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Hi, Do you mind if I jump into the fray, I happen to be the author of the article in question. >>If the word "architectural" is used in an article, it'd be nice to know if the author and "architectural" renderer is an "architect" in fact…<< No, I don't happen to be blessed with a license, although I have been a draftsman, project manager, designer, inspector, and general "do everything" employee of architects, and now serve as a CAD and graphics consultant to professional architects and engineers. Nowhere in the article do I attempt to describe how to be an architect. I am describing some short cuts for animators who work for architects and on architectural jobs, and that's all. >>"Gone are the pencils and inks of traditional media-" is a statistically inacurate statement. No AIA or PA survey supports this myth.<< I think a little got lost in the editorial process, it was deadline of the first issue, after all. And I do have to apologize to Kelly Dove for getting her my first draft so late in the game. My original opening referred to that subject something like this: "…and as the architectural community slowly pulls itself away from the pencils and inks of the traditional drafting board, more and more building owners are seeing computer generated renderings or animated walk-through's of their proposed facilities." I think both got the basic point across, and that is that computer graphics are, and more quickly of late, replacing the traditional media, as software and hardware becomes easier to acquire and use. We weren't trying to author a "paper" on "This week's statistics concerning the integration of computer design technologies into the Architectural profession". >>Good Luck with the Magazine-it is not about Design, but it is a nice computer graphics magazine!<< I am not sure what that is supposed to mean. I'll try and give you the benefit of the doubt and not get into a fight about whether licensed architects are the only individuals allowed to use the word "design"<b-friendly-g>. Best Regards, Brandon