ChiefArchitect

Answers to frequently asked sales questions are available at https://www.chiefarchitect.com/software-subscription/

We are excited to be announcing the Design of the Year Contest winners for 2020! Chief Architect holds a monthly design contest every year. There are 3 categories: Kitchen/Bath and Interiors, Residential, and Remodel/Additions. Each monthly winner is entered into the Design of the Year Contest, and our Facebook community votes for their favorite. Kitchen/Bath and Interiors Grand Prize Winner – Giuseppe Rispoli of Rispoli Design and Build, LLC Residential Grand Prize Winner – Michael Burt Remodel/Additions Grand Prize Winner – Jorge Arreola of Greymark Construction Co. Thank you so much to everyone who participated this year. We enjoy seeing your work and love seeing what you can do with Chief Architect, and thank you to everyone who voted on our Facebook page. We couldn’t do it without you!

We've shared this blog post in an effort to help identify some of the hardware and features that will make your Chief Architect and graphic intensive software work to its full potential. Check it out: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/

Thank you for the question. Here are some thoughts on the purchase options. 1. Purchase a license outright - This is the best deal and lowest possible price to own the software. 2. Rent to own - If cashflow is the priority, the rent to own option can be a great fit at $199 per month. If you rent consecutively for the full rental term you will own the software. Lean more about the software rental here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/software-rental/ 3. Rent as needed - You mentioned that there would be significant gaps between projects. The software can be rented as needed. This means you can rent as needed to complete a project and cancel the rental at any time. You can then restart the rental in the future when the next project starts. The drawback to this is that you do not accumulate payments toward ownership. Feel free to reach out to our Sales Department if you have any questions by phone 208.292.3400 or email sales@chiefarchitect.com Kind regards, Derek Chief Architect Sales

Thank you for your interest in Chief Architect! The software rental and regular license purchase share the same software licensing. Chief Architect is a single user license, but we provide you with the ability to run the software on any number of computers. If you have a home computer, laptop, office computer, showroom computer, etc., you can install on all of your computers. You will be limited to launching Chief Architect on one computer at a given time. There is a quick process for switching between your computers. Here is a tech article that shows how this works. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00956/using-chief-architect-on-multiple-computers.html Feel free to contact sales with any questions at 208-292-3400 or email sales@chiefarchitect.com Kind regards, Derek Chief Architect Software

Thank you for the question. Yes, the full commercial version will open plans created in with the Student License as long as the full commercial version is the same version or newer. Feel free to contact us with any questions at 208-292-3400. Kind regards, Derek Pedersen Chief Architect Software

Are you a student, or do you know a student, who as been able to use the Chief Architect Student Version for their own projects? We want to see what students are creating, and to help them show it off! ChiefTalk now has a gallery for student work, we'll be picking images posted to the gallery and then sharing with our social media channels and on the blog to feature these efforts. Learn more about our Student Design Gallery. If you aren't a student, but want to show off your creations too, please do! The Member Gallery is open to ChiefTalk users. Whether you are new to the software or a long-time user, we love seeing and sharing your work. Create an album and tell us the story about projects you are working on. Include your social accounts and contact information so we can tag you. Don't miss a chance at a little free publicity.

We've updated the Remodeling page on our website to include some resources for taking As-Build Measurements and a Checklist for the process. Come and see what you think! https://www.chiefarchitect.com/remodeling-software/#remodeling