Everyone is clear that LO has no problems with printing A1 or 36"x24" type drawings, right? I've seen so many threads and posts asking about that sort if thing that I thought it might be worth reminding people. My local printshop will run off 36x24 sheets from a USB stick for C$2.50 each and it takes very little time (I'm quite amazed at how fast modern large format printers can be) to get a full set for my current house project printed up.

I too have used SU just recently to complete the approval of a $300,000 Physiotherapy Clinic which is underway and had all pertinent drawings produced with SU and LO in PDF format and am now working on a 43 acre Green Development which will include strata, single family dwellings, affordable housing units all within the Sustainable Building Criteria. The clinic was and the development will all be printed in PDF format by our local college at extremely economical costs. At their rates it would take me years to recover the costs in upgrading my present plotters. SU and LO definitely meet the need as far as presentation and basic floor plans. I use several different CAD programs one of which is a unique CAD system that allows me to ensure a 1%-2% wastage factor guaranteed, providing me with complete materials lists, including cut lists, cutting diagrams and allows me to determine the total amounts of screws, nails, (per pound according to local bldg codes) insulating foam, vapor barrier, tile base and grout, concrete, roofing mtls, window & door schedules, electrical, HVAC, automatic; elevations, sections, floor plans and many of all the other factors/materials that are required in the construction of the building(s), with only a few limitations, however it required a significant amount of time in defining input, but well worth the minutes in the face of being able to recall and apply to these same definitions to future designs from the database. It also allows me to import/export drawings from SU which I use for conceptual drawings, presentations, and for client consultation.

For presentation and simple flr plans as well as on the spot revisions in concept,SUand LOcan't be beat.
If they one day make it more of a true CAD System I might quickly and quietly dumped my present programs, but with all it's potential in the face of their stated mandate, I think I would be holding my breath for a long time. Till then I will happily keep trying to use and learn more about SU [/b & [b]LO and continue to explore their full potential while taking the fantastic opportunity to learn from the the most learned and wise out there - including viewsion, and the many exceptional, creative and innovative SU users and innovators out there.
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