Thanks Patricia, Thanks for the info; Yes, I do intend to contact the local architect over there in Montenegro, where the new property is located (I just purchased 3 acres there, not too far from the coast); What I am trying to do is create the floor plan that I like, and to have it be reasonable close to what actualy could be built, rather than having the architect competely redraw the plan to make it work; I grew up over there, then came here and have lived in Orange County for the last 20 years, and having two houses here I can see the difference; Building out of wood allows you to do things that are very difficult and expensive when done with bricts, so some level of support in software, for example, recomended thickness of the wall, would be nice, but as you pointed it out, there seems to be none. That info helps too _ I will then create the plan I would like if it was for here, and ship it to the architect over there - it may take a few more iterations, but it should be ok at the end ... Thanks again! Zoran