Archistar Homes V5.0 Essentials
Best for:
Professionals looking to master software for digital siting and compliance checking.
Difficulty:
Duration:
2 HoursLearning Objectives
- Learn how to use the Archistar Homes V5.0 software for digital siting and compliance checking.
- Learn how to use a web-based map to find a site, pick from a library of designs based on the planning codes for that site.
- Learn how to rapidly test what will work for a client, move a house around, visualize 3D elements and create reports.
Course Modules
- 1 | Introduction
- 2 | The Map
- 3 | Data Layers
- 1 | Selecting A Site
- 2 | Other Ways to Select a Site
- 3 | Greenfields Estates
- 4 | Draw Your Own Site
- 5 | Create a Site by Upload and Trace
- 6 | Siting a home from your home design library
- 7 | Floor plan and 3D views
- 8 | Editing your siting (Move, Rotate, Flip)
- 9 | Other drawing tools
- 10 | Cut and Fill visualization
- 11 | Granny Flats & Secondary Dwellings
- 12 | 3D Sunlight Analysis Tool
- 1 | Creating a Siting Report
- 2 | Saving Your siting
- 3 | Saving Multiple Designs on a site or multiple envelope types
- 1 | 3D Envelope Editing and Customisation
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