street Journal
Apples new video driver
Use Pack & Go for DWG files
Multi-level support

Newsletter 21
February 1, 1999
Apple's new look
MSA Detailer

Newsletter 20
January 15, 1999
CAM Expo 99
Plotmaker Tip

Newsletter 19
January 8, 1999
Design/Build Series
Design & Presentation CD
Production & Estimating CD

Newsletter 18
December 15, 1998
Design Build Series
MSA Detailer 3.0

Newsletter 17
December 6, 1998
ArchiCAD is Top Medal Winner third year in a row at the 3D CAD Shoot-Out,
Cadence Editor's Choice Award,
Texas A&M University and Yale to Teach ArchiCAD,
IAI DXFII and interoperability standard,
ArchiCAD Presenter,
Artlantis 3.5 rumors

Newsletter 16
November 6, 1998
This Old House, Fonts, iMac, DWG & SHX,

Newsletter 15
October 2, 1998
V3/R3
DGN, "Roof", "Piping", "Presenter"
6.0 Builders Edition

Newsletter 14
September 1, 1998
TeamWork Tips, Hardware
change the default fill

Newsletter 13
August 5,1998
The Midwest ArchiCAD Clinic
ArchiCAD 6.0 features examples:

Newsletter 12
July 11,1998
CADence Magizeen
6.0 Upgrade Seminar and Training
SmartParts on Sale

Newsletter 11
June 18, 1998
AutoCAD takes a closer look
AEC Show Top Gun
PayPerUse is going away
Educational ArchiCAD 6.0
Now is the time to upgrade
Additional 6.0 Info
Graphisoft goes public

Newsletter 10
June 1, 1998
ArchiCAD 6.0
ArchiSITE 5.5

Newsletter 9
May 1, 1998
6.0 Rumors and Facts
Graphisoft Prize

Newsletter 8
April 2, 1998
Graphisoft Wins Coveted 'Codie Award'
SPA Recognizes ArchiCAD For Teamwork as Best Groupware Product
Subject: Re: Hot Links
How does one allocate more RAM to ArchiCAD TW under WindowsNT4/SP3

Newsletter 7
March 17, 1998
UPDATE SoftWare
LiveStyles
Installed base surges 25% in one year as company solidifies position among AEC leaders
How does Art*lantis Render work?

Newsletter 6
March 7, 1998
ArchiCAD ®for Teamwork Is Best Groupware Product Finalist in SPA's 1998 Codie Awards
An interesting Demolition Method from ArchiTALK
AC TeamWork for EDUCATION

Newsletter 5
January 29, 1998
Some thoughts on Backing Up

Newsletter 4
January 17, 1998
ArchiCAD BUILDER'S EDITION
ArchiGuide Service and Support Package is now available:

Newsletter 3
December 20, 1997
ArchiCAD® Supports New Interoperability Standard Leading CAD Programs Demonstrate Integration in Frankfurt
So you've got a curvy bezier line in 2D and you want another one running parallel to it.

Newsletter 2
December 6, 1997
Graphisoft Congratulates All Winners of Annual "Architecture as Spectator Sport"

Newsletter 1
October 4, 1997
3 New Libraries are now Available for ArchiCAD for TeamWork
NEW FUNCTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF Artlantis 3.0

INDEX ArchiCAD 8: Important Info: User Group Training Upgrade before 12/20/02 and save!

Parch.com News 64 December 9, 2002 ArchiCAD Newsletter (248) 476-3348 For old newsletters click here Back Issue Forward Issue

ArchiCAD 8: Important Info: ArchiCAD 8.0, technically, has been modernized, rewritten, and given it's own solid-modeling kernel (no small task). Most software developers pay to use someone elses SM kernel. Plotmaker which used to have it's own code base now has the same code base as ArchiCAD. Because of this there should be no difference when one plots out of AC or PM. ArchiCAD now has some 4 million lines of code. (Thats about 18 cases of paper if printed, or 60 major project spec books.) The shipping library has over 1 million lines. With a major upgrade like this comes some issues to watch for. Most 3rd party products need updating. Librarys part should be OK as long as the part don't have GDL errors. The Standardized Template Systems hopes to be updated in a couple of weeks, while most others will tend to be longer. I would expect it will take Cigraph, the makers of ArchiTerra and ArchiForma, will take a couple of months. I've heard they are planning on having an update to ArchiTerra 1.0 free to existing users, but also they are working on an improved 2.0. Plan2Model, ArchiGlazing, are scheduled to be updated. I have no word on an updated Piranesi plug-in yet. Artlantis 4.5 for ArchiCAD should be coming any week now. The upside to the new code base is that it means better plugins can be developed even for rendering. So for example if a 3rd party wanted to bring their rendering engine into ArchiCAD, it is possible now. In the 8.0 Library, new steel library parts exists (similar to the MSA parts) that are the AWI Steel Shapes but all in 3D!. A bug does exists in the MSA detailer Template frame, otherwise the detailing objects work as before. If you bring a 7.0 file into 8.0 what was once a quickview gets put into the new navigator as a view set. Same with 3D quickviews. However I would not recommend switching programs in the middle of a project. A dose of common sense here. If you have a template, that you work with, I would open it in 8.0 and take a look. But you may want to consider recreating it in 8.0 using the 8.0 library. The 8.0 library is nicer with, what technically is called "editable hotspots". This is the term used to describe the fact that you can drag mullions in a curtain wall objects in plan or 3D without opening the object settings. Other types of objects have different editable actions. Some of my personal favorite features of 8.0 include: ArchiCAD reads an Archive directly without having to unpack the library. One can keep office standard objects in an archive and can be sure that no one will change them. In fact this is how the 8.0 library ships. The height elevation markers have a datam style. You can grab and move a door or window marker on the floor plan without going into the object dialog box. In TeamWork layer combinations can be used to define workspaces. Using Solid Modeling instead of "Trim to Roof" Using Solid Modeling for Vertically compound walls The new Sketch render. Here are the single key shortcuts from Greg Blunier, thanks Greg. Some are old, but you won't find all these in the documentation. A - Activates the Angle Co-ordintate B - Activates the Base Value (in the Info Palette) C - Cycles through the Construction Methods D - Activates the Virtual Divisions Snap Option G - Cycles through the Geometry Methods H - Activates the Angle Bisector Modifiers O - Activates and switches between Offset and Multiple Offset P - Activates and switches between Parallel and Perpendicular Modifiers Q - Cycles through the Quick Alignment Methods (when angle is constrained) R - Activates the Radial Co-ordinate S - Cycles through the Grid Snap Options T - Activates the Top Value (in the Info Palette) X - Activates the X Co-ordinate Y - Activates the Y Co-ordinate, Z Activates the Z Co-ordinate 2 - Pans Left, 4 - Pans Down, 6 - Pans Right, 8 - Pans Up

ArchiCAD 8.0 "Wins yet another Editor Choice Award" ======================================= User Group Meeting: Detroit ArchiCAD User Group Moving back to the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Tuesday, December 10th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm at Pacifico Associates Inc. Farmington Hills, MI Agenda: * 1st 15 min's questions * ArchiCAD 8 * Next month Topic/guest speaker ======================================= ArchiCAD Training Due to demand, we going to have 2 Basic Training AC 101 sessions this month. 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Free with purchase Tuesday Dec 10 Wednesday Dec 11 ArchiCAD 8.0 Upgrade Training Day 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. $135.00 for experienced ArchiCAD users who want to get up to speed quickly. Thursday Dec. 12 ArchiCAD Intermediate Training AC 201 and AC 202 sessions will be back to back on 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. $450.00 for both days. Tuesday, Dec. 17 and Wednesday Dec. 18 Our regular training schedule If interested please call (248) 476-3348 or Email to sign up ======================================= Upgrade to ArchiCAD 8.0 before 12/20/02 and save ! Price before 12/20/02: Upgrade from AC 7.0 to 8.0: $475 ($595 after 12/20) Upgrade from AC 6.5 or later: $750 ($890 after 12/20) For more information and a fax back order form click here. To purchase online and secure click here. We will be doing an ArchiCAD 8.0 upgrade training day on December 12th from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Cost will be $135.00 per person. email if your interested. ======================================= Test Drive Piranesi 3.0 Friday Dec. 20th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm $25.00 per person holds your seat. If you Purchase the software we will refund the $25.00. "The price of the program ($750) is almost negligible compared to the cost savings that can result." - Cadence Magazine. Piranesi offers options that no other application does. For those involved in producing visualizations, it's difficult to imagine not having a copy of Piranesi." - Cadalyst Magazine email or call if your interested.