Browse publications by this authorĪdam Rendek moved to San Francisco to pursue his career in design and construction after graduating from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics with a master's degree in architecture and building engineering. Then, in 2000, he jumped over to the architecture side and has been there ever since.īack in 2007, he was asked by Graphisoft to update ArchiCAD for AutoCAD Users to match the current version of ArchiCAD. He spent the first 12 years of his career producing electrical, HVAC, and plumbing drawings. Those other CAD programs are stuck in 20th century technology.' Fast forward to today, and he says to you, 'There is no project too small for the use of BIM (ArchiCAD). Scott was convinced at that time that BIM was a much better way to draw, document, and manage drawing sets. In 2003, he started using his first BIM program. He worked with several different CAD programs and became a CAD manager in 1994.

He loves creating, drawing, and managing construction documents. Soon afterwards, he became a CAD operator. His first role was as a manual draftsman, where he drew with ink on Mylar. MacKenzie started working in the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry way back in 1988. Press the Esc key or click on a blank space in your drawing window to deselect the walls. Drag (move) the walls to the center of your drawing window.Į.

The long way is from the menu bar by navigating to Edit | Move | Drag.ĭ. The quickest way to activate the Drag command is by pressing Ctrl + D. Click outside one of the corners of the walls, and then click on the opposite side. Click on the Arrow tool at the top of the Toolbox.ī. Move your four walls to the center of the drawing view and perform the following steps:Ī. You should now have four walls that measure 24'-0' x 28'-0, outside edge to outside edge. Move your cursor down, so that it snaps to the guideline, enter the number 28, and press the Enter key.ĭraw your third wall by clicking on the bottom left endpoint of your second wall, move your cursor to the right, snapped over the guide line, type in the number 24 and press Enter.ĭraw your fourth wall by clicking on the bottom right end point of your third wall and the starting point of your first wall. Select this again and make your first click on the upper left end corner of your first wall.

Archicad free