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To anyone and everone as well as michael <G> Whoa there Michael! I never said that Architects etc. were unable to think in 3D I was just saying that they stick with what they're taught, in some ways this ties in with your comments as regards ease of use, or rather the lack of it, in 3D CAD programs, I think that the efforts anyone who wants to use 3D in architecture has to go through tend to force people to stick with 2D, especially as many companies can't justify the time it takes for a member of staff to become computer 3D literate. Mechanical engineering is gradually encoraging people to use 3D as a lot of other systems e.g. MAchine tools (CAM / CAE) can cope with the data via a post processor. Speaking as a mechanical engineer who also does CAD work for archiects etc. I feel I can see more benefits than perhaps the architects realise, now I'm probably gonna get crucified for this but…….. Surely as an architect your first prority is to your client, now if the client is trained to view drawings then you have no problems, but say your designing shall we say Bill Gates's next home and he says to you "Michael, What sort of view will I have from my bedroom window when I get up on a spring morning" you could say "Well bill its gonna be a nce panoramic vista across ……….." or you could get some photos of the site and produce a rendering from inside the bedroom looking out….. I know what I'd rather see…. Ol I accept that getting the thing built is ultimately the aim of the architect, but surely you have to get the client to accept the project first, It is in this area that 3D graphics excels, the only other area that it can be considered useful is when you want to develop a design of an unusuall idea, say a freeform type construction, or a design that has to utalise an unusuall site, here 3D capabilities really come into their own,and I think this is what Jerome was talking about, I suppose in the end it really comes down to the fact that you either need them or you don't or wether you have the time to learn how to use the system or not ?…… Replys / Coments ?……………