ArchiCAD basics for architects

 Actually after my previous post I decided to change the title to archicad 15 rather than 14, and that’s because there are a lot of cool new features in this release compared to previous. Doesn’t need to mention that you don’t have to have the latest release, not only i’m not introducing new features in this tutorial but also I have included project files to open even with ver. 13 .

anyway the purpose of this tutorial is just to get you familiar with this complicated but easy to learn software. more than that I have to say that mostly we are going to use it as a modeling software at least for now .

A basic modeling tool, then refining & rendering in other 3d packages & rendering engines .

Note : part 2 of this lesson is a simple (not real)  project from start to finish . so there maybe lots of issues and inaccuracy of plan and architectural rules, so that is just for demonstration.

Rendering interiors using 3ds max & V-ray

In this tutorial we will learn how to light an interior scene completely from scratch in 3ds max & v-ray rendering engine. Also we will take a look at some of the rendering tabs available in v-ray & how to optimize the settings to achieve a great rendered image within an acceptable time. And after that some post production in after effects. This course is for those of you that already know the basics of v-ray & after effects. So with those lets get started .

Notes: You only have the room 3D model inside the project files,the furnitures are not included. I’ve used some of evermotion’s objects and a Hdr image that I cannot redistribute them due to copyright .you can still follow along if you don’t have the models.
But you should be able to download tons of free models online if you ever wanted.just Google it !