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Dave, I think that Facade and AA could complement each other nicely in some respects, although I haven't worked with them together like that, yet. Certain things, like generating sloped roof forms, are stronger and more flexible in Facade than in Auto-Architect. 3D Walls and openings in them are probably close to equivalant in functionality with Facade and AA, although the working methodologies are quite different to accomplish similar things… Conceptually, (I think) Facade is a model-building tool, similar to the way you might build chip-board or Strathmore models, as a separate process, for design study or presentation. As such, it might work nicely as an adjunct to AA, if you want to concentrate on a 3D model as a separate process in CAD. That's not the way I typically do it, although this is a legitimate approach in some situations. Most of the time, I think you'd use either Facade or Auto-Architect to model something, not both for the same structure. But if you want a roof with dormers, or punched skylights, Facade would save you lots of time on an otherwise AA-generated model… Michael