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Duke Ellington School of Arts, USA Washington DC

Residential⎮Hillside House

This project is a small-scale residential house, which is completely free to download.

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Archicad Sample Project – Hillside House

Architect:Reload Architects
Category:Residential – Small scale
Floor Area:170 m2 (1830 sqft)
Phase:Design Development
Version:Archicad 25, 24, 23

How do I start exploring?

This sample project file is a small-scale residential house, which is completely free to download and represents Archicad’s modeling and documentation capabilities.

Download an Archicad .pla (Archived file) file created in International version (INT).

How do I open the Archicad project file?

  1. Download the sample project file
  2. Open the Archived project file (.pla) in Archicad
  3. Select Read elements directly from archive’ option during the opening process
  4. Start exploring the project by using the pre-saved views on ‘View Map in the Navigator
What’s inside?
  • 3D Models
  • Site Plan
  • Floor Plans
  • Sections and Elevations
  • Schedules
  • Details
  • 3D Documents
  • Rendered images made with Twinmotion
  • Project Presentation Layouts

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The contents are copyright protected. 
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Intellectual Property Rights: Reload Architects, Hungary 
Software: Graphisoft Archicad 25, Graphisoft Archicad 24, Graphisoft Archicad 23, BIMx, BIMx Pro, BIMx Lab, BIMx Desktop Viewer and BIMx Web Viewer

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Documentation

How to Document with Archicad

2D Tools

Lines, Fills, Snap Guides and Guidelines in Archicad

Schedules and Zones

Tips and Troubleshooting articles for creating schedules and zones in Archicad

Output, Publishing

Saving pdf, print and plot layouts in Archicad

Annotation

Dimensioning, Autotexts, Labels and Texts in Archicad

Views, Drawings, Layouts

3D Document, Detail, Section and Elevation, 2D Display of model elements in Archicad

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