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jnr, you hit the nail on the head when you spoke of nemetschek's reluctance to add some archicad features. i have been talking with 5 friends of mine in school and they would buy it in a second: now, they dwell in autocad land. i have been in and out of architecture school for 8 years now and this has been the biggest problem with c.a.d. a program with dynamic views is so intensive on video ram you could draw a change by hand faster if you dont have have a really expensive machine. the programs that are fast tend to be based on a 2d drafting enviornment. this 2d enviornment looks great but does little to help a person who has the intention of publishing and updating what is in reality is a book. the economist in me says that the wage rate and quality of an architect and a c.a.d. firm would would increase exponnentially these problems were solved. this software company could lower the price and maintain MR=MC with the increased consumers shifting the demand for their program. what would each subdivision look like if each house was uniquely designed. i know, i know, "a tale told by a fool, full of the sound and the fury and signifing nothing." i had hoped that VWA was quark express of the c.a.d. world. i quess the newbee is schooled again. having ranted, i have to say all this advice is great. i love it. i just finished the training cd's and started to play with VWA. it appears to work just like the last few posts describe. you have described my frustration with archicad and reluctance to get rid of it. i am buying BOA this week and starting my first project on vectorworks. i hope it goes well. i got to see a demo of BOA this week and it looks promising.

thanks mr anderson you have given me the first clear answer to this question i have been asking your company for a week. you answered my question perfectly.

i forgot one simple question. i talked with several people who say a simple patch could fix this problem since VW does understand and translate .dwg and .dxf file types.

i have been using arhicad since 7.0 came out. i want to know if VW or VWA works similar to it. i need to know if when you are drawing in 3d is VW building in2d and if you are drafting in 2d can you make simultaneous changes in 3d. my question also is important for 2d as well as 3d section and elevation views. unlike most current architectural students, i was taught design and drafting by hand. this is why i decided to use archicad when i decided to go back to school. the problem with archicad is if you have a small graphics card (8mb) you have better ready to wait. sometimes i think that i could draft it by hand in the time it takes to redraw. but this paragraph is a mute point now. another question i have is there a batch plot utility in VW. VWA & VW would any of you recommend my VW should ship 070502, considering this, i have 90 days to return it. i am under the gun right now if any of you cant tell by the time of this post.