https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/residential-drafter-trying-to-select-new-cad-software/m-p/5544510#M89850 <P>Appreciate the advice. &nbsp;And would love more from anyone else too. &nbsp;As far as what you said, my only concern with Revit is that the walkthroughs that I have seen online (maybe there are better ones I haven't seen from revit???) basically look like something you could make in minecraft. &nbsp;In other words they are pretty unimpressive. &nbsp;I don't mean that to be offensive to anyone who specifically uses revit, because in a lot of applications that would be ideal. &nbsp;You don't want to take the time to get something to a very high quality, and your clients are just interested in being able to mentally picture the building easier than just looking off of a set of 2d plans. &nbsp;Unfortunately, our goal is to make a statement to our clients. &nbsp;We want them to come in knowing that their house isn't built and to be taken aback by what their house is going to look like. That way, if they do decide there is something they don't like on it, we can change it right there, and not have to change it 3 months down the road when they go to look at the nearly completed house and they find something they don't like that they thought they were going to like. &nbsp;With that being said though, Revit and 3dsMax are very huge softwares like you said, and one of the big things I'm trying to figure out is if this is even a plausible thing for our firm to be doing at this point. &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The thought about autoCAD 3d and 3dsMax is an interesting one, since we already feel at least somewhat comfortable with autoCAD LT. &nbsp;My only thought there, is if we go and buy autocad3d and 3dsMax, we might as well buy the design suite because its just not that much more money. &nbsp;I do think the advice of keeping it simple and only learning what we need for our firm is a good idea. &nbsp;We had been thinking about even taking classes if we had to. &nbsp;But, if we did that then we wouldn't just be learning architecture, we'd be learning how to design a fish, a roller coaster, space ship, all that kind of stuff too, and we just don't really need that sort of stuff hah. &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Jeremy</P> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:37:55 GMT Anonymous 2015-03-17T14:37:55Z