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ArchiCAD has 90,000 fans, my channel has 200,000 views – let’s celebrate ArchiCAD!

The ArchiCAD page on Facebook now has more than 90,000 fans. In February 2011 I remarked in a blog post how awesome it was that there were 15,000 fans for ArchiCAD – now it’s 6 times as awesome!

We are NOT alone – in fact we’re in good company – there are tens of thousands of ArchiCAD-lovers around the world.

I don’t have 90,000 fans myself, but I’m pretty proud of the fact that my ArchiCAD Tutorials YouTube channel has 191,727 views as of this moment. I’m expecting it to reach 200,000 views within the next few days! I invite you to join my 937 subscribers so you get notified whenever I post another one of my free ArchiCAD tutorials.

In celebration of these milestones, I’m uploading some more free content onto my channel – so YouTube will have the first 6 lessons from my QuickStart Course. This 29 lesson course teaches the basics of using ArchiCAD, but it’s not only for new users. I’ve had veteran users watch some of the lessons and comment “when did they add that feature?” and “I never realized you could do it THAT way… cool!”

CELEBRATE WITH ME – BOTH ARCHICAD TRAINING COURSES ON SALE NOW

PLUS – I’m putting both of my courses on sale for this week.

You can sign up for the complete QuickStart Course (13 hours of easy-to-follow video lessons) for only $127, or two payments of $67.

OR… you can go for the whole enchilada – the entire Best Practices Course, with over 60 hours of high-quality material (including the entire QuickStart Course) for only $597, a savings of $100 – or get in today for only $97 per month on the convenient extended payment plan.

The Best Practices Course has one more EXTRA special feature as a free bonus – a complete ArchiCAD Coaching Program. When you register for Best Practices, you can send in your questions any time to me, and I’ll answer them during one of my live webinar training calls. These 90 minute sessions are held 3 times each month at different times of day to accommodate viewers from all over the world (sometimes we’ve had 5 continents represented on one call – whew!) and are also recorded for later viewing.

For more info, or to sign up during this special sale, please visit:

• The QuickStart Course – ArchiCAD basic training lessons
• The Best Practices Course – Comprehensive ArchiCAD training videos and ArchiCAD coaching program

If you’d like to gain more mastery of ArchiCAD, check out my courses.

They’ll give you tremendous benefit, and help you get the most out of our favorite BIM software!

Eric Bobrow

P.S. These special offers run through March 31, 2012.

TOPIC: ArchiCAD social media, ArchiCAD training

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My Latest ArchiCAD Tutorial: How to Trace 2D Drawings to Quickly Create a 3D Model

My latest ArchiCAD tutorial shows how to bring in 2D drawings (in this case, DWG files) as a tracing reference to make it easy and fast to create an accurate 3D model. This approach can be used for modeling existing buildings from CAD files, or taking a design from 2D CAD into a 3D model quickly for presentations or model coordination.

Many interesting ArchiCAD topics are covered, including the creation of worksheets, importing DWG files, setting up Virtual Trace for the plan and elevations to show the corresponding 2D drawings in proper alignment to the model, and some complex manipulations of ArchiCAD library doors and windows to match the original design drawings.

UNIQUE FEATURE: TWO VERSIONS OF THIS ARCHICAD TUTORIAL

I have prepared this 44 minute ArchiCAD tutorial video as a condensed version of a 90 minute recording made in “real time” that shows every step along the way. This excerpted version leaves out some less essential details as well as much of the repetitive drawing and data entry. Both versions are available on this ArchiCAD tutorial page here on this website.

On this page I also give an outline for the key steps in this process that you can refer to if you want to do the same thing on your own.

I look forward to getting your comments, questions and feedback.

Eric Bobrow

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My latest free ArchiCAD video tutorial – How to Label Elements Automatically

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How to Unleash ArchiCAD’s Hidden Power – Free Webinar Series

Sign up for this week’s FREE training webinar —
Tips to save you time & help you win more projects

In June of this year I put together a powerful one hour training webinar with some of my best tips – things you can learn quickly and apply:

How to Unleash ArchiCAD’s Hidden Power

Over 300 people attended this presentation and the feedback was extremely positive. A lot of people asked me to schedule more sessions because they missed it, but circumstances prevented it at the time.

I have good news! As part of my Best Practices Course anniversary celebration, I’ve revamped this popular and powerful one hour training and will offer it FREE four times over the next 3 days on the following schedule:

• Tuesday December 13 at 4 pm PST
• Wednesday December 14 at 9 am PST
• Wednesday December 14 at 6 pm PST
• Thursday December 15 at 9 am PST

Now I know this is short notice, but the idea just came up, and I decided on the spur of the moment that this could be one more thing that I could give to you as part of this celebration. So I said to myself: “let’s go for it!”

It’s possible I may be able to record it and offer a replay, or schedule more sessions later this month, but I’m not sure. If you want to catch it, make sure you sign up for one of this week’s sessions on this page:

http://www.acbestpractices.com/webinar

THIS IS TRULY DYNAMITE STUFF

I’m really excited about this, since it’s probably the most audacious thing I’ve ever done.

After interviewing a number of the members of the Best Practices Course I was able to crystallize the most powerful things that people love from this course into a dynamic presentation that’s really going to open your eyes WIDE.
I’ve picked out the best of the stuff I teach, and I’m going to give it to you for free!
I was astonished to learn from my course members that many of them are now saving 25% to 50% or more on their production time, winning competitive projects, and generally having more fun with ArchiCAD – which they tell me is a direct result of what they’ve learned from the course.

I’ve been recording and analyzing their interviews and emailed comments, which have helped me to identify the key Best Practices concepts and ideas that made the most difference. I’ll be sharing with you some of the stories of their transformation as I teach you these gems.

HOW TO UNLEASH ARCHICAD’s HIDDEN POWER

Sign up for one of my live webinar training sessions this week to learn:

• 14 easy to implement methods that will help you reduce production time 25% to 50% or more
• 8 simple tricks to enhance your presentations so that you win your next project
• 5 common mistakes that are probably hurting you and how to easily fix them
• 18 great free resources that will help you improve your ArchiCAD skills

I’ll be doing this live one hour presentation on 4 different dates and times this week, so I hope there will be one that you can catch. I’m NOT planning on posting this webinar for on-demand viewing, so if you want to see what I’ve got to share with you (and you’ll kick yourself if you don’t), go NOW to this registration page, pick a time and sign up:

www.acbestpractices.com/webinar

By the way, when you attend the webinar, you’ll get a couple of free bonuses – just for showing up. These are pretty cool – you’ll like them…

I look forward to sharing this presentation with you, and getting your feedback. I just know you’re going to love it!

Eric

P.S. YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR THE BEST PRACTICES COURSE AND SAVE $200 – THROUGH DECEMBER 16

To celebrate our first anniversary, and to thank you for subscribing to my emails, from now until December 16 you can steal a HUGE $200 discount off the standard registration fee!

Best Practices ArchiCAD training course – now on sale!

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More free ArchiCAD tutorials posted on Best Practices site

As part of my celebration of the first anniversary of the Best Practices Course, I’ve posted two more of my best tutorials, along with new case studies of successful course members. Check them out on the course website here:
http://www.acbestpractices.com/my-favorite-archicad-tutorial/

I’ll be sharing my own personal story next, in the post titled Turning Point, coming very soon. This time I’ll face the camera and talk about some amazing twists and turns in my personal and professional life, and how they relate to passion, the pursuit of excellence, and doing what you love. I just recorded the live video, and I know you’re going to enjoy it when I finish getting it ready!