I wonder if Rashid has evaluated Softplan which is another hot debate in itself? At first glance Softplan seems more professional. It is ironic but I started investigating once again the alternatives to Archicad for residential design - then I saw this topic. hope he chimes in as he has used Chief much longer than I.Īdditionally I can physically send you some tutorials on framing and lists that would be very illuminating if you pm/e-mail me your address. There is someone here I know that uses Archicad AND Chief Architect. You are probably better off joining the user group there and asking these question as there are some gifted users there that would love to speak their minds. I said for better for worse in the other topic mainly as this automation in the wrong hands can create work that "looks" fantastic but may be not be 100% correct. Yes it creates Jack and hip trusses quite easily. All framing elements are editable after auto-creation. Therefore I will work my way into these area in the future.įrom what I have seen of demonstrations, the framing features in Chief are very good as long as initial setup is done correctly. Framing and materials lists are not required of me by my clients though that's likely due to cost some are unwilling to absorb and this maybe be a case on ignorance of the efficiencies Chief can introduce. I am barely a year in Chief Architect and as you know it's not a lot of time to become a "guru" if you will. Looking forward to any comments you may have. Probably a little too detailed for typical architectural work but very much welcome for building professionals and/or contractors. I like the detailed "builder specific" prompts in the various tool interfaces. Are the reports user friendly and are they easy to maintian/edit? It seems like they at least have a basic residential database. I'm not sure how the floor and ceiling framing tools could be smart enough to determine their direction.and how about the trusses? Does it make Hip and Jack trusses? How effective have you found the automatic wall, floor and roof framing tools? Are they as automatic as they are promoted. I'm not sure I'll ever see it because its too "Residential" specific. How long ago did you make the switch to chief Architect? Hmmm, I wonder if I need to look at it again? It seems to have many features I wish ArchiCAD had for residential work.I've been waiting and hoping for Graphisoft to add this level of specificity to their tools. Let me apologize in advance for going a little off topic here, but I'm really interested in Rashid's experience with Chief Architect relative to ArchiCAD. Automatic footings, dormers, house wizard. As an ex Archicad user ("x" primarily due to lack of ANY automation), I can tell you Chief Architect probably goes down this automation route more than any out there, for better or worse.
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