Thom-L

I am using the Suite 2017 version and am looking for tutoring to learn the basics of the system. My needs center mostly around creating floor plans. Since I have ADD, working with someone one on one is the only way I can grasp and retain information the best, using manuals and textbooks have never worked well for me. If any users are in the Lewiston/Auburn area of Maine that would like to make some extra income providing me with assistance learning the program, please reply to me at thom@fairpoint.net. Thank you. Thom

We have built a building and have the opportunity to build several more locally this year. Here is the basic virtual tour material https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=FMcSSRZE3bK

We have tried the Suite version and are very happy with this tool. We know the Pro version will be even better and provide us with far more capabilities than we need. We have been informed by the people at Chief Architect that the template we need can be developed in their Premier version and then imported into the pro version. We do not have the experience in house to create the solution, but am confident that the skillset needed is embodied in one or more members of this forum..

Drawzilla; Thank you for your feedback. Since our objective is to have a temporary, user friendly, economic and basic floor plan software to use until we need something more complex down the road, we are not interested in spending $2,700.00 at this time. We suspect when the time comes to hire an individual in the future to handle full time floor plan development, that they will already have a preference for a specific software that might not necessarily be a Chief Architect product. Again, thank you. Thom

Looking for assistance in creating arch building shell template. We are looking to purchase the Chief Architect Pro version of software to create floor plans for our high performance building shell packages (think 21st century Quonset Huts”). The problem is that this version of the software does not provide us with the ability to create arch or barrel shaped building shells. We understand that the Premier software package has the ability to create the building shells we need, but at this time with the Pro version selling for $500.00, paying over 5 times more money for the Premier version that has only one feature that we are looking for is difficult. We are testing the $99.00 Home Designer Suite that already has far more capabilities than we need, but if the Pro version could be modified to fit our needs than we would purchase this product. We have been informed by the support staff at Chief Architect that a template can be created and inserted into the Pro software. They connected us to this forum. At this time our building shell system contains only three components, glulam shoes that secure the shell to a foundation, 12”x3 1/8” laminated wood arches that have an outside radius of 20’ and 4’x8’x6” molded SIP panels that are formed to fit the outside radius of the glulam arches. We create different width and height building shells by using shorter or longer glulams of the same radius. What we need is the ability to create floor plans that correlate with the interior side walls of our arch building shells. If anyone in the forum has the ability to create this template detail and has an interest in assisting us, we would very much appreciate hearing from you. Thank you. Thom Labrie