You are about to pick the software that runs your whole project. That means submittals, RFIs, the budget, the schedule, the field reports, and the model. Everyone from the PM to the super to the subs will touch it every day. Pick well and the job runs smoother. Pick wrong and you fight your own…
When your firm was one or two people, sharing a Revit model was easy. But the moment two people need to work on the same model at the same time, you hit a wall. That wall has a solution built right into Revit, if you set it up correctly. Only one person can have it…
The dreaded “file is corrupt” error keeps happening and nobody knows why or how to stop it. There are few words in this business worse than “corrupt.” You go to open your model and Revit tells you the file is corrupt and needs to be manually recovered. Or you try to sync and it fails….
Files are too big for email, and people resort to risky or messy workarounds. You finish a drawing set, you go to email it to the client, and email bounces it back. Too big. So you start hunting for another way, and now you are zipping files, splitting them up, or uploading to some site…
The sync icon spins or fails, and you’re not sure the team has your latest work. You save your file, you expect it to show up in BIM 360 for the rest of the team, and it just sits there. The little sync icon spins, or worse, it shows a red “failed” warning. Now you…
“We back up our files” is usually not a real plan, and one fire, theft, or ransomware hit can erase years of work. Imagine showing up Monday morning, opening your project folder, and the files are gone. Not moved. Not renamed. Gone. Months of Revit models, AutoCAD drawings, and client work, just empty space where…
Fake Autodesk invoices, impersonated vendors, and wire fraud requests are aimed at small architecture and engineering 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…
Autodesk retired shared network licenses in 2023 and changed its prices again in January 2026. Every seat now belongs to a named user. Small firms that used to share a few seats are now paying more. Autodesk Killed Multi-User Licenses. Here’s What That Means for Your Firm Your Autodesk bill went up, and the way…
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…
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