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    As an architect that owns a graphic/web/3D business...

    um, to put some apparent misnomers to rest:
    I am designing some floor plans for a personal project right now (Autocad is open on this computer)...so not sure where you got the idea 'they don't call them plans' idea

    Architect's hire engineers, so any idea that we/they do any of the actual mathematical calculations is erroneous. Anyone telling you otherwise, with a few exceptions, is full of bs.

    I'll skip all the insults, as I have seen far more incompetent people in the graphic world than in the architecture world (architect's, generally speaking, have a pretty grueling school, mine was 7 years for undergrad and grad, graphics are far, far less intensive - neither is better than another, of course)

    That said, I'll acknowledge that they can be overly controlling and nit picking details (we work with tons, mostly for 3D, but also for some graphics/web).

    You just need to make it clear, in a pleasant way, why you are a graphic/web pro and offer respect for their creative expertise. Some, sadly, think they can design anything and that couldn't be farther from the truth, but you run into this everywhere (like joe shmoe being able to design a house). Oh, and most architect's, like most graphics and most creative professionals, do suck ;-)

    Ideas:

    www.snoarc.no (great site, great architect's, I wanna say Bleed did their graphics/web)

    http://siteinspire.net/showcase/…

    I'll try to dig some up later.

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    • Exactly my point last page stated better.TheBlueOne
    • I thought they were called drawings - as plans are for "builders"?meffid
    • Great input, thanks.meffid
    • 'plans' are 'plans', 'elevations' are 'elevations', 'drawings' would be all the above (and more)formed
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