Maps, georeferencing, and the site plan. Place your Archicad model in the real world.

Map data arrives in many formats, and the wrong choice causes most of the import trouble. You learn which formats to use and how to import map data from DWG and PDF, how to handle a vector PDF and how to place and clean each source so it is usable in the project.

A model in the right place is a model others can build on. You learn to georeference your project to the standards your market works to, so coordinates, orientation, and references are correct for collaboration, IFC exchange, and the authorities. The exact standard depends on your market and is covered in your local version of the course.

The site plan is the deliverable the rest of the project leans on. You learn to assemble it in Archicad from each of those sources, so the plan reads clearly and holds up for permits and hand-off. You leave with a method that works on a real project, not just in a demo file.

Tracing map data by hand is slow and error-prone. Where a national map service supports it, you can pull the data straight in instead. In Norway, the Nordic BIM Group Norkart connector brings FKB+, ortophoto and property boundaries into Archicad as both 2D and 3D, with the coordinates already set. The automated route is market-specific, so what is available depends on where you work, and is covered in your local version of the course.