Abstract: A method for preparing drawings for remodeling buildings and visual images representative of the remodeled building is provided. As a first step, design ideas that utilize predetermined building products are cataloged in a format such as video tape. These design ideas are presented to a client such as a homeowner. Drawings and visual images are then prepared that incorporate the selected design ideas into the layout of the building. The drawings and visual images are prepared using photographs, sketches, and measurements obtained and electronically transmitted to a design center with the aid of a pen-pad computer. The method of the invention is useful in preparing construction drawings and in marketing a remodeling project to an client.

Abstract: A register assembly includes a register louver defining a generally circular air passage in which air directing vanes are mounted. The register louver has a central hub in which a shaft is rotatably mounted. A plurality of closure segments are mounted for rotation relative to each other about the shaft axis. Each of the segments is capable of closing a portion of the circular air passage in the louver. In a first position, the closure segments are serially aligned and substantially overlapping each other, leaving a substantial portion of the air passage open. As the shaft is manually rotated, tabs and cooperating stop surfaces on adjacent ones of the closure segments cooperate to serially rotate the closure segments from the first position, through a number of intermediate positions, and toward a second position wherein only the edge portions of the closure segments are overlapping and the air passage is completely blocked.