Create detailed Floor plans,
Elevation views and Cross-sections
Visualize and design with 3D models
and virtual tours
Choose from over 10,000 Library
items including CAD Details and name
brand manufacturers
Use automated building tools, like
Automatic Framing and Roof Generation
Create cost estimates with the
built-in Material Lists
Generate complete Landscapes and
Site Planning designs
Use powerful CAD tools to create
custom details
Produce detailed, professional
Blueprints and Plan Sets
With our User’s Guide and
step-by-step Training Video you can
design your first house in 30 minutes
Chief Architect is the industry leader for residential architectural design. Create a design for your client by placing and arranging walls, windows, doors and architectural objects generating 3D models in minutes. Use the floor and space planning tools to communicate the design principles and make sure you understand your client’s expectations. Chief Architect is a great consultation tool to ensure the right design and illustrate a 3D model of the completed project before construction begins. In this version of the software you can create photo-realistic renderings that uses the latest Ray-tracing technology. Ray-tracing includes reflections and radiosity, providing the most realistic images available in the CAD software market. Create 3D renderings to display your portfolio of work to current and prospective clients.
Chief Architect was
designed from the ground up for residential
architectural design. With our Getting Started
Guide, you can design your first house in 30
minutes out of the box, guaranteed. Chief
Architect enables you to communicate and
illustrate a 3D model of your project
FEATURES:
Powerful and Easy
When your design is completed in Chief Architect, information can be imported to AutoCAD® with DWG/DXF files, or you can create the full working drawings and blueprints directly within the program, and it’s made easy with great features like One Click Auto Dimensioning! When the design is finalized, use the Materials List and Schedule of Materials to create an estimate or a bill-of-materials. Finally, all the design information can be used to provide the plan and CAD details necessary for the builder, sub-contractors and building process. Chief Architect is a great tool for the architect to provide a cost effective design that accurately communicates the project before construction begins. Establish more business, be more productive, and ensure more satisfied customers with Chief Architect on your next design project.
Visualization
Glass House™ View provides a fully translucent view of the interior and exterior simultaneously
Material Painter™ allows you to apply materials to individual objects in 3D or Render views. For example, spray the counter top with Granite, change the cabinets to Cherry Wood, or paint the walls with your favorite color
Create a virtual look and feel of the design before it is built with actual colors, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, windows and window treatments
Define your own custom lighting with shadows, attenuation and intensity
Produce the most photo-realistic images available in the CAD software market with Chief’s Ray-Trace Renderings with reflections and radiosity
3D editing in all 3D views, including Render View. Edit cabinets, windows, doors, framing, etc. Expanded 3D editing includes the ability to copy and paste objects in 3D
Create a virtual walk-thru of the design within the program or with a standard VRML file that can be emailed or posted on a web site
Take individual pictures of the design that can be saved in any image format
Need to show how the project will look on the client’s lot? Create Plot and Perimeter Plans on flat or hillside lots, import or set elevation points to automatically generate a 3D model of the actual terrain
Floor / Space Planning
The Build House Wizard™ provides a quick way to layout adjoining rooms. A great initial client consultation tool
Use the 3D Views and Models to help communicate and illustrate the finished project to the client
3D editing in all 3D views, including Render View. Edit framing, electrical items, windows, doors, cabinets, etc.
Doll House™ View, provides a very effective overview tool for floor and space planning
Plan Sets and Blueprints
Layout, Printing & Plotting
Built-in PDF print driver –
no need for a large format printer
Multiple Layers and Layer
Sets – easily mask layers to create the view
you need
Electrical, HVAC and
Plumbing tools
Plot and Perimeter Plans
Terrain Modeling,
Landscaping Tools and Site Planning Tools
ICC – Residential Code
Checklist
Time Tracker™
Powerful Building Tools
Cost Estimating with Materials
List
Automatic and Manual
Roofs: Curved, Hip, Gable and More
Advanced Roof Tools: Auto
Dormer™ and Auto Roof Returns™
Choose from various styles of
roofs for Dormers
Material Schedules: Windows,
Doors, Cabinets and More
One-Click Auto Dimensioning™
Built-in wall types with layers
like ICF walls; design custom walls
types
Advance stair tools for curved,
flared, split, straight and more
House Wizard™ to quickly layout
plans or for space planning
Automatic and Manual Building
Tools for: Framing, Roofs, Stairs,
Cabinets, Floors, CAD Details,
Electrical and More
Powerful CAD
Tools
Visual CAD Snaps™
Endpoint, Midpoint,
Center, Quadrant, On Object
Tangents (Endpoints,
Midpoints, Quadrants)
Perpendicular
(Endpoints, Midpoints, Quadrants)
Orthogonal (Endpoints,
Midpoints, Quadrants)
Points/Markers
Intersection
Over 1,000 Built-in CAD
Details
"CAD-to-Walls" Import;
import an AutoCAD®, DXF or DWG
map the layer and automatically get a 3D
model
One-Click Cross Sections &
Elevations
Color and Black & White
Elevations
Kitchens
& Baths – Custom Cabinets
Parametric Cabinets
– Over a 1,000 Styles or Choose from
the Built-in Cabinet Library
Create any custom
cabinet including curved cabinets
Curved Cabinets and
Cabinet Hardware
Block cabinets and
other like objects together to
create architectural blocks – great
for kitchen islands
Over 10,000 Library
items – import your own or create
them yourself
Symbol Import
Wizard™ Import DXF/DWG/OBJ/3DS Free
Bonus Library downloads – name-brand
and generic
Use the Material
Painter™ or Color Chooser™ to set
exact colors, material and textures
for your design
Deck & Landscaping Tools
Automatic deck
framing
Customize deck
planking and materials
Choose from a
variety to deck railing styles
Set the north
pointer and define seasonal settings
for realistic shadows
Complete set of
terrain tools – easily import
terrain data
Over 2,000
Landscaping Plants – 2D and 3D
Complete Plant
Encyclopedia™, with detailed
information about each plant
including integrated Hardiness Zone
Maps
To receive more detailed information about
Chief Architect or any of the other CAD/CAM programs offered by our Technical Education division, please contact a member of our
sales staff.
