Overview
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Discover OpenBuildings Designer, the BIM software for architects and professional building modelers.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to learning OpenBuildings Designer
- What you should know
- Installing the course dataset
- Creating a new WorkSet and model file
- Navigating the ribbon interface
- Creating a conceptual model
- Viewing Groups and View Attributes
- Zoom, fit, rotate, and pan the view
- AccuDraw compass and precision input
- Level display and display sets
- Introduction
- Using floor planes
- Creating a building grid
- Working with site files
- Review the drawing and sheet views
- Introduction
- Placing columns
- Placing footings
- Placing beams
- Placing wood joists by framing between
- Modifying structural elements
- Reviewing structural drawings
- Introduction
- Placing walls
- Placing a sloped roof
- Modifying walls
- Placing doors
- Placing windows
- Placing curtain wall
- Modifying curtain wall
- Reviewing architectrual drawings
- Introduction
- Space layouts
- Placing architectural assemblies
- Interior openings
- Casework and trim
- Furniture and equipment
- Annotation and schedules
- Introduction
- Modeling the supporting plates
- Modeling tapered columns and beams
- Creating structural assemblies
- Framing the roof purlins
- Using shapes to create glass roof panels
- Creating the gutter profile
- Next steps
