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Steve Toth, owner
Acclaim Pools, LLC
The Woodlands, Texas
I’m actually moving more and more away from the three-dimensional programs, because everyone’s using them and presenting on 8-1/2-by-11-inch or 11-by-17-inch paper. I don’t see the value in it now because it’s so commoditized — they all look alike, so the medium looks alike from one builder to the next. My competitors all use the same program, and I want to differentiate myself. I know I’m going to come up with a different design, but I don’t even want the medium to look like theirs.
I now do computer-aided drawings in 2d, a plan view and a side elevation. I purchased a plotter printer, which produces nice, large architectural drawings that look very professional. You’ll typically see these in an architect’s or engineer’s office. The larger format helps differentiate my designs.
I also try to stress the technical side of what we do and provide detail drawings of piers and beam work, for example, or the type of hydraulic engineering that will go into one of our projects.
