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Dave, I'm working with AA Version 12.12. (12.14 is the current shipping version) AA draws walls directly with 3D polyfaces, in addition to extruded lines, and in addition to the ability to convert extruded lines to faces. What I usually do is draw a Wall Style that consists of lines at the stud-line/dimension-line/work point, whatever's appropriate for documentation, and 3Dfaces a half-inch or whatever outside that on a different layer, for visualization. Wall Styles, especially after you figure out they are good for a _lot_ of stuff besides walls, can make you forget about AME real quick. <g> Architectural DD and CD standards and visualization needs all in one model: that's what AutoCAD's all about. But, hey, you're happy with your methods, go for it. <g> No question, there are certain things you can do with AME and booleans that nothing else will do, but I find that to be a minor part of _most_ architectural work, and comparatively very tedious and slow when you need to do it. I'm not selling anything – I just thought you came on a little strong, and a little ill-informed, to the person who asked about rendering models created with ACAD/AA… I know NAAUG isn't the final word on Adesk U – that's up to Autodesk and Miller-Freeman. I just think they made a mistake this year in saying absolutely no third-party apps. That's a step backwards, and it's just flat wrong if people get the idea that that's how to work with AutoCAD. Michael