ArchiCAD is Graphisoft’s BIM authoring platform, used by architecture firms worldwide for parametric design and multi-discipline coordination. This course skips the button-by-button tutorials and focuses on how practicing architects actually work: building a firm-ready template, managing renovation phases, running IFC coordination with structural and MEP teams, and producing a construction document set that would survive a real project review. You’ll also learn exactly where Graphisoft’s official certification tracks fit into your next steps.
Prerequisites
No prior ArchiCAD or BIM experience is required for the foundation track. A basic comfort with computers and an interest in architectural drawing or building design is enough to get started. If you’ve already used AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, or another CAD or BIM tool, you’ll move through the early modules faster, but it isn’t mandatory. Architecture and civil engineering students, along with working professionals moving from 2D drafting into BIM, typically start from Module 1 without any trouble.
Course Objectives
- Build working command of ArchiCAD’s parametric BIM environment, from the Tool palette to the Navigator
- Generate accurate 2D documentation directly from a 3D model, without redrawing anything by hand
- Set up and manage a firm-ready ArchiCAD template, including layers, pens, and composite structures
- Understand IFC-based OpenBIM coordination and how to exchange models with Revit, Navisworks, or Solibri
- Get comfortable running Teamwork and BIMcloud for real-time, multi-user collaboration
- Learn where MEP Designer fits into an ArchiCAD-centered coordination workflow
- Prepare for Graphisoft’s official Archicad BIM User and BIM Author certification exams
What You Will Learn
- ArchiCAD interface, Navigator, Project Map, and View Map organization
- Modeling tools: walls, slabs, roofs, stairs, railings, curtain walls, and complex profiles
- Renovation filters and phasing for existing-building and adaptive reuse projects
- Schedules, lists, and IFC property-based data management
- Layouts, publisher sets, and automated documentation packages
- Generating sections, elevations, and details directly from the live model
- Library management, GDL objects, and custom object parameters
- Visualization using CineRender and the AI Visualizer for concept renders
- Coordinating working drawings with Teamwork 2 and BIMcloud
- MEP Designer fundamentals for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing routing
- IFC export and import settings for OpenBIM collaboration with other disciplines
- Quality-control checks to run before issuing a construction document set
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is built for people who need to use ArchiCAD professionally, not just understand it in theory.
- Architecture and interior design students preparing for internships or entry-level roles
- Draftspersons and CAD technicians moving from 2D or AutoCAD-based workflows into BIM
- Working architects who want a recognized certification alongside their existing project experience
- BIM coordinators and modelers who need structured, project-based ArchiCAD practice
- Civil and structural professionals who collaborate with architects through IFC workflows
- Freelancers and consultants who want a portfolio-ready certificate for client-facing work
Skills You Will Gain
By the end of this course, you should be able to take a blank ArchiCAD file to a coordinated, issue-ready document set on your own.
- Parametric 3D modeling with automated 2D output
- Renovation and phasing management for existing structures
- Schedule preparation and quantity take-offs
- Teamwork and BIMcloud multi-user project management
- IFC-based OpenBIM coordination across disciplines
- Cross-discipline clash awareness using MEP Designer
- Firm-standard template setup from scratch
- Certification exam readiness for BIM User and BIM Author levels
- Portfolio-quality project documentation
Tools Covered
- ArchiCAD 29 – core modeling and documentation environment
- BIMcloud and Teamwork 2 – real-time collaboration
- BIMx – model sharing and client walkthroughs
- MEP Designer – mechanical, electrical, and plumbing coordination
- AI Visualizer 2.0 – concept and presentation visualization
- IFC-based interoperability tools – exchange with Revit, Navisworks, and Solibri
Career Outcomes
An ArchiCAD certification tells an employer you can take a project from concept to construction documents without hand-holding. Past learners from this course have moved into roles such as:
- Junior Architect / Architectural Assistant
- BIM Modeler / BIM Technician
- CAD-to-BIM Drafter
- BIM Coordinator (with additional site or project experience)
- Visualization Artist / Architectural Renderer
- Freelance ArchiCAD Consultant
Why Choose kodestree?
kodestree has trained architecture and BIM professionals across multiple countries, and this course is built around that hands-on focus.
- Live instructor-led sessions with recorded access
- Project-based labs instead of isolated tool tutorials
- Small batch sizes with direct instructor interaction
- Curriculum updated for ArchiCAD 29
- Course completion certificate recognized by hiring partners
- Lifetime access to session recordings and course materials
- Post-course doubt-clearing and placement assistance
