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I am a big John Lautner fan, and I've been curious: has anyone spent the time to recreate unique or wild concrete roofs similar to the ones he designed in some of his most famous works? Shown below are images from the Silvertop Residence, Sheats-Goldstein Residence, and Casa Arango. For those that have done similar, what is the process like? I don't even know what tools you would use to start such an endeavor...

Videos no longer available but thank you for this description - I will use this idea.

6 years later - wondering if a Charlotte NC group ever came together? I'd be willing to organize one for a monthly or quarterly get-together.

Not to sound like a dummy, and also apologize for resurrecting a nearly 7-year old thread, but to clarify, you use this method to have a single Layout template that you can use for multiple sheet sizes (Arch D, Arch E, etc.)? Do you still use this method? I only use 2 sheet sizes, and this seems like a way to save myself a lot of duplication effort in maintaining 2 layout templates for the two sheet sizes I use.

As a builder, we use Buildertrend for everything: file storage, selections, change orders, invoicing, POs, billing, budget tracking, schedule, bids/estimates, and as a communication platform to both clients and vendors/trade partners. We use the To-Dos, Daily Logs religiously. But the plans and specs come from outside tools; Buildertrend is just the repository. Buildertrend feeds info to Quickbooks for issuing payments to vendors or tracking payments from clients, and our back office bookkeeping. This system has worked well for us, our clients, and our vendors, across our whole portfolio of work from our smallest renovation project up to our largest (so far) $20mm build. This may not be as helpful to a designer/architect, but considering design work feeds construction work, there isn't a downside to using a similar format to what the client is likely to see once they start construction.

Would it make more sense to just do a month-to-month subscription on your laptop until you get your desktop/primary computer up and running, then drop the monthly subscription? Seems more cost effective since your situation is likely to be temporary (if not already resolved).