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Guides
Practical guidance from the engine room of architectural practice: systems, standards, infrastructure, and operational habits that keep studios moving. Written for teams who need technology, people, and project delivery to work as one.
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archicad template (mACT)
Description of the macinteract ArchiCAD Template (mACT17) for ArchiCAD 17.
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Google 2 step authentication and Apple Mail
Troubleshoot Google Mail’s 2-step authentication process in Apple Mail.
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Re-animate your iPhone 4 on iOS7
Has iOS7 made your iPhone 4 excruciatingly slow? Here is the setting you should switch on : Settings>General>Accessibility>Increase Contrast>On. Besides this also…
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Hardware Comparison Chart: Anti Theft Options
Security. Security sometimes only gets addressed when it’s too late. We have prepared an info chart that shows you a variety of…
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ArchiCad : Troubleshooting using Schedules.
When you get an error report on degenerated polygons upon opening the 3D window typically the culprit is a tiny bit of…
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AC17 replacement logo(s)
The 2013 Graphisoft colour of the season – to spice things up a little we thought we change the font…
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iOS 6 missing Hotspot
What to do when the ‘Personal Hotspot’ disappears on iOS6
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JAVA security
Even though Apple has first removed JAVA and most recently remotely disabled the Java 7 plugin on macs where it was installed…
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BIM reality check
Lately we have noticed there is lot more activity and discussion occuring in the field of BIM – for example various Australian…
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Drawing Numbering System
Ideally a DNS needs to accommodate projects from small scale residential to very large and complex institutional projects which may be staged…
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Safari 6 password prompts
If you are using a password managament app, such as 1Password, you might find the new password prompts in Safari 6 rather…
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AC16 replacement logo(s)
Another year another colour…
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MagicPlan Review
We have been testing a new iPhone and iPad app called MagicPlan, which aims to dramatically simplify the measuring up process and…
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iMac mounting
Basically there are two ways to mount an iMac to a table or wall, one cheap the other a little bit more…
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Mail signature best practice
Following up to a tweet on ‘Legal disclaimers: Spare us the e-mail yada-yada’ in the Economist, we have started to develop and…
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control Time Machine
Regain control over Time Machine by using Klieme’s TimeMachineScheduler to tmutil (the latter is 10.7 only).
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MS Office and Adobe alternatives
Although Adobe and Microsoft make some good software, in an architectural office it is not always necessary nor financially feasible to buy…
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AC15 replacement logo(s)
same options as before plus white with black outline and this time in 512 x 512 px glory…