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When My MacBook Pro fried its third logic card (after 11 years of fairly hard use) I replaced it with an 12.9″ IPad Pro and an older Mac Pro (tower). one of the cool features with Mac is the easy ability to pass documents between machines with AirDrop. So a sketch or photo that I drew over on site can be dropped onto desktop without a thumbstick…[Read more]

I use the XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro [url=https://www.xp-pen.com]graphic tablet with display[/url] and it does make a world of difference in workflow. This model is the 24″ widescreen version and would be perfect for architectural design. The larger the tablet the better really.

Thank you for that.

As it is, I am on that trajectory even if I did not set out to be. I am already semi-retired after a career in the military, so I have a separate revenue stream and I really do not need much. Honestly if I make enough to pay my software subscriptions, I am pretty happy.

You are correct, having a cash stream from doing…[Read more]

J.,

Now you can develop your side work without a conflict of interest. You also don’t have to rely on it for your sole source of income. I used that to allow myself to pick and choose side work to develop a portfolio of built work and develop methods and strategies that worked for me.

It helps that you do not necessarily have to charge top…[Read more]

J.,

I’m glad to share.

The secret to walking on water is knowing where the rocks are.

Andrew,

Thanks for the advice. I reached out and got connected to a local civil/structural engineer who needs someone that can run CAD as well as work in 3D (Rhino3D/Sketchup). It is interesting work applying tools that both disciplines utilize in different manners.