ARCHICAD 24 and later

last update: 09.27.21

Top 5 reasons your company needs a standard template system…
- Automation of repetitive tasks reduces errors.
- Enforces company documentation standards.
- Allows for standardized training for new and current employees.
- Reduces project start-up time.
- Saves man-hours which in turn…saves money $$$.

It's amazing what a little forethought and organization can do. A well-designed, customized template system will capitalize on software features and use tried-and-true methods for streamlining real-world construction documentation.

Never start anything from scratch. That is the premise upon which a template is based. If you're beginning projects with a blank slate, you are losing time and money. If  a task that is typically repeated on every project you do, it should be part of your standard office template. A customized template can be developed to minimize the repetitive tasks involved in creating new drawings, organizing them, and getting them published to various output formats.

Deliverables should consistently reflect your company’s identity. Well designed templates help with quality control by establishing company-wide standard documentation procedures. Established company-wide standards will curb non-standard practices, thus allowing current and new employees to be similarly trained throughout the company. This allows for employee “cross-pollination” in which any BIM user should be able to be placed within a different team and be productive without much re-training.

The man-hours saved from template automation pays for the initial cost. Every dollar spent on the initial cost of a well-designed template system will be paid for by every man-hour saved during the first or second completed project. This ROI can then be multiplied by the number of additional projects started with that same template.

I like to explain templates and software customization with this analogy…
Sure you can frame a house by just using a hammer, nails, and man-power. But if you invested some money in a nail gun and compressor, you would be able to frame the house in a fraction of the time. The man-hours saved on this first house would pay for the purchased equipment and any additional houses that you would frame would be done with the same savings in man-hours.

The archiTEMPLATE System includes:
- Boilerplate template .PLN file.
- Custom proprietary library of parametric objects.
- 60+ page reference manual in .PDF format.
- 2 hours of personalized training/development/support

Please contact us if you are interested in purchasing the archiTEMPLATE System or personalized template consultation.