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November 10, 2023
Heading to Las Vegas for Autodesk University? Here is what you should know.
Mike’s tips on traveling to Las Vegas Starting today, over 10,000 AEC professionals will zip their bags shut…
October 24, 2023
Navigating Local Architectural Requirements
Understand How Local Laws & Requirements Impact Design Getting the Authority Having Jurisdiction to award your project with…
October 16, 2023
The 5 Key Differences between Airtable & Layer App
Transitioning from Airtable to Layer App? Need to understand the major differences between the systems and where to…
October 4, 2023
4 Tips for Transferring Project Documentation to Owner Operators
When you complete a building project, a key step is ensuring that all relevant documentation is smoothly transferred…
September 21, 2023
The Architect’s Guide to Project Handoff
Construction is almost complete! Now what? Before you click ‘save as’ on your files for the last time…
April 12, 2023
The Architect’s Guide to Project Kickoff
Your firm won a project contract! Now what? Congrats! But before you start designing or modeling geometry in…
April 4, 2023
The Interior Design Process Explained
In this article, we’ll discuss the who, what, and how of the Interior Design process. Let’s get started!……
October 12, 2022
The Ultimate Guide to How to Specify Door Hardware
In this article, door hardware expert Ryan Shoop, walks us through the door hardware specification process. As an…
October 10, 2023
How to Create Room Data Sheets Linked to Revit
Here’s a step-by-step tutorial for using Layer to create robust Room Data Sheets and custom reports without excel.
July 22, 2022
How to do FF&E Schedules in Revit
Learn how to place and schedule FF&E alongside your Revit model.
October 9, 2023
The Architect’s Guide to Modular Construction (& Prefab!)
You’ve seen articles about shipping container houses In some areas, hotels are shipped to the site as a…
July 21, 2022
An Introduction to Adaptive Reuse Architecture
In this article, we’ll introduce you to the basic concepts and requirements for designing Adaptive Reuse architecture. What…
June 10, 2022
Architectural Room Data Sheets Explained
New to the Architectural Room Data Sheet process? Or maybe you need a better workflow for organizing room…
October 30, 2023
FF&E Procurement Explained
Learn the ins and outs of the FF&E Procurement process.
March 30, 2022
Introduction to Project Templates
Get up and running with our new Project Templates feature.
October 24, 2023
Construction Administration Phase and Closing Out the Revit Model
Here’s what the design team needs to know about what they do and how to close out the Revit model during Construction Administration.
February 23, 2021
Construction Documents Phase and Preparing the Revit Model for Bid
Learn what scope is included in the Construction Documents phase and what it takes to prepare your Revit model to go out for bid.
February 23, 2021
Design Development Phase and Coordinating Around the Revit Model
Learn how to coordinate teams around the Revit model as it develops during the Design Development phase.
February 19, 2021
Schematic Design Phase and Evolving the Revit Model
We’ll review the typical scope that architects are responsible for and how the Revit model evolves during the second phase of the architectural design process.
February 19, 2021
Architectural Design Phases: Pre-Design and Starting the Revit Model
Learn the scope and deliverables that architects are responsible for and how the Revit model begins in the architectural design phases.
April 9, 2022
The FF&E Process Explained
In this guide, we’ll review the FF&E process and the tools you need to implement and deliver FF&E projects.
July 22, 2021
The Architectural Design Process Explained
In this article, you’ll learn about the five phases of the architectural design process and answer the question: what do architects do?
September 30, 2020
4 Strategies for Simplifying the Pre-Design Phase
Gathering information at the beginning of a project usually means lots of back and forth via email, spreadsheets,…
September 14, 2020
Two Easy Ways to Organize Project Data with Saved Views
Learn how to organize project data into sub categories or by tracking live field attributes.
July 14, 2020
How to Connect FF&E to Revit Workflows
What is FF&E? FF&E is shorthand for Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment. In the architecture and interior design realms,…
May 12, 2020
How to use the Barcode Scanner for Asset Management
Accessing asset data in Layer is made simple by using the new mobile Barcode Scanner for iOS Here’s…
May 7, 2020
How to Connect Meeting Minutes to Revit
Learn how take meeting minutes that connect to Revit
May 18, 2020
Room Data Sheets in 10 Easy Steps
Here’s a quick tutorial for using Layer to efficiently create and manage Room Data Sheets
May 19, 2020
Smarter Meeting Minutes in 8 Easy Steps
Here’s a quick tutorial for using Layer Smart Docs to take more efficient Meeting Minutes
August 17, 2019
Quick Punchlists in 6 Easy Steps
Learn how to easily perform one of Layer’s core workflows, Punchlists. Are you looking for a more integrated…
May 15, 2020
Efficient Work Orders in 10 Easy Steps
Here’s a quick tutorial for using Layer to efficiently manage Work Orders
May 17, 2020
Faster Facility Audits in 9 Easy Steps
Whether you call them Facility Audits or Building Condition Surveys, building data and photos that would ordinarily be…
May 16, 2020
Consistent Conditions Assessments in 9 Easy Steps
Learn how to easily perform one of Layer’s core workflows for historic preservation building professionals, the Conditions Assessment.…