Hey! Thanks for responding. I'm not an architect myself, but I am a draftsman for a surveying company, and some of what I do does fall under the "Residential Architecture" umbrella.

Primarily, I develop site plans for new residential constructions. It requires me to go through a LOT of residential architectural plans, and run up all kinds of lots. I work with builders to make sure that the houses they want to build fit in the buildable areas on their lots. It's technically architectural work, but I'm legally allowed to do residential work in Texas.

Primarily, I use Carlson Survey, which is a proprietary CAD program that runs on AutoCAD. We mostly do things in 2D, but we do dabble in some 3D stuff for Topos and such. I am proficient in GIMP, which is what I primarily use for renderings and such, like the ones you see in the post.

I'm an amateur at this stuff, so I don't wanna mislead you. But I am extremely interested in it, primarily Residential Architecture.