I want to point out that this isn’t the first time I’ve come across this layering concept. I’d already implemented a similar system for Pen Sets ( see Part 8), Layer Combinations, and Renovation Filters, but for some reason I was too timid to apply this logic to Layers themselves. This solution is so much better than simple alphabetical order. The big revelation Geoff shared during our Archicad user group in Seattle was that he misuses Layer names to add a more complex and functional ordering system for Layers. I know Geoff’s responses to my opinions run the same gambit. In fact, your solution has shown me all these other reasons why my answers are so fantastically great and wonderful.’ And sometimes Geoff shows me how I need to steal his ideas and start using them, because my ideas are garbage compared to his. You’re just helping me understand why my ideas are so much better than yours. Other times I listen to him and think, ‘No Geoff. The result is that it sometimes leads me to random ideas (like putting big red spheres in the middle of rooms that you don’t want your clients to look at in a BIMx model- which I think would work better than my other tricks-but I’ll talk about that more later). His logic is so different from my own that it really helps me see Archicad in new ways.
Everything involves trade-offs, even if it’s something minor like the number of clicks or the ease of explaining a workflow to coworkers or something bigger like how a technique affects model size or the ability to export the geometry properly to IFC.Įvery time I get to hear Geoff talk about Archicad, it’s a treat.
There are many, many, many great ways to model, embed data, etc. This is one of the things I really love about Archicad. Geoff and I both have great solutions for all sorts of things in Archicad, and we’re both correct in our logic. I use beams for a lot of things! That’s not the point. He breaks a wall into multiple elements to make it stepped I do it with beams.
He models certain changes in wall materiality with a zero depth niche I do it with beams. He models footings with slabs I do it with beams.
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Or I should say we have extremely opposing views about how to get to a similar end result. But I also REALLY like hearing Geoff talk and show off all the wild and wonderful things he can make Archicad do because we disagree about almost everything. He’s one of three highly regarded gurus in the Seattle area (the others being myself and Thomas Bormann). I love hearing Geoff talk because he knows a ton about Archicad, and has been using Archicad for years and years. As with any Archicad guru, his conversation kept returning to his thoughts on templates and project set up. Needless to say, I’ve heard and read Geoff’s thoughts on Archicad, a lot.Īt our most recent Archicad user group, Geoff graciously volunteered to present. I think we even live close enough that I could walk to his house. Other months it’s just a bunch of Archicad nerds getting together on a Friday night. Some months its continuing the user group at a nearby bar. Now that we both live in Seattle, we meet monthly to talk about Archicad and drink beer. We first officially met in person at the first GRAPHISOFT North America BIM Conference in San Diego back in 2013. We had a user group at the end of February. You don’t need to read them all to understand this one, but together they are building an overarching concept of how to view Layers. These posts will catch you up on how I and others view Layers. Below are the links to the first four posts on Layers (don’t forget to read the comments). My post Pen Sets, Part Eight: Thoughts on Naming and a coincidental encounter made me realize that I was doing Layer names wrong, at least for how I use Layers. Before we get to the official naming conventions article I’ve been teasing, I need to return to Layers.
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