ACUE 2004 workshops

ACUE 2004 : Workshops

Now we can tell you what we have been longing to tell you for months! - ArchiCAD NINE!

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Practical Workshop Typical topics: This list will be added to and taken away from as the tutors and subjects are finally resolved. Please indicate your interest during the booking period (less popular choices will be dropped from the list). Tutors will come prepared, and depending on the voting, these are the topics that could be offered. These will run in corners of the Bar, the JCR, the Veranda, the Hall, Landings, even in the Garden. See the Plan of the hall with the Workshop Locations . In addition to the main ground floor spaces allocated for workshops and the penthouse, there are 4 floors of accommodation above with landings for informal meeting spaces.

ArchiCAD NINE's new features - find out things about ArchiCAD you havent seen before! - this will also cover IFC, and Import/Export issues. This will be your chance to meet and have a seminar style Q&A session with Graphisoft personnel... the workshop will develop from there. Chaired by Simon Gilbert of Graphisoft UK, with leading Graphisoft management and staff.
Web presentation for ArchiCAD projects - Basic 2D/3D Web presentation options (AC Reviewer, images, PDF, Viewpoint,…) Macromedia Director and Shockwave3D (with ArchiShock3D) . Basic HTML for integration of AS content into Web sites. Presented by Pavol Elias of Dunako, Slovakia.
Materials and Rendering with ArchiCAD - Working with materials in AC. Lightworks shaders. Material management - there is a plugin being developed by Dunako which is not released yet but is relevant to this area. Lighting, Materials, Open GL, Sketch renderers, billboarding, shadows, transparency, antialiasing. Presented by Pavol Elias of Dunako, Slovakia.
Interactive Scheduler - Element ID transformation, for windows, doors, elements and objects - a close up look. Presented by Adrian Harms of BITE Design Uk, Nottingham.
ArchiCAD for TOTAL beginners! - We have a number of people at ACUE who have either just got ArchiCAD, or who are thinking about it (nearly got it) or who have got it (but havent made a start and need motivating). This workshop is for you!!! Presented by John Dyson from Midpoint, Harrogate.
Working with Plotmaker Templates - Template systems in ArchiCAD can link with Plotmaker layout book pre-linked floor plans, elevations, sections, details etc with your own interactive titleblocks. Populate your ArchiCAD model and the drawing sheets will appear to create themselves! Presented by Link Ellis from Idaho.
Picturereality Site modelling and 'Street-scening' with ArchiCAD, Architerra, Façade etc. Including bringing in OS maps or DXF surveys, billboarding. VR for experiencing the built environment and for forming Virtual Objects - an important marketing tool.. Presented by Howard Gill of BITE Design Uk, Nottingham.
Project organisation, office standards, libraries, layers, symbols etc. More like a catchup for those who missed the 'Professional View' half-plenaries. Presented by Matthew Lohden from NY.
ArchiCAD for Intermediates - "10 things you'll need to know about ArchiCAD". This is ideal for people who have recently started with ArchiCAD and "know that there are things that they dont know" - these will be revealed. John will have a list (longer than 10) to select from. Presented by John Dyson from Midpoint, Harrogate.
ArchiCAD Teamwork. how do larger practices work in teams on large buildings? How is the team organised? Using a Router/Hub or Infrared, form a small network and set up a sample team (using your laptops, bring a short ethernet cable) . Presented by Adrian Harms of BITE Design Uk, Nottingham.
Sketchup4 - quick and friendly 3D building and urban modelling with links to ArchiCAD, 3DS, Artlantis. Push/Pull modelling interface, Billboarding, Tour guide technology, dynamic Section cutting, Component building. This is now part of the training programme at Nottingham University, and there is a free add-on to link it with Artlantis. Sketchup is now in version 4, much improved, with a built in in scripting language. Presented by Sanjay Patel from @Last Software.
Sketchup 4 for advanced users - Sketchup for already initiated Sketchup users. Solving more complex 3D tasks, including interiors and components. Please bring your Sketchup models on CD for discussion/ comparison. Presented by Peter Agnew from Nottingham University.
ArchiPhysik and ArchiGlazing - ArchiPhysik, Building physics software plug in for ArchiCAD, enables you to calculate thermal-, vapour diffusion- and sound insulation as well as the temperature amplitude proportion from within ArchiCAD. ArchiPhysik can be installed on the laptops and you can try a live example. If there is time, we can look at ArchiGlazing. Presented by Gerald Faustenhammer from A-Null, Vienna.
Piranesi 4 - a close up look at the NEW product Piranesi 4 - renderer for 3D models. Piranesi is a specialised '3D painting' tool, allowing you to start with a simple rendering of a 3D model, and quickly develop it into high quality images ready for client presentations. Presented by David Rimmington from Informatix.
Cinema 4D - A glimpse of this amazing product, an excellent companion to ArchiCAD for complex form making, with a linking add-on, and great end rendering (including radiosity). This will include a tutorial, constructing easy objects with animation, and import/export to ArchiCAD. Presented by Perry Stacy, CEO of Maxon UK .
Better moviemaking with ArchiCAD / Artlantis : There is no such thing as a good flythrough. As long as you have a movie editing table (editing programs are free with all the operating systems) and a professional studio (ArchiCAD and Artlantis come with total control over camera movement and lighting conditions), you might as well take the next step and do some professional looking movies. It's easy, it's free and it's FUN. Presented by Miguel Krippahl from Lisbon.
Navisworks - navigation realtime rendering software that can handle millions of polygons in real time, allowing easy navigation tools for exploring large models and townscape - effortless export of ArchiCAD models and layer information to Navisworks, essential for prediction of construction. Mitch will show more detail on his work at Letterman with Navisworks, and Howard will be showing work for Kajima and the Nottingham Ice Stadium, showing you how to link Navisworks and ArchiCAD effectively. Mitch Boryslawski from View by View and Howard Gill of BITE.
Objectmaking without GDL - Object making with ArchiCAD's tools, including Addons like Profiler; Solid element operations, Billboard objects. Presented by Matthew Lohden or Herbert Peter.
GDL Objectmaking Beginners - Easy introduction to GDL scripting. Presented by Herbert Peter from Vienna.
GDL Objectmaking Next Steps- "A few things you should know", for GDL newbies. Presented by Alan McDonnell
GDL Objectmaking Intermediate - Subroutines and Loops - concepts of structured programming, the idea of Subtypes, with discussion of professional standards. Presented by David Nicholson-Cole or Alan McDonnell.
A sideways look at GDL - The GDL Adaptor has won many converts from AutoCAD to ArchiCAD once they glimpse the benefits of having a huge library of parametric objects. For those in between (who have to stay a bit longer with AutoCAD), there are still many tricks and wrinkles to learn about with using GDL objects and the adaptor. Would it be possible to script GDL objects directly in AutoCAD? Also.... GDL can also be generated with 3NF, a freeware application from the GDL Alliance. GDL objects can be exchanged with Sketchup. GDL Objects can be published on the Web as live objects - let's try! XML converter allows text editing of GDL objects and combining binaries. Binaries can be disassembled and reassembled. Presented by Bertrand Audinet, with help from DNC and Claire Baegert.
GDL Objectmaking Advanced - Graphical Hotspots, manufacturing concepts using Macros and texture mapping, Solid Geometry Commands, new features. Unfortunately, the new GDL Cookbook4 is not expected to be published in time for the event, but the IOMWAC is available. Presented by David Nicholson-Cole and Alfred Man.
GDL Objectmaking Advanced - 3D tubular structures, surfaces, circle geometry and trigonometry, materials definitions. Presented by David Nicholson-Cole and Alfred Man.

Cigraph Roundup - a run through the most popular Addons from Cigraph: including ArchiTerra, ArchiForma, ArchiTiler, ArchiRuler, ArchiTime, ArchiTabula, ArchiWall, ArchiSketchy, ArchiPaint, ArchiStair. Attenders (full term) at ACUE get a free boxed pack of ArchiStair. if they havent already got one. We are hoping to get Cigraph themselves to present this. Fabrizio Diodati is the remarkable designer who has done most of the creative thinking for these wonderful Addons and will be at ACUE in person to show them off. Presented by Fabrizio Diodati
Abvent special - PhotoCAD - remarkable software for generating VR walkabouts from Photographs. Art*lantis - the classic renderer to use with ArchiCAD is Art*lantis, endowed with many capabilities including billboard people+trees, global illumination, VR. ArchiGate - ArchiGate is a web based system providing workspace for architects, clients and members of the team sharing an ArchiCAD based project - On line project management, Invitations to Tender and OnLine catalogues of objects. Presented by Ildiko Szabo of Abvent, coming here from Budapest.
ArchiFM - a view of Facilities Management software linked to the Virtual Building. A unique opportunity to see this, Herbert is an expert in ArchiFM and IFC. ArchiFM helps you with management of Space, Occupancy, Moves, Leases, Assets, Costs, Data and Drawings. Presented by Herbert Peter from Vienna.
EcoTect - Building science analysis and simulation software. Ecotect is truly remarkable as is its author, Dr Marsh. Ecotect is now an essential part of the course in Nottingham University with a full 10 credit module on it and 2x30 credit modules closely linked to it in the senior (Diploma and Masters) courses. It's primarily for detailed environmental evaluation of buildings, but includes a modelling interface and a parametric language (models can also be brought in from external CAD sources). The Website is quite something!!. Presented by Andrew Marsh
Rhino 3D - this is a significant product in object modelling, and is taught in the 1st year course at the University of Nottingham Architecture school. Models can be ported via DWG/DXF to ArchiCAD/GDL. We shall offer a tutorial in Rhino (with a demo CD) if there are enough takers. Presented by Rebecca Clifton from Nottingham University, with Pavol Elias from Slovakia.