Enhanced manual dimensioning tools include interior, exterior, surface to surface, angular and point to point, all fully editable.

Dimension your plan in seconds with One Click Auto Dimensions.

Complete dimensioning tools with full support for both Metric and Imperial dimensioning.

Custom staircase tools allows the creation of almost any style of staircase, including curved, multi-sectioned with landings, flaired, winders, open treads, etc, and with custom balusters, newel posts and handrails.

New stair tools – One-click stairs and wrap-around stairs.Manually add, delete or edit any roof framing components to meet your specific requirements.Powerful automated roof and floor truss creation, including girder trusses, sissor trusses and curved trusses.Roof, ceiling and floor framing can be automatically generated to your default settings, timber sizes, etc, including blocking and bracing.Easily create cathedral and vaulted ceilings including exposed rafters or trusses and even attics rooms.One-Click Auto Dormer tool to quickly and easily place dormers with Hip, Gable, and Curved roof options.Automatic roof returns: hip, gable, full, flat and sloped roof planes.New 3D roof designer tools – edit in both 2D and 3D.Automatic and manual roofing tools now allow for the production and customisation of several roof shapes and styles including hips and half-hips, gables and dutch gables, shed, skillion, flat, mansard, gambrel, cape cod, curved and barrel roofs.

Powerful new roofing and roof framing tools

New replication tools to easily replicate objects like walls, windows, cabinets, and even entire buildings for improved design efficiency.

New support to include dentil and rope styles for 3D molding and millwork.

New easy 3D Modelling – Add, subtract and merge with new box, sphere, cylinder and cone tools – use to generate custom shapes or symbols.

3DS (3D Studio) file complete with texture mapping, and automatically convert it into a 3D symbol to add to the libraries within Chief

Use the Symbol Wizard to easily import or export an object that has been created as a 3D DXF or DWG file, or.

Use a complete collection of powerful CAD tools including Accurate Move, Placement, Visual CAD Snaps, Text tools, Spell Checking and Arrow placement.

Construct buildings of up to 30 floors and add, delete, and swap the position of any of the floors at anytime with total ease.

Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, fixtures and other architectural objects from a structured library of over 10,000 items and textures to create a floor plan and 3D model in just minutes.

New enhanced user interface with new icons and a drop-down toolbar mode.

Exhibitions, Associations & InformationĬhief Architect’s design and drafting software is available from Chief Australia.įeatures of Chief Architect’s design and drafting software:.Ceilings, Internal Wall Materials & Partitioning.

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