 ARRIS Case Study:
Lake / Flato Architects, Robert Trinidad and Jonathan Smith explain their unique process for designing and creating buildings. Learn how the firm continues to evolve and grow using SketchUp, ARRIS, Photoshop, and eZ to produce their designs.
Download Lake | Flato Presentation (pps)
History:
Founded in 1984 by David Lake and Ted Flato - Office located in
San Antonio, TX
First used CAD in 1990 - ARRIS 5.8 in Xenix
Grown to 55 employees - 43 ARRIS seats
Various project types including Civic, Commercial, Institutional &
Residential
Configuration:
Windows 2003 Servers / Windows XP-2000 Clients
ARRIS 8.3 Primary CAD System / AutoCAD for checking exports
SketchUp Network License
Adobe CS2 Suite - Graphic Presentations
eZmeeting - Conferencing
MS SharePoint - Project- Wide Organization
Schematic Design:
Hand Drawing
Physical models
SketchUp models
Adobe Suite for graphic layout
Design Development:
SketchUp models
ARRIS/Automated “TXT” Scripts for Database Creation
Adobe Suite for graphic layout
Construction Documents:
ARRIS / Custom “LT” Command to Load Layers Temporarily
Expert Translator
SharePoint
Construction Administration:
eZmeeting
Expert Translator
SharePoint
Training:
1-Week in-house ARRIS training - New Employee
Monthly training sessions on various software
See featured project
www.lakeflato.com
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