I'd like to thank everyone for the excellent input. I decided to hold off on Vue. I have Vue d'esprit 4 and don't use it much. . . I was really interested in the distribution of plants which it seems Carrara beats out Vue anyway. I sent the money to Corel for X3 and to IMSI for Turbocad 12 pro instead! Okay that's a fib. . . I had already sent it to them but was considering Vue as well. Now that that is settled: does anyone know how easy or tough it is getting house plans from Chief Architect ver 10 into Carrara? Would I be better off just redrawing them in C5pro?