"I had the privilege to beta test this template system
early on - and I have NEVER looked back. The beauty of the
system is the simplicity and practical makeup. IT MAKES
SENSE. All elements of the system are well thought out, and
I have benefitted greatly. I am now much more organized and
even more competitive in my local market due to decreased
labor. Also, much more of my time can be spent on the FUN
part of design, as opposed to the rigors of C.D. prep. When
I compare the lifetime investment into A/C - the hundred
bucks spent on STS has had the most horsepower yet. It's
Nitrous for A/C!" -KR
"Thanks for doing all the work on your STS - I have been
reading
your posts on this subject for years on ArchiCad talk and I
am happy to be
using your sts now to standardize our office." - AT
RE: Methods of getting quality line weight results: "I
implemented the "STS" get standarized template system. I
did a bit more tweaking and I achieved the high quality I
expected from myself and my software." -CG
"More I get to know your templates, better I like them!
Thanks for your great work!" - AK
"I did finally receive your two emails and started working
on the template (quite user friendly)." -AA
"I look forward to utilizing to the fullest your highly
recommended STS system in our practice ASAP." -PB
"Love the STS templates. Should have been using them all
along. Well done." -TM
"I bought the STS templates and modified them for our
office - the cost was worth the time and effor saved." -MS
"..the STS templates which were an essential learning
tool.." -IA
"I just purchased the "get standardized" template system.
What a great addition! Everything is set up so well. AC is
integrated with PM, the layer combinations are well thought
out and very useful. " -CG
"I have gone a great ways in specializing them to fit my
residential/full-out modeling practice, but I could not
have done it without the framework provided by STS. The pen
set-up is ingenious and intuitive, the integration of
quickviews, hotlinks to plotmaker and the pre-determined
tool defaults is a tremendous timesaver. I have learned
almost more in the past year with STS than the previous
five years combined. Bravo!" -KR
"This template has immeasurably increased the productivity
of our office. Eric Batte brings an insightful process and
a much needed tool into the layout of ArchiCAD project
documentation, from schematic ideas to putting the project
in the archives. Utilizing the stories control, Eric has
designed an intuitive and intelligent process for
organizing details drawn at different scales. The quick
views tool has been programmed for quick and easy
navigation of my models and assures accurate layouts for
the PlotMaker files. This template has been designed by an
architect for an architect and I would strongly recommend
this program to anyone considering it for their office."
-JM
"Everyone knows that the source of consistent drawing
production begins with CAD Standards that are implemented
office wide. Eric Batte's Standardized Template System is
working wonders for CAD productivity in our commercial
architectural practice. By addressing typical CAD standards
issues (AIA Layer Standards, layer groupings, story
settings, and logical pen colors and weights) within
ArchiCAD's system of 3D production, the decisions that most
CAD users are faced with have already been made. This
allows us to concentrate on Architectural design and
production and not technical or standards issues. This
system greatly streamlines and simplifies the drawing
process." -TB