Gary_M

This is also why I was asking about if/ when the room planner would be available for something other than an I-pad. The video shows something that has promise but I agree that not nearly enough info and it never really showed how it worked.

Nope. Have had Chief since v10. Asking the question because I'm thinking it might make life easier when going to measure a house. I don't want and I-pad.

Any idea if the Room Planner app is going to be developed for PC's? If so when?

Sounds like a video card issue. What system and components does he have? When was the last time his video card was updated?

I hear you loud and clear! I too do some work for an architect and a couple of engineers. They want everything native autocad. Because I have used autocad, and generic cad before that, for so long I can do required 2D detailing much faster besides there being so many more tools to work with. I am getting faster with Chief and its CAD tools though as well but for the type of work you are referring to I wouldn't bother. Can it be done? Yes, I do believe that once you know Chief in depth you could do most everything but you would have to think waaaay outside the proverbial "box". With the type of work you do, thinking about it as if it was my situation, I would probably just resign myself to having to become very proficient in 2 totally different types of drawing programs. Make the setup as comfortable as you can and push past the "I wish" type of self talk. Another thought for you is to customize the commands as well as you can in Chief to mimic your autocad setup and then modify autocad to mimic what you do in Chief for the "other" commands. That would probably get you as close to a common setup as you could get. Just a thought...., I don't know though as it would require even more change!

Yes, there could be some improvements with the CAD tools but the biggest thing for you to overcome is to stop trying to use Chief like it was Autocad! Vastly different. With Chief you have to do things from a 3D mindset whereas in Autocad its all about lines, circles and arcs. 2D. I use both programs, along with a touch of a couple others, and what I find is that I had to decide which program was going to be my "primary" program and then start thinking in that way versus just what I had always done before. My choice is Chief and now when I use Autocad, which is unfortunately too often, I can't help but realize how antiquated it is! The use of 2 very different programs such as what you are doing can be a real challenge at times. Mentally. If you want to use Chief primarily then I would suggest stop trying to make Chief work like Autocad. Spend that time instead learning how to better use Chief. Yes, change some of the key commands to what you already know where you can but beyond that let it go. Learn how Chief works and go down that road....., or not. It really is a choice we make. Best of all to you in the process!

Any of the Canon product line are fantastic. Be sure and look at the Epson's as well. Either brand are much superior to the HP's.

Kenschu, To really get some help with your plan you need to post it. Otherwise everything is just a guess. Also, you would typically ask these types of questions is the Q&A section of the forum.