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I have a property near downtown Austin, Texas, that I would like to develop. I am not yet a Chief Architect user, but looking to purchase the program. My first step so far is to get a full survey of property including Boundary Survey, Tree Survey,Topo Survey and Survey of ground utilities. I am told by survey company, that I can get a Auto-Cad 2000 format which I believe would be a .dwg format, that I believe can be imported into Chief architect. I have read some of the posts in the forums, and thus far I am seeing a few new users starting their projects, and basically floundering due to inexperience in using the program. I really want to avoid making mistakes in the early stages, especially in the importing of the survey file. I also need to dance around a few trees, so I also need help establishing a building footprint . There is also the City of Austin rules, relating to setbacks etc, which are relatively straight forward IE McMansion rules and allowable square footage for size of lot requirements. So having said the above, I am looking for an experienced designer, that can help with design, as well as with construction drawings and materials list. Let me know your comments. Kind regards paul

The permitting company basically liaises with the city on what I can build in the site following the city's rules. This includes total square footage, setbacks and rules regarding building tree's.

Thank you all for your comments. I am Austin Texas, and I have been working with permit company to determine the citys requirements are. Once I have the surveys, which will be all in one dwg file, I should be able to import in Chief architect, correct?

Hello all, I am a new user, and am starting my first project. I am starting by getting my property surveyed. In my request to survey company, I am asking for the below: Boundary Survey Tree Survey Topo Survey Survey of ground utilities The property is pretty flat, so I am not sure if I need an elevation survey or not? If there is any other survey I would need, please let me know. Once I have these surveys, the survey company has advised they can prepare a survey in Auto-Cad 2000 format which I believe would be a .dwg format. My second question, is how easy is it to import the above surveys into Chief architect? I am also not sure if the above surveys would be individual files for each survey, or one file that has all included. Is there an advantage in either case? Looking forward to your responses Kind regards Paul