Fake Autodesk invoices, impersonated vendors, and wire fraud requests are aimed at small AEC offices specifically. Staff don’t recognize them because they look legitimate. The email looks normal. An Autodesk invoice that needs paying. A note from a consultant you work with, asking you to update their bank details. A quick message from the owner:…
Autodesk eliminated shared/network seat licensing in early 2026 and raised prices ~10%. Every seat now belongs to a named user. Small firms that stretched their investment are paying significantly more and many don’t understand why. Autodesk Killed Multi-User Licenses. Here’s What That Means for Your Firm Your Autodesk bill went up, and the way your…
Clients and insurers are asking about MFA, endpoint protection, and backup testing. Most small firms have no idea what these terms mean in that context, and a wrong answer can void coverage. A form lands in your inbox from your insurance broker. It is a cyber insurance questionnaire, and it is full of terms you…
Someone on staff became the default tech person by accident. Now firm IT runs on their free time and Google searches. This is what it costs and what to do instead. It usually starts small. The office Wi-Fi drops, and one person knows how to fix it. A printer jams, and they clear it. A…
Bluebeam is supposed to make your day easier. You mark up a PDF, you measure a sheet, you send it back. But when Revu gets slow, it is maddening. You zoom and the page smears. You scroll and it stutters. You open a big set and the program just hangs there, thinking. The good news:…
You hit “open” on a Revit or AutoCAD file. Then you wait. And wait. The spinning circle just keeps going. By the time the model loads, you have already checked your email and refilled your coffee. The technical term for this is Revit slow over network drive performance. If your files live on a shared…