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My heart is heavy. A friend passed away last night. It's difficult processing this. Hold your dear ones and love them. Live your life. Rest In Peace, Travis. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Add increased realism to your 3d site models in Archicad by using aerial photography as a texture map on your 3d mesh. Learn the basics in this tutorial. Music by http://www.bensound.com

ow do you activate dark mode in Archicad? It's pretty simple so long as you are using a Mac. Simply change system parameters to dark mode, then in archicad, go to 'OPTIONS' - WORK ENVIRONMENT - MORE OPTIONS - EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES - ENABLE SYSTEM APPEARANCE. For Windows users, sorry, this feature is unavailable. There is a work around. A paid app called 'Windowblinds' allows you to skin the Windows OS with a ton of different options. Some of them sort of kind of work with Archicad, but generally speaking, they fail to do anything more than change the titlebar of the Archicad window. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Ski tour to Powder Park III in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Went with a friend of mine. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Just a fun little backcountry ski outing with my dog up the pipeline near Bountiful, Utah. Music by http://www.bensound.com

I’m a little late for getting a Christmas message out, but as I ponder the coming New Year, I can’t help but think about how important it is to return to the teachings of Jesus Christ to help heal our world. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This morning, I took my dog up Millcreek Canyon, in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. He had a blast. It was fun to get to ski with Apollo.

3D scanning apps are abounding now and for a few years now, you can import point clouds into Archicad for use in modeling up the existing building for use in remodel projects. Today we cover the process of importing and using a point cloud in Archicad. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Today we dive deeper into the railings tool in Archicad to cover guardrails and handrails at stairs. We'll cover a handrail mounted to a wall and a guardrail with a handrail next to an open space. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Architecture can be corrupted, but it is not as easy as some other professional endeavors as ultimately, a building must be structurally sound, it must stand up. Laws of Physics govern truth in Architecture. What causes people to depart from the truth? How can we stay closer to the truth? Special credit to Dennis Regan's comedy special on DryBar. If you haven't watched it, it is really funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkNEIiy2W8&t=433s Music by http://www.bensound.com

The railing tool in Archicad is highly complex and can be a bit confusing. This tutorial goes through some of the typical settings and sets the stage for future tutorials that dive a bit deeper into specific use cases. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Make your Archicad projects even better by using 3D details. Using complex profiles can create impressive documentation options and potentially save time in construction documents phase. My apologies for the poor audio quality. Technical difficulties occurred in the recording. Music by http://www.bensound.com

One week later after buying the M1 Pro MacBook, the limitations are starting to reveal themselves. Specifically, the RAM being only 16 Gb is problematic for architectural work. This is an update to my Intel MacBook Pro head to head comparison from last week. Music by http://www.bensound.com

As of November 1, 2021, Archicad is still not optimized for Apple Silicon, but that doesn't mean the new M1 Pro Macbook is not up to the task. In this episode, I side-by-side test my old Late 2016 Intel I7 MacBook Pro with my new M1 Pro 16" MacBook Pro with the 10 core CPU and 16 core GPU and 16 Gb of RAM. The results were amazing! For the blog post from Graphisoft concerning Archicad on Apple Silicon machines from earlier this year: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Setup-License-articles/Performance-review-with-M1/ta-p/304124 Music by http://www.bensound.com

Seems everyone is saying F#$@ Joe Biden these days. Did he inadvertently cause a massive infectious case of Tourette’s Syndrome? Or does political power corrupt people, and Joe Biden has about 50 years of being corrupted by power? Either way, government is a necessary evil, so we need to keep it as limited as possible so it can only do the things it must do and nothing more.

Base, chair, and crown mouldings can be modeled in a few different ways. In this episode, I cover three ways to model them and discuss the advantages and disadvantages each method. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Being in amazing places like Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah is breathtaking. Thus, I say nothing in this episode and let the scenery speak for itself. Music by http://www.bensound.com

One of the most satisfying things for me as an architect is to walk through the building upon completion of construction. In today's episode, I show how to create fly-through videos in Archicad. Through this, I also show the video footage I took on site of the actual building. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Soon to be completed for a client in Salt Lake City, a slide show presentation of the Archicad BIM model and the real work constructed building. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Governmental leaders throughout the world have betrayed the public trust. Institutions all over are failing to live up to their mission statements. What are we the people to do?

One of the great new features in Archicad version 25 is the series of new kitchen cabinet objects. The flexibility of what you can do with the new cabinets is empowering to architects. Music by http://www.bensound.com

Testing out my new GoPro Hero 10, recorded this on a hiking trail with my dog in 4k resolution with 60 fps. Music is just stock jingles from iMovie.

Archicad has a variety of file import types including Revit RVT, RFA files, PDF files, DWG files, SketchUP, and more. Music by http://www.bensound.com

One of the lesser celebrated old features of Archicad is the automatic dimensioning tool. This video covers how to apply automatic dimensions. Music by http://www.bensound.com

When Donald Trump used to talk about the "Deep State" it was easy to wave it off as conspiracy theories of a crack-pot. But what is the deep state? Is it real? Well, technically, it is real. Bureaucracy is the deep state. In every level of government, the staff, or bureaucrats, largely control the direction of government because they are the ones always there.