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Michael- Thanks for the info. I have found a few drawbacks in AME, like it being cumbersome, and sometimes slow (grrr). For extruded floor plans buildings (cardboard architecture), Facade or some other one probably is the best. But there are some architects that go a bit further, and create forms and structures that are above the norm ; that which we try to get published <g>. These are designs that you do not see that oftern, and are kind of hard to explain (although the licenced architects out there know what i'm talking about). It is these designs that I am calling architecture, and it is that architecture that I have found is best to be drawn completely accurately; then the analysis of the 3D model is valid. I don't know, maybe Facade or some of these other packeages do that; but all I hear is "easy" and "inexpensive". Well, not all buidlings are easy, and maybe the student that started this thread should evaluate what type of buildings he plans to put into the machine, and then decide on the package. Thanks for the reply- Joe Cheers- Joe