Chief Architect Interiors Version

Summary Features

Kitchen & Bath Design Tools

• Create any style of custom cabinet including shaped, framed- and frame-less with the Smart Cabinet Designer™ tools
• Use specific manufacturer catalogs for your cabinets
• Select from a library of thousands of custom door and drawer styles, cabinet feet, pilasters, hardware, wood species and colors
• Extensive Catalog of appliances, fixtures, millwork and furnishings – import tools to extend the Catalog to additional manufacturers
• Group cabinets, fixtures, appliances & accessories to create architectural blocks for items such as a kitchen island or even an entire kitchen. Save to the Library for future use – a great time saving feature!
• Access custom or name brand colors, materials and textures from the Library Catalog
• Material Painter and Color Chooser tools allow you to import specific materials and customize for limitless design combinations
• CAD tools to design custom shapes such as tub platforms and add Section and Wall Elevation details

3D Design and Modeling Tools

• Seamless and simultaneous editing in 3D perspective, 2D plan and elevation views
• Artistic Rendering – watercolor, painting, line drawing, technical illustration, vector, duotone and Glass House™
• Photo-Realistic 3D Ray Trace Rendering
• Ray Trace Wizard with predefined settings for indoor and outdoor scenes
• 3D views for elevations, overviews, cross-sections, perspectives and Doll House™ overview
• Material Painter™ – apply colors, materials, and textures from any image or website
• Color Chooser™ – Choose manufacturer colors, materials or textures from the Library or pull from a digital photo
• Record 3D views for virtual tours

Powerful Building & Design Tools

• Schedules: Windows, Doors, Cabinets, Rooms, Fixtures and Furniture
• Elevation and Cross-Section tools
• Define room heights, moldings, platform heights and ceiling styles
• Dimensions for One-Click Auto Dimensioning™, End-to-End, Interior, Point-to-Point, Baseline, Angular and Centerline
• Advanced Stair & Ramp tools for curved, flared, split and straight
• Electrical and HVAC tools
• Smart Objects (BIM) windows, cabinets, doors, rooms have properties and behave intelligently in the design
• Materials Lists for cost estimating and bidding
• Power CAD tools for details and custom shapes

Powerful CAD Tools

• CAD Solids –produce slabs, moldings and shapes. Draw molding profiles, custom countertops, backsplashes, beams and other architectural objects or CAD details.
• CAD Drawing tools for lines, polylines, splines, arcs, and shapes
• Align, Distribute, Copy, Replicate, Reflect, Extend, Fillet, make Parallel and several other CAD tools for precision and productivity
• Convert CAD objects to architectural objects – draw a molding profile and save as a stacked crown molding for a room or cabinet
• Draw custom CAD details, import DXF or DWG CAD files
• CAD tools to detail Cross Sections & Elevations
• CAD-to-Walls tool imports an AutoCAD^® file and provides a mapping for layers – a great tool to interchange files with AutoCAD users

Construction Drawings

• Create construction documents with the Layout tool. Send any view to the Layout. Define the scale and link to the drawing to update as your design changes.
• Multiple Layers and Layer Sets – mask layers to create the view you need
• Create Detailed Plan Sets: Floor Plans, Elevations and 3D Perspectives, Electrical/ HVAC Plans, Section Details
• All views are linked from the Plans, Elevations and Construction documents and dynamically updated to be sure your model is current
• Use a PDF print driver to print to any size paper
• Time Tracker™ to monitor time spent on specific projects