Dec 5, 2017 · Typically in Chief after setting up your Wall and Foundation Defaults, you draw the 1st Floor Exterior walls ( Level1), then Build Floor>Foundation ( Level 0 ) to get the Basement Area based off the 1st Floor Walls automatically, you don't Draw it in the Order it is Field Built , it's just how CA works best and you will fight the Program if you ...

Mar 14, 2024 · Chief will be defaulting to using the X12 version of PBR as it is not capable with a GTX970 ( or any GPU in the 900,1000.1600 series) to use Chief's newer Astral Lighting Engine introduced in X13, ( you can check in Preferences ) this is what most here refer to as PBR-RTRT (Realtime Raytracing), this is due to cards before the 2000 Series not ...

Nov 14, 2020 · Thornton uses Canvas's Scan To CAD service to create Chief Architect as-builts. He credits Canvas with driving a 25% increase in revenue, increasing his schematic design profit by $1,500 - $2,000 per project, and saving about 14 hours in labor per project.

Dec 29, 2015 · Support and Software Assurance (SSA) appears to be well worth money considering you get access to all the online library content (both newly added and existing libraries), ability to download and upgrade to the newest version of Chief Architect at no extra cost and priority technical support.

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Mar 1, 2019 · Chief Architect will not be able to offer any support for the Substance software products or files. Using the program and files is completely voluntary. Substance compatible files are provided simply as a gesture, with no guarantees, extended to give access to more material options for those who are interested.

Sep 15, 2022 · I am new to Chief Architect software. I have prepared a plan for small shed. After preparing the plan , i sent the plan to layout. I am doing the layout to following scale Scale 1 : 50 Now i need to show scale bar on my drawings. I have added picture of example scale bar which i am trying to add.

Feb 27, 2014 · Chief Architect provides custom patterns for Siding, as well as numerous other surface types. Within the ChiefSiding.pat file, you can choose from the dropdown list one of the Board and Batten pattern styles. Setting the scale to ‘0.1’ seems to achieve the proper dimensioning of the pattern lines.

Oct 1, 2020 · Now assuming you are using the latest Chief Architect Premier or Interiors X12 or even a recent Xversion (any other software has their own forum specific to that software)this quick search brought up this video which should explain on how to use the layout.

Mar 13, 2020 · Chief Architect has a neat cad tool to create a building footprint as a cad detail. You can copy the footprint detail and display the area of the footprint in the polyline label. Open the dbx for the object and on the label tab insert the macro area.