Being new to SU I would like to know, in general terms, the power of SU. I realize it is unlikely that it is an AutoCad Inventor, but can i come close to developing a residential material list if i put in the time to get detailed? I realize that may be months if not years in the making. I assume that a dynamic component is SU's term for parametric? Are they formula driven? using an Excel or the like? Can i get reports of quantities, Square footages, etc.? On the surface and listening to others conversations it seems like it could be quite powerful. Thanks for any responses.

Chris

Thanks guys. I think SU is going to be fun, and i look forward to all our interactions. Thanks again.

Chris

I have just installe SU Pro 7, and intend to use the turorials. However, I am looking to draw house plans and pretty quick at using AutoCad 2002, and think it might be best to use this to get my plans worked out then model in SU. Tutorials typically cover a lot of things that I don't use and am wondering if there is a person, company, e-mail service or something that would let me contact them for specific questions without charging an arm and a leg. Maybe this forum is it? I can visualize very well what I want, I just want to make my learning curve as small as possible, but don't we all.

Thank for any guidance you might send my way.

Chris