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21 October at PAZ Central: PAZ-BOX Meets the Entwurf Phase in Archicad
On 21 October 2026 at PAZ Central Zurich, we use PAZ-BOX to automate zones, room stamps and area checks in the Archicad design phase. Bring your own file.
PAZ-RIA: Two Programs, One Archicad Project, and What Our Second PAZ-Rhino Live Showed
PAZ-RIA runs Rhino and Grasshopper inside Archicad: native beams that update on every run instead of piling up copies. Coming to PAZ-BOX as an add-on.
Modellhygiene on 14 October: Our Archicad Powersession on the File Everyone Else Has to Open
Our Archicad Powersession on 14 October tackles Modellhygiene: clean storeys, layers and zones so handovers, scripts and AI can trust your BIM model.
IfcOpenShell 0.9.0: Your First Python Door Schedule and Fire-Rating Check
IfcOpenShell 0.9.0 rewrote its C++ core. Install it with pip, open any IFC, write a door schedule CSV and flag every door missing a FireRating in Python.
One Click, One Storey, to SIA 400: Bound Dimensions That Follow the Design
Free 30-minute Zoom session in German, 7 October 2026: Archicad dimensions a full storey to SIA 400 in one click, with chains bound to design changes.
Type GH2: a junior architect's first Grasshopper 2 facade, louvre by louvre
Type GH2 in the Rhino 9 BETA and build a sun-driven 6 x 4 m louvre facade bay with native components and one Python 3 script, beside your GH1 work.
McNeel's free Rhino Studio Series: one 100 m² ADU, from drawing set to massing
McNeel's free, plugin-free Rhino Studio Series teaches drawing standards, then massing, on one 100 m² ADU. Setup, first steps and a Python layer script.
SIA 400 in the Archicad template: our next Power Session sets the Swiss norm once
Our PAZ Archicad Power Session puts SIA 400 into the Archicad template — pens, fills, layouts — so every Swiss plan meets the norm by default.
Your Project Folder Gets a Librarian: Build Karpathy's LLM Wiki for Minutes, Specs and RFIs
A hands-on guide to Karpathy's LLM wiki pattern for architects: raw/ folder, schema, ingest, query and lint for minutes, specs and RFIs, versioned in git.
PAZ-Rhino on 6 October: Bring the Rhino Task You Repeat Every Week
PAZ Academy's PAZ-Rhino session on 6 October 2026: turn a repeated Rhino task into a readable Grasshopper rule that feeds Archicad. Who it is for and how.
