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I spent several days creating a very ornate driveway gate for my personal residence

Great work. 

Did you do it in Chief?

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Are you still using the trial?

Yeah, considering whether to rent.

Chief doesn't seem so flexible and user-friendly as it was recommended to me. But I used to work in Sketchup and a Rhino a bit. 

I will ask a couple of questions and then decide.

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Dave over at Chieftutor.com has some with video on how to make them

It seems just what I was looking for. I hope it is not too long.

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3 components: 2 windows and a door all in the same location.

Thanks, it was a pretty good way although it needs some additional work, the idea is simple and effective. I will stick to it.

Although the opened door and the back elevation look much less nice. 

You can't modify 3d symbols in Chief, can you? 

17 hours ago, solver said:

Quick experiment. It would take extra work to make the grain direction correct.

 

Using solids, right?
 

7 minutes ago, robdyck said:

It's definitely possible. Some components will need to be modeled using various items like solids, shapes, moldings, etc. But it can be done!

I wish there was even a short textual description, how... I have found a video about how to make a custom panel door in chief and it was quite easy. But this... How much effort and time it would take? 

Should I start with making a polyline arc and then "inserting" windows there? In Sketchup I once made a sidelight and then bended it. I doubt it would be possible here.

Hello,
a newbie again.

I was wondering if you could explain if it is possible to make this type of door just by Chief tools? I've found only one topic but it was 5 years ago and the process of modeling wasn't described. I'm not even sure it was done in Chief.

Would you mull it out of elements or model from a blank list?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, I've tried simple forms, using arc and spline tools but for more complicated ones it takes quite a lot of time. Do you usually do it with Chief Cad tools or it's better to model in Sketchup and import?

Hi

I wonder if it is possible to somehow create a symbol out of these or similar free dwg Autocad blocks?
I mean not to import but to trace and create a 3d polyline?