Overview and preparation
The Intermediate Course is recommended for future and current ARCHLine.XP users who have already completed the Preliminary Course and have the ARCHLine.XP Basic User Exam. ű
This course is a guide that helps you to gain practice through typical interior design examples and to be able to prepare complex designs.
Most episode will require a starting project.
Therefore, download the "Workshop installer - Intermediate Course" then install it.
This includes the projects for the intermediate course episodes.
What you will need to learn the course material:
Computer requirements:
Hardware:
Computer that meets the System Requirements
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 10 or newer
Software:
ARCHLine.XP 2021 or 2022 and the Workshop Projects install set.
Local administrative privileges on the computer may be required to allow for software installation and to configure computer settings.
1. Materials
- Creating new material
- Download material from Showroom
- Download texture from the internet, from the manufacturer's site
- Editing material properties
- Seamless pattern – how to edit
- Transparent background materials - Alpha channel
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Bump mapping
2. Rendering part 2
- Point of view setting
- Day setting
- Material settings - render styles
- Material setting on architectural elements - part 2
- Material setting on the furniture - part 2
- Artificial lights
- Creating a final render image
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Photo post-processing
3. Architectural design
- Import floor plan as image with calibration
- Creating a wall style
- Import floor plan from raster PDF file with calibration
- Creating Wall
- Import floor plan from vector PDF file as geometry and calibration
- Importing a DWG drawing, drawing walls and windows
- Using the "Drawing walls on a DWG floor plan" command
- Construction of a wall niche
- Corner window
- Working on second floor
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IFC model import
4. Large Project management
- Saving project
- Archive
- Automatic save
- Not enough space on C drive?
- Project management (layers, views, perspectives...)
- Managing large projects (identifying large objects, 3D solids.)
- Deleting objects that are too large or contain too much materials
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Delete unused materials from the project
5. Kitchen and storage furniture
- Drawers
- Fronts
- Curved closing element
- Worktop
- Plinth
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Excel listing
6. Upholstered furniture design
- Esmeralda pouf
- Marseille chair
- Profiles
- Creation of legs, seat cushions and backrests
-
Assembling a chair
7. Stairs and railings
- Creating stairs
- Create railing
- Creating a gallery
- Spiral staircase
- Railing on the gallery
- Individual staircase, railing
- Wall on the side of the stairs
- Construction of a steel structure staircase
- Staircase with supporting structure
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Glass railing
8. Loft conversion
- Creating the roof of a penthouse apartment
- Specify roof level with 3 points
- Automatic roof
- Projected roof
- Attic slab
- Placement of skylight, custom window
- Creating a winter garden with a curtain wall
- Shade placement