Author: admin
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Memo 39: Remove any reference to “hourly billing” and expose prices to staff
Why? And the ironic thing? We always quoted fixed prices Exposing Prices We’re going Fixed Pricing All the Way ….and we’re completely getting out of the business of mentioning hours. Is it a risk? Yes. Is it a big risk? No. What should you do? Normally you would quote your hours on the “cost justifications”…
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Drawing Stamped Not Satisfactory
When drawing is stamped as ‘NOT STATISFACTORY’ RFI should be raised as to whether we update markups and submit as IFC or do we resubmit
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How to Get Tekla Model Objects if selected by Users (Tekla API)
A user has pre-selected a set of model objects. We need to retrieve them via the API. How do we do it? All of our code is extracted from our production apps.
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ByCoordinateSystems (i.e. the Tekla API method)? AlignCoordinateSystem (the AutoCAD .net API method)? What are they? What do they mean?
What problem does it solve? I have some treasure, buried somewhere. I know how to get there from my town. This is great from my current location. But how will you get there from YOUR location? Without changing the location of the treasure, I can tell you how to get there, from your location by…
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How to programmatically filter model objects, in a Tekla model, by Part Position? (Tekla API)
Suppose you have a Tekla model and you want to programmatically filter for parts with a revision mark of abc/1. How would you do that? When I originally tried the code, I had a single Binary Filter expression for just the part Position Number. I made a fatal mistake – I had assumed that Tekla…
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Memo 38 – Easy way to improve your english
Most staffers in this firm have very poor English ability. English is a universal language. It is a very valuable skill. If you don’t want to improve your language (and I know some don’t want to, nor do they care) then you will very significantly limit your earning potential. Clients demand good communicators – especially…
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Memo 37 – Clients will have the option of choosing their preferred detailer
Clients can nominate their preference. But why? This is a proposal for a change in the process at Tek1. I propose from now on a client to be able to nominate their detailer, if they have a preference. (FYI – this is now happening anyway, whether you like it or not). Benefits? Clients may want…
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Memo 36 – Software efficiency tools
Password Manager: Use KeePassXC. Download it here: https://keepassxc.org/download/#windows. Download it. Do not store your passwords in a sticky note in your computer, or on Google Drive, or in some .txt file. Use the password manager. Why? Tutorial Video:
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Memo 35: Business Administration
The following will be a series of posts on business administration. It is written primarily for the benefit of Tek1 staff who are interested in this topic, but I hope it will be of benefit to the wider community. Things you need to know: Getting Stuff Done …….who is going to fix all of that?…
