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Hi Robert, >>Many believe their working drawings are a work of art. Computers in traditional fine arts cause quite a divergence of opinion and I think it will be an ongoing scuffle. My view is that I don't want this to be a battle with a winner, for me a pencil and a napkin or a sheet of yellow trace will always be the best first tools to think out loud.<< Yes, I know the feeling. Before I started with animation and CAD, I learned (beginning when I was 15 tracing floor plans for my father) from the outset pencil and ink drafting on vellum, and developed a nice 'style', and, looking back, enjoyed it more than CAD drafting because of the 'work of art' factor. But the computer and its graphics capabilities, IMHO, should become a valued TOOL in architects hands, just like the venerable pencil and pen. Regards, Brandon DesignTec