Having been a Serif (and now Affinity) user for a LONG time, this is an incredible deal on an amazing suite of software! Affinity/Serif are truly focused on the user, and the value you get for your money is second to none - do NOT pass this up!

As with a lot of us, my only wish is that you spend your hard earned cash on Affinity instead of Adobe and/or MS - and find that although Affinity may not do ALL that Adobe currently does, it's awful da*$ close, and may not be that way much longer!

Just my TOTALLY biased opinion!!

Very cool - great implementation!

I normally set the top of the depression at 3-1/2" below the main slab (a 2x4 for the form) and 5-1/2" below the main slab at the garage doors (a 2x6 for the form); if the garage is deeper than - say - 24' I would probably slope to a central location and add a drain inlet. Stems higher than 5-1/2" would need to be increased in width for me to be comfortable that they would be stable.

An example of "Just because you can think it and draw it does NOT make it worth constructing in the real world!!"

Thanks Majid!

Maybe look at a multi-function machine if she will need to do any scanning too. I've always had good luck with Brother printers and LD Products ink (ldproducts.com).

Not many textures, but 10 different buildings on a vastly changing 4.71 acre site - 200 MB.

It took a couple of hours for me .. hopefully Nathan's gotten yours out to you too by now.

Nice find Dave!

Windowizer 4 (http://www.smustard.com/script/Windowizer4) works with SU 2018. I can't comment on the others - I've never used them.

Nathan ... just wondering about the bundle deal. What about those of us that are current (paid) Truss and Foundation users who also contributed to your KickStarter campaign? Is there a way to align all of our licenses to one renewal date? I'd rather have one renewal (like Vali's Instant Architecture) than multiple individual ones. Also looking forward to when you add in the shear engineering element to the wall plugin!

I agree with pbacot. I use Chuck Vali's excellent Instant Architecture plug-in but cannot get used to first adding a line across the wall(s) for the head height before I start the plug-in to insert the windows/doors. To Chuck it makes sense, but for me it's an extra step (or two, or three, or ...) that I don't want to do.

You'll need to have both (on sheathing, on cladding) dependent upon what cladding you use.

@medeek said:

Just a moment...

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Added my pledge! Looking forward to this one!!

I've used them on two residential projects: one was used for the foundation only (built entirely on a huge granite rock - lots of ups and downs) and was completed, the other was a three story house with the walls and floors using the ICF's (ready to pull permits and the owners divorced - never built). If you use them you MUST use a contractor who has done them before, or a manufacturer's rep who will come out and train you/your contractor to ensure it's done correctly.

I've been fortunate to see Tower of Power in 1979 and again in 2009. Awesome concerts, each one!

I saved the download of SU 3.0.99 on August 1, 2003; my download of SU 4.0.123 was on July 1, 2004. My first download of SU was on November 28, 2001 and SU 2 was on March 14, 2002!

@medeek said:

Another point worth noting is that a well designed truss or roof is already a thing of beauty, no further marketing gimmicks required.

Spoken like a true engineer!

Added my (continued) support to your Kickstarter campaign!

That's pretty much how it's done down here, and with the detail I sent you it sounds like what you've seen and what we do are pretty close. I would agree, too, that the 2x sleepers rarely have the edge beveled to be in-plane - it takes too much time for the framers to figure the correct cut.