To ensure you can easily verify a sender is the actual sender of an Email in Apple Mail (macOS only) you can choose to always show the sender’s email address. To enable this do the following: Open Mail > Preferences > Viewing > untick “Use Smart Addresses” checkbox. If it is unchecked already and sender’s … Read more
Over the last few years we have come across some 3d printers that are being more or less successfully used in the architectural design workflow. Below are a couple of lessons that we have learnt along the way: think carefully before splurging on a 3d printer, e.g. where does it fit into your workflow and … Read more
If your business premises are frequented daily by clients and visitors, you must comply with COVID-Safe business requirements and collect individuals details for eventual contract tracing. This is an essential part of becoming a COVID-Safe business – for details also refer to the following: www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe-businesses/qr-codes-and-contactless-record-keeping An easy and zero-cost solution to set this up is … Read more
Received an invitation to yet another Conferencing system? Do the below to join an external meeting in a browser, without installing the app or signing up for another account. Microsoft Teams Copy and paste the meeting link into the google chrome browser. [asideguide type=”alert”]When copying URLs from invitations, make sure to exclude any leading … Read more
Vectorworks ARCHICAD Notes Classes Layers In AC Layers can also be controlled via Layer Combinations Design Layers Stories Scale in AC is controlled via Views. Note that some Elements are scale- sensitive, i.e. they may change their LOD according to the selected Scale. Viewports / Saved Views Views / View Map Sheet Layers Layout Output … Read more
Exporting IFC files from ARCHICAD can be a lengthy process, which often fails after an extended period. To minimise your risk of wasting your time, consider these tips: Check your ARCHICAD model for 3d errors / invalid polygons. More details how to best do this are available here. Create a specific IFC EXPORT view and … Read more
If you find either Adobe Acrobat Reader or the full Adobe Acrobat DC version to be terribly slow adjust the following settings to improve performance: Preferences > General > untick ‘Make Hand tool read articles’ – and whilst you are at it, untick most other items… Preferences > Accessibility > Other Accessibility Options, untick ‘Enable … Read more
ever since we got our first ipad 2 we have been testing various setups and apps – as usual with the architectural community in mind.
[12/06/2020 > updated with latest info & process] To the uninitiated trying to match the font size in ARCHICAD to font size used in a document generated in another application, e.g. design reports may cause a major headache. Read on if you ever wondered how to get this right… Background (go straight to PROCESS below … Read more
[22/06/2020 > updated with best cybersecurity practices] Best practice approach to cybersecurity Since any defence mechanism is only as strong as its weakest link (typically the human involved), we recommend everyone to follow the below principles: DO NOT click on links or download attachments from people: – you DO NOT know and/or – you are … Read more