Drafting Services: Going Off-Site for a Wildly Swinging Work Volume

Drafting Services: Going Off-Site for a Wildly Swinging Work Volume

Drafting services are subject to fluctuations in work inflow just like everyone else. The work inflow also fluctuates wildly, a situation that only some producers are subject to. TMG has its own way of dealing with this situation. For starters, we maintain a constant slack in our in-house workforce to absorb moderate increases in client…

CAD Services: Building Information Modeling: How Do You Benefit from It?

CAD Services: Building Information Modeling: How Do You Benefit from It?

There’s a lot of buzz in architectural services about Building Information Modeling (BIM). In my opinion it’s necessary for all practices to use it but alas, only about 20% do (according to opinions on a dedicated group on LinkedIn). If you feel your concept of BIM is incomplete, listen to the 4-minute video below, then,…

Drafting Services: 3-D Visualization and Render Farms

Drafting Services: 3-D Visualization and Render Farms

The term “drafting services” encompasses several activities. Examples are 2D drafting, 3D drafting and 3D visualization. The subject of this article is 3D visualization, and some of the on-the-ground realities associated with it. 3D visualization is the creation of a computer-generated drawing which is remarkably lifelike, so lifelike that the viewer must wonder, “Is that…