Tips and Tricks

Who to Follow. Instagram, blogs, and podcasts. Mark R. LePage, EntreArchitect Blog, Podcast, Instagram Bob Borson, Life of An Architect Blog, Podcast, Instagram Eric Reinholdt, 30X40 Design Blog, Podcast, Instagram Henry Gao, Ipad for Architects Instagram Christine Williamson, Building Science Fight Club Instagram Pretty Good House Instagram What to Download. Templates, templates, and more templates. EntreArchitect's Hybrid Proposal - An Owner/Architect...

07 February, 2024

One. Not fall into a Mess! Photo by Wonderlane on Unsplash We want to use our new organizational tools and spaces to stay on track and not get lost in a mess. Do you know where that material sample went? Do you know where those...

31 January, 2024

One. Microsoft ToDo We started experimenting with this app in December and totally see the potential benefits! This app can help us digitize our task lists, assign team members, and set deadlines. The ability of each team member to have this app on his...

26 January, 2024

Every now and then, ok, more often than not, we are asked to place the chosen plumbing fixture (furniture piece, light fixture, specialty equipment item, etc.) into our REVIT model and are only working with a manufacturer's specification sheet with 2-dimensional drawings.  I know it's...

03 March, 2023

As we move through the design phases of a project it becomes necessary to start specifying actual products, typically this happens when we are in the Design Development stage of a project.  When we work with a Client's Interior designer, we typically just put together...

17 February, 2023

With Valentine's Day around the corner, its time to shower the love(s) in your life with gifts, affection and food! Have an Architect-lover? We have some fun architectural theme gifts you can get for them (or yourself!) Building Your Love Wake up and smell the roses.. or...

08 February, 2023

Meetings are vital to the success of a project, whether it be determining the Client's initial goals and desires, finalizing project specifications, or keeping track of construction. These last few years have felt a little "last minute" with the introduction of Zoom, where you can...

19 January, 2023

Hello Friends! We are ready to wrap up the month of September with one last Tips & Tricks post: Ways to have a successful Zoom call. With the pandemic slowing down, people have returned to the office and returned to somewhat a "normality." But many things...

30 September, 2022

Hello Friends! This week we are going to share some of our favorite shortcuts PDF "Find" Tool The CTRL+F shortcut brings up the "find" bar which you can quickly search for key words in the PDF. This is very helpful if you need to find something in meeting minutes...

24 September, 2022

We are back with some helpful (hopefully) tips & tricks for you to use. Have you ever clicked on a Revit component before to see what the preview image is because the name of the file is "tub"...

14 September, 2022

Hey Friends! We hope you are staying cool in this crazy heat! We know it's back to school time so we thought we'd share some tips & tricks this month. This week we want to share some of our go - to Detail Revit components we've...

09 September, 2022