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▶︎ Format: self-paced online course
▶︎ Level: advanced
▶︎ Duration: 2 hours
▶︎ Language: English
▶︎ Certification Points: 25 points ★

Master Design Options Management in Archicad with a focus on conceptual overviews, practical workflows and advanced techniques to enhance flexibility, improve efficiency and streamline architectural design processes.

This course is purchasable as part of the BIM Author Program Subscription Plan. Please visit the program using the button below!

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Learning Outcomes

This in-depth course explores the intricacies of managing Design Options in Archicad. You will learn essential principles, practical workflows, and advanced techniques to enhance design flexibility and project efficiency. The course covers conceptual overviews and strategies for integrating the Design Options tool with other Archicad features like Hotlinks, Renovation Filters, and Graphic Overrides. Tailored for all Archicad users, this training provides detailed guidance on creating, managing, and comparing multiple design options within a single project file, ensuring you can handle complex architectural designs confidently and precisely.

Target Audience

This course targets advanced Archicad users who aim to master design options management, improve project workflows, and enhance their architectural design capabilities.

Table of contents

  • Understanding Design Options
  • Create your First Design option
  • Managing Design Options
  • Advanced Techniques

Recommended Learning

We recommend you to complete one of the Getting Started with Archicad courses before this modeling course so you are up to date with the foundations of BIM, the Archicad user interface and some basic principles. 

Software Requirements

Videos in this course have been created using the International language version of Archicad which means that the work environment and some of the content may be different if you are using a different language version.

To get the best training experience we recommend you to use latest Archicad version! Download Archicad here!

Awards

Completing the course material, including the quizzes and assignments with a minimum score of 60% achievement and filling out the satisfaction survey, will award you points towards achieving the Archicad BIM Author Certification and a Certificate of Completion in issues automatically in PDF format. 

Presenter

 

Brendon Reid 

Director, Reidefine, Sydney, Australia

Brendon is the Director of Reidefine, a company founded from his passion for assisting design consultancies improve their competitiveness. By implementing holistic digital strategies and thought leadership, Brendon drives change and delivers improved business performance and culture. During his tenure at various multi-national organisations, Brendon’s leadership returned significant advances in productivity, consistency and quality. He has held various senior BIM roles, leading teams utilising both Archicad and Revit over the past 8 years and leading the delivery of architectural projects prior to this. His experience with Archicad began in 1994. As a specialist in his field, Brendon works with business of all sizes to identify opportunities to improve productivity through innovative digital process improvement. Brendon ensures there is always a strong emphasis on quality and consistency. On the weekend, Brendon still enjoys co-managing and playing competitive football, although the legs aren't getting any younger!

BIM Author Program

This course is part of Graphisoft's BIM Author Program that offers foundation and advanced level courses and learning paths that help you become a confident Archicad user and a Certified Archicad BIM Author. Learn more about the BIM Author Program here!

Have Questions?

Contact us at learn@graphisoft.com! 

Here is the course outline:

Welcome

Get familiar with the course outline and the agenda. Download the exercise files and the handout documents to be able to follow the course along with the trainer.

Understanding Design Options

Explore conceptual overviews and practical applications of Design Options in Archicad to effectively manage multiple design scenarios within a single project.

Create your First Design Option

Learn step-by-step workflows for creating Design Options in Archicad, from initial setup to detailed configurations for various project elements.

Managing Design Options

Master techniques for editing, comparing and merging Design Options to streamline project coordination and enhance decision-making processes in Archicad.

Advanced Techniques

Integrate Design Options with Archicad's advanced tools, such as Hotlinks, Renovation Filters, and Graphic Overrides, for superior project management and efficiency.

Design Options Quiz

Please, take the practical quiz after having gone through all the previous modules to complete the course.

Conclusion

Thank you for completing this training! Please fill out the anonymous satisfaction survey so we can continue improving our training materials!

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:

INT_Certificate of Completion - Online Video Course
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