The Architect's Desktop

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

A question regarding tagging Hatch objects and being able to display the area of the hatch arose the other day. Note that the [Handle] text has to be a properly created reference to the Handle Property created in Step 2. My initial response was, sure, that should not be a problem in AutoCAD ® Architecture.

Mining 52

Mining Management IT Architecture 52

Life of an Architect

APRIL 27, 2014

note* structural engineers will be dying to elaborate on this … don’t let them). The contractor has a lot of notes on this page and I learned that this is the reason why the contractor doesn’t want new sheets issued when revisions are made – they don’t want to transfer all this data onto the new sheet.

Foundation 90

Foundation Modern Architect Structural Engineering 90

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

FInally – because I get asked about it ALL THE TIME … the fonts we use for our drawings are architect.shx for the majority of our text and archititl.shx for our drawing titles. I also use rather old SHX files for my fonts, but am close to changing to TTF files for the majority of text on my drawings. Window tags _in plan??_

Architect 111

Architect Architecture Firms IT 111

EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As I strive to improve the workflow at my firm Fivecat Studio as well as here at EntreArchitect, I will share everything I do here on the blog. . These apps are unified across phone, desktop / laptop / tablet and web unless otherwise noted. Pocket also supports tagging, so you can filter your many articles on any one subject.

Small Firm 40

Small Firm Concept Site Firms 40

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

These were notes I was making for myself and for the one of the guys who works in my office. This sketch really was just a thought-process note sketch. fuhh…~~~ Susan Niblo I am enjoying your blog very much. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' I couldn’t agree more with you. Send to Email Address.

Sketching 111

Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

Life of an Architect

MARCH 23, 2014

Since I don’t have a blog roll on my site, I am going to put together a yearly list of my favorite websites. It offers the insight of a professional architectural site while also providing the personal attention and 1st person narrative of a blog – which you can probably guess is something of which I am particularly fond.

Architect 111

Architect Architecture Site Sketching 111

EntreArchitect

JUNE 12, 2018

We’ll go find that and we’ll have a link on the show notes for that. So if anybody wants to go check it out and learn more about the pro home, we’ll have that on the show notes. You just go to the show notes for this episode. I published a couple of blogs there about what goes into a Pretty Good House.

Building 40

Building Housing Small Firm Residential 40