That's true Jon. I wonder why it is that they've never really jumped in fully to the 3D market. Considering the current possibilities with CS3 and 3d painting, it would be so exciting to have a shared connection with programs like Cinema & Photoshop. Beyond that there is the Maxon link into ArchiCad where you can freeform model in cinema or... eh hem.. Maxon and send it back non-descructively to ArchiCad. Just some interesting alliances there.

Brilliant! "If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there"

susan, thanks for the tip. i probably did not think of it because the idea was to get a very basic, intuitive app that i could learn to use in minutes. layout demands some time to get its basic functions. like stu, the previews had scared me off. i'll have a closer look at it. cheers. Posted by edson mahfuz, architect MEMBERS: have you read the announcement about the new board? Please go ahead and register there!

you'd think Kristoff Rand http://www.aboveallhouseplans.com -Unique Custom Home Design-

G'Days guys just a wee FYI this thread is upside down, read from the bottom up my Bad in editing it must because i'm in australia my apologies to will03 the original poster

im definetly in agreement with you on the soup. untill 2 years ago i didnt really eat/drink much soup, but then i started working in a cafe wehere they made, and still make, some of the best soups ive tasted. i love the stuff!

Nope, my feet were firmly on the ground. Thanks for the welcome guys!

Real name, realy good helpful people. Fairly new to SU but progessing well thanks to these forums and all of you great guys and gals who share your knowledge to the benifit of us 'noobs'. I consider you all to be my personal friends, which is great for me as I live alone pretty much like a hermit. Thank you for having me aboard.

Hi Mike, Glad you are going to read it. It has made a great difference to my quality of life, and given me the confidence to do things that I never though possible. In other threads in this forum people have mentioned for example that it was later on in life that they built up their confidence, and that they were held back because of it. I would put my hand up to that. I was 48 before I bought this book. I had bought other 'self improvement' type books before this one, but Calm at work did it for me. Dealing with a massive work load prior to retirement became a breeze, doing stuff like standing in front of large group of people giving a talk was something I would run a mile from. I actually put something on that required me to do this. I'm not saying I was good, but I was inwardly calm, enjoyed it, and the event went down very well, and I had a smile on my face because I knew that I have cracked it. And the story goes on and on. I was chatting to our hairdresser the other day and mentioned the book to her. She said that she would love to read it, so I gave here my dog eared copy. I wonder someties if the best time to read a book like this is when you feel you really need it. I did and it worked and so is the story from other friends. I'm happy to gab on this subject either on this open forum or via pm. Cheers Alan PS When I returned to work after reading the book, I put at the bottom of the report that I had to complete at the end of each day. 'Aiming to deliver a quality of service second to none' It was my clear statement of my goal at work. Clear as a whistle. Bring it on. It took me to a completely different level and one that I am always aiming to aspire to.

the customs of other countries has always amazed me... we're all so similar yet so different...

Charles Handy said something similar...that we walk backwards into the future because at least we can still keep sight of something familiar.

Amazing stuff. Thanks for refreshing my memory. I remember seeing these guys last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC7N29MUIKs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAD8xffS ... ed&search= This one is a little long but worth it. Forward past some of the video glitches in the beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQNt64PxfE And the Ninja man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z34JYwNG ... ed&search=

I subscribe to Formfonts and I appreciate the Formfont layer as it reminds me what items are theirs. I use it as Alan suggested, when I need something , I go get it. I'm still hoping for more musicians Alan - I desperately need a guitarist with long hair maybe cheers john

yeah, it was the greatest moment in US sports history... according to the announcers who most likely do the local monster truck commercials..

What Kristoff said. Sorry that I was not more clear.

now that's cutting through the crap...

http://www.naturemaker.com/ not wood but close...

Alan, that's all because those topics have just recently been transferred from the old board. As was announced by Coen, we can only transfer the content and cannot transfer the date & time. Edson once proposed a solution to add a report to each topic about when it was originally posted (to avoid confusion) but then again, only mods can see the reports. Maybe we could put the date into the "edit line" (see the example right in this post)

it might not be hugely accurate to start with, but you could always trace the building then export it to SU and resize it to improve the accuracy. would be a lot faster for doign very complex models. always got the limitation of finding videos of the buildings though

There is another program called "ISHOWYU', which more or less offers the same services as the one discussed here. I just bought it as it is only $20.00, but I haven't had the chance to do much with it yet, so I don't know the differences yet. Look for yourself. Looks great though http://www.shinywhitebox.com/store/shop.php Filip K.