Eric Batte
Vice President
McCleary German Architects
Houston, Texas, USA

When we made the switch to ArchiCAD 6.0 in 1998 we struggled to find clear documentation on how to actual get things done. Architecture is part art and part business so we feel it is imperative to be organized as a firm in order to do good work, serve our clients, and be profitable at it. I was unable to find anything that suited our needs and that's when I set out to develop our templates myself. It was a long process but it was worth it for us. I couldn't help thinking that other ArchiCAD users could benefit from all of that hard work.

The STS is a spin-off of the development that I am continually doing for my office. Our templates are very tailored to the way we do things and not so appropriate for others so I concurrently develop (in my spare time) the STS separately, which is tailored to what I feel are the more generic needs of all ArchiCAD users.

I hope you enjoy it!