Creating a house in Archicad?
Model the structure with ease and efficiency using ArchiFrame Start.
AF Start is an ArchiFrame toolkit developed for architects and building designers.
Model fascia boards with Archicad’s profile beam tool. ArchiFrame learns
the process and applies your fascia boards to any roof at the push of a button.
Add cover boards to your corners with precision quickly
Create a wide range of planks
Convert selected Archicad walls, beams or columns into ArchiFrame planks
Cut and join planks in a variety of ways
Combine planks and easily edit plank joins and endings
Join target planks to operators, or trim the planks to size e.g. to fit a roof
Make balk joints, with either the balk intact or narrowed
Cut grooves into specific elements
Project Lead, Kontiotuote Oy, Finland
Model fascia boards with Archicad’s profile beam tool. ArchiFrame learns the process and applies your fascia boards to any roof at the push of a button.
The process of using the fascia tool is easy:
This tool helps adding the white pieces in the image on the left.
To start the tool, there must be at least two walls in selection. If the selection also contains roofs, those are used to trim the corner plank tops. Read more..
Tidying up the Walls and Roof Creating a roof structure 
This tool combines planks from their ends, halving the angle and leaving the desired gap between the planks. Read more…
Connect intersecting beams narrowing both or just part of the beams.
This tool is like Archicad’s solid element operation/subtract except you get all ArchiFrame features with it: detailed dimension drawing and CNC-output.
Try AF Start to help free up your time when designing houses in Archicad. Automate and speed up key processes so that you can spend more time on what matters: creating great houses. Completely free – try it yourself to see how its features work to support your designs.
The full Archicad extension for wooden structures
The ArchiFrame toolkit developed especially for architects
A light version of ArchiFrame for students
Try ArchiFrame for free for one month
