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Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, in <strong>the</strong> conceptual design phase, <strong>the</strong> reasons <strong>of</strong> sufficiency <strong>of</strong> CAAD<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware packages are represented in Table 3.12. These analyses show that <strong>the</strong> most<br />

important factor that affects students to prefer Photoshop is lying in its extensive 2D<br />

graphical representation features. Being <strong>the</strong> best known s<strong>of</strong>tware (or <strong>the</strong> one learnt at<br />

university) is <strong>the</strong> most important reason to employ AutoCAD over conceptual design<br />

phase. Moreover, in Table 3.12, <strong>the</strong> reasons for <strong>the</strong> insufficiency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CAAD<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware in conceptual design phase are given in detail. For instance, <strong>the</strong> most<br />

common reason not to use ArchiCAD in conceptual design phase is not to be able to<br />

use s<strong>of</strong>tware easily.<br />

Table 3.12 Reasons for utilizing a specific CAAD s<strong>of</strong>tware package in conceptual<br />

design phase<br />

S<strong>of</strong>tware Packages The Reasons<br />

Photoshop<br />

AutoCAD<br />

SketchUp<br />

3D Studio Max<br />

Rhinoceros 3D modeling<br />

2D graphical representation<br />

Text effects and fonts<br />

Ease <strong>of</strong> use<br />

Support different picture formats<br />

Best known s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

2D graphical representation<br />

3D modeling<br />

Easy transition from sketch to plan<br />

Ease <strong>of</strong> use<br />

3D Modeling<br />

Interoperability between 2D and 3D<br />

Ease <strong>of</strong> use<br />

Best known s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

Photorealistic image rendering<br />

Illustrator 2D graphical representation<br />

Paint Ease <strong>of</strong> use<br />

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