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Mark, Actually, I have already overcome some of the $ problems. I have found that the HP 560C is a fantastic output device. I have generated a table with 3DS, tweeked it in Corel Photo-paint and printed it to the 560 and it is beautiful, especially if it is done on Glossy paper. I have 16 meg now and indications are that it will be sufficient for now (I'm not doing animation yet). Here in the New York we do renovations that run in excess of $250,000 so I would imagine that an investment in imaging should be justifiable. Lastly I must say that here in the forum I have heard a lot about the time required to build and render models. I am doing it now in Generic 3D and am working on better planning (utilising layers with an eye to rendering which should save time) and it seems that it has a lot to do with experience in the field of architectural modeling. We saw much of this same problem when Auto-cad et al. were first used in petrochemical design. People had usually to learn either the computer or, if they were computer people they had to learn Piping design. Not too many people had good experience in both. I don't think anyone today would consider pencil faster. I'll keep you informed how it goes. Thanks, Don