CAD Garage Blog

Books and DVD's for our friends overseas...

Here at the 'garage we have had an increasing number of request to ship overseas which in the past was on a case by case basis. Most of the requests have been for books or DVD's (usually on ArchiCAD) with a little bit of downloadable media (usually Artlantis) thrown in now and again. Australia takes the record for the most requests (good economy + all those ArchiCAD users!) with Canada a close second. So we have decided to open the CADgarage doors just a little bit for now on select products for our foreign friends.

You can now order on our webstore without having to jump through hoops from Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and US Virgin Islands. This is limited to select books, DVD's and downloadable media so email us ahead of time if you have any questions on what we can ship. And if things go well we will open up the door a tad bit more to a few other countries. And if you do live in a country we don't currently ship to and you want a copy of the "Step by Step Training Guide for ArchiCAD" or the "Virtual Tutor for Cinema 4D" let us know and we'll see what we can do.

 

Greg

 

 

Tweet us for a chance to win...

5/17/10 Update:

Just a quick note-we will be giving away some free books and DVD's from our store over the next few weeks. To enter you'll need to be on Twitter and go to:

 

 http://twitter.com/CADgarage

Then just re-Tweet this weeks giveaway:

This Week's Giveaway: Sarah Susanka Book Bundle (2 titles)! Winner announced
Friday. RT this to enter! http://bit.ly/cSj4Ei #architecture

And check our Twitter page next Monday for another giveaway!

Greg

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

For today only, save 17% on your order when you spend $50 or more online at CAD Garage!*

Coupon Code: green

Enter the above coupon code at CAD Garage checkout to redeem discount.

 
Offer expires at 11:59pm on March 17, 2010

When you spend $100 or more online at CAD Garage you will also receive FREE ground shipping!* Be sure to select "Ground" as your shipping method during checkout.

*The "green" coupon code and free ground shipping promotions apply to online orders only and are not applicable for printers, plotters, or large format paper. Please also note that these promotions apply to orders shipping within the continental United States only.

Thank you for shopping at CAD Garage!

Greg, Jaimee & Brian

12 Days after Christmas, 12 Specials...

Yet another season of food, gifts and joy has come to past and as we did last year, we will extend it a little for our customers. Everyday after Christmas, at least after we got back to work, we will have a special deal on one of our products-hardware, software or books. And it will stay on special until the full 12 days are up!

 

 So far we have $100 off Artlantis Studio v3 and a purchase of Piranesi gets you a free Wacom Bamboo tablet. 10 more to go! So check in daily and see what the "Garage" has on special and tuneup up your office.

Everything will be on the front page HERE

Greg Conyngham

Das Book: Discover Smart BIM: An Interactive Guide to ArchiCAD

Yet another new book has silently arrived on our shores to lead our new recruits in their journey to commandeer BIM. This one comes to us through the English shipping channels and on to our shores to defend our BIM knowledge and the honor that is all things ArchiCAD. Our something like that...

 

This book has all the ammo to sink the BIM battleship! With 18 chapters covering 244 pages and over 300 color illustrations this guide will provide clear and precise instructions for each stage of the Virtual Building™ modeling process. Also included are 21 .pln files to help you in accomplishing your mission.

For ArchiCAD 12, ArchiCAD 13 and ArchiCAD Start Edition 2009.

Written by Ken Good of Applecore Designs.

$75 for pre-orders, landing shortly HERE

Greg

ArchiCAD Objects: GDL Handbook

Objects are good, objects make the model and don't they say "whoever dies with the most objects wins". Not sure about that last one...

But one of the great strengths of ArchiCAD is it's intelligent parametric BIM objects. And although the ArchiCAD library contains a large amount of library objects to cover a wide range of uses you often need to make custom objects for specific design elements of a project. There are essentially 2 ways to do this:

-Graphical GDL

Which essentially means creating an objects in ArchiCAD's modeling tools. And this is not only easy but what most of us do when we need a special window or lighting fixture. You can also create objects in other modeling tools and import as ArchiCAD objects.

-GDL scripting

This is what you do when you need a higher level object with intelligent parameters. It might be something that you need to intelligently change the size of without distortion, materials of different components or select from an array of options.

-Hybrid objects

That's my term for those that start out as being modeled in ArchiCAD or another program and then have parameters added through GDL scripting.

For those looking to create Graphical or Hybrid GDL objects there is a great tutorial on "Building Objects Creation" on the Graphisoft website.

For you hardcore types there is the new GDL Handbook HERE.

$90 get's you over 500 pages of information on creating GDL objects using scripting that you won't find anywhere else. Amaze friends and family with your ability to do GDL gymnastics. Better yet, impress your co-workers and your boss-maybe there is a raise in the works for you this year!

So cruise on down to the CADgarage and get your GDL tuned up now. And buy $10 more of stuff and you get free shipping!

Greg