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= Introduction =
The basic approach is completely different than in autocad. The whole software was invented to design residential buildings in it, not a universal CAD design program. (Computer-aided design). The big difference is that the rendered 3D image is created while drawing, unlike in autoCad. Every detail of the software is made up of building design, not drawing a building in it would be very difficult.
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=Using the GUI=
== Overview ==
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= Windows and doors=
== Windows ==
This will now be the latter two.
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== What are the materials ==
Materials play a very important role even in invisible components for two reasons:
* In the final, exact list of materials, non-visible elements are also included (concrete base, wooden frame, OSB covering, etc.)
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== Material types==
Interestingly, our settings can only be viewed by mothers in the 'User catalog'. It either gets material here by creating a new one or copying an existing one and then we can put it in here.
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== OSB material (a good little example)==
OSB also has three resources in the 'Library browser':
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==Production of custom objects and shapes (Symbol) ==
=== Overview ===
As you can see, there are both 2D and 3D objects in the built-in factory library. As I understand it, 2D objects are always used by extrusion in CA. For example, if we have a 2D object of this shape, we can turn it into such a 3D window sill automatically:
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= Tips and Tricks=
== Deck before external insulation ==
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== Balcony beam and columns==
In the picture below, half of the balcony is in the air and there is a terrace below:
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== Balcony with OSB-zet balcony cover ==
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There are things you can't do with a built-in feature in CA. In this case, we have to improvise or model the given shape by hand. Eg the corner railing element shown in the picture below with the sloping wall, but above it the straight railing cannot be solved with the built-in tools. '' 'Bold text' ''
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== Stone fence with garden gate ==
Here is the full step-by-step description: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00874/placing-a-gate-in-a-terrain-wall.html
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== Do not hang the outer Outer wall cover hangs below the button plate ==
=== What we want ===
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{{note | You don't have to do everything from CA 'smart' objects. Use simple boxes if you get stuck and then extract the figure from the CAD detail drawing. I suffered the most with this because I wanted to solve it all with a CA ceiling. The bottom cover of the I-beam is finally a 3D box smoothly!}}
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This is necessary in order to be able to give it a different floor structure than the living room has.
=== The walls run down to the bottom row basement ===
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Care must be taken that the three walls shown in the picture do not go all the way down to the basement, only to the ground floor. To do this, do two 'Cross sections', then grab the bottom of the walls and pull them to the desired height up to the ground floor level:
=== Sloping wall at in the top of the ladder stairwell ===
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The CA can follow the wall with the ladder at the edges of the stairs, but not between the two steps. That’s why I put the triangle on top of a 3D box that I covered with the wall material.
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= Terrain =
https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/75/terrain-site-plan-basics.html?playlist=101 <br>
== Draw a terrain==
Go to the 'Terran Configuration' toolbar ([[File: ClipCapIt-210428-000840.PNG]]) in the top right corner of the toolbar and select the 'Create terrain perimeter' tool from the 'Terrain tool':
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== Layout overview==
=== Create ===
The layout is always created from a layout template. Then we can send different views of the plan to any page of the layout. You can create multiple layouts for a plan. The layout is an independent file that we saved separately to the plan, so it is not part of the plan file. That is, every decent project contains at least one plan and one layout extension file, and the plan and layout live separately.