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Since 1998 I have worked in many offices as a 3D specialist and CAD operator with many types of software, none of which has lived up to its promised enhancements or import-export formats. Back in 1999 there were promises of single 3D database files which would automatically update schedules and 2D layouts etc. To this day the vast majority of practices are still using 2D "dumb" drawing files and…