Can a software check your model for code-compliance? Is this the end of code consultants? These are two questions I sought to answer in this article I recently wrote for ARCHITECT Magazine. Software companies, such at UpCodes, are using AI to develop code checking tools. How do they stack up? Click the link below to […]
Question of the Week: Unlimited Vacation
Some companies are starting to offer unlimited vacation and sick time to employees. That’s right, you can take off as much time as you want. The reasoning is that tracking vacation and sick days takes too much effort and overhead. It’s easier and cheaper for the company to simply leave it up to employees to […]
Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluations Go Digital
Despite the effort that goes into design, architects often remain—sometimes willingly—in the dark about how their buildings serve their occupants. Increasingly, data-driven clients want to verify the design goals of their completed projects. In this article I wrote for ARCHITECT magazine, I review how architecture firms are using advanced technology to aid the pre- and […]
5 Useful Revit Tricks Every Electrical Engineer Should Know
This is a guest post by electrical engineer and Revit expert Dillon Mitchell. As you’ll see, Dillon has a lot of experience with Revit and has learned a bunch of tricks that help him work smarter and faster. In this post, he shares five of his best tips. Take it away Dillon! When I first […]
Cooking with Dynamo – Workshop Recording
A big thank you to all of you who attended last Thursday’s “Cooking with Dynamo” workshop. It was a good group with lots of great questions. In case you missed it, you can watch the recording below: During the workshop, I demonstrated the 7 essential Dynamo “recipes”. To help you quickly get started […]
How to Write Your First Revit Macro in 7 Easy Steps
(This article was originally published on September 21, 2016. It was updated on May 24, 2018) Macros are one of the easiest ways to Automate Revit. They let you get under the hood of your software and put it to work for you. Macros do not require any additional software other than Revit and are […]
Catch ArchSmarter Live at These Upcoming Events
Though I’m a hardcore introvert, I love a stage. Weird, right? There’s something about performing in front of a crowd, even if it’s just demoing a Dynamo script or writing some code. It’s the rush of being the focus of attention mixed in with a little fear and maybe a moment or two of sheer […]
12 Smart Ways to Save Time in Revit With Dynamo
My 8-year-old son sat on the floor and just stared at the box of Legos. He’d been that way for the past ten minutes. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “I really want to build something but I don’t know what to build”, he replied. I could sympathize. When I was a kid, I would often get […]
What Is Dynamo and 5 Reasons You Should be Using It
Using Revit is a lot like driving a car. You hop in the front seat, turn the key and off you go. Sure, you need to know what you’re doing and where you’re going. And you need to know the rules of the road, like how to stop, how to indicate when you’re turning (unless […]
ArchSmarter Year in Review – 2017
This is the third installment of my annual “Year in Review”. You can read the previous two versions here and here. I really enjoy the yearly review process. A year is a long time. It’s easy to forget all that you accomplished over the past 365 days. The yearly review is also a good way to keep […]
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