I’m compiling a list of websites and resources for Revit content. Where do you look when you need Revit families? What’s the best place to find manufacturer families? How about generic families? What websites do you recommend? What websites do you avoid like the plague? Share your thoughts and leave a comment below!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Top 5 ArchSmarter Articles from 2017
Happy New Year! I hope you had some time off over the holidays. I’m just getting back to work myself after a week off. Safe to say, it’s been slooooowww going this week. I’m going to blame it on the frigid weather here in New England. That and the 10 inches of snow we’re currently getting. […]
Project Scheduling Software for Architects
A friend recently asked me to recommend project scheduling software. He’s currently using Microsoft Project and he’s not exactly a raving fan (to put it nicely). His requirements include the ability to assign tasks, view project calendars and generate Gantt charts. So I put the question out to the ArchSmarter community and asked: “What project […]
5 Steps to Creating a High-Performance Revit Template
If your Revit template were a car, what kind of car would it be? Would it be a four-door economy sedan that gets you where you’re going…eventually? Or a high-performance sports car that takes you from schematic design to construction documents in record time? A high-performance Revit template can save you a lot of […]
The 10 Most Popular Links From ArchSmarter’s Thursday Top 5
A year ago, I started the “Thursday Top 5 from ArchSmarter”, a weekly email with links to what’s new and interesting in AEC technology. I’m constantly scouring the Internet for news and tips related to BIM, design, and architecture. The “Thursday Top 5” was a way to share my findings with the larger ArchSmarter audience. […]
What Are Your Back to School Resolutions?
Maybe I’m weird but I always liked “back to school”. I didn’t always *like* school itself but come fall, I would get excited when it was time to go back. For me, back to school represented a fresh start. A new grade, new classes, new books and school supplies. After a summer of hanging out, relaxing […]
