AdamEdgar

Desktop PC's seem to me to be increasingly replaced with laptops and mobile tablets...lots of designers are doing this and have been for some time. Look at the reason why snapdragon started enterring into the laptop market via HP, Lenovo, Apple...these are not small companies or unknown platforms. If macbooks are running ARM BECAUSE it is more efficent for battery life +performance (because we know that mobile devices have no option but to compromise between time between charges and performace. I think software developers need to recognise the market and adjust their philosophy and therefore programming accordingly. This isnt earbashing for the sake of it, its earbashing developers who may have their heads in the sand on architecture thats now been out for at least 6 years on some big name platforms. The world is in a big transition into more energy efficient technologies...computing is not immune to that fundamental change. ARM is claimed to be more energy efficent. For me, i need a system that is mobile and efficient but capable. The thing is, its significant i think that Vectorworks runs natively on ARM since 2022 (thats 2 years ago).

ah this might be a workaround? Autodesk, like Chief doesnt support ARM but it can run via a virtualisation or emulator...(such as VMware)

Vectorworks, a competitor to Chief Architect is ARM compatible...see below

even macbooks use this architecture in some models

Im a little annoyed to be honest.

oooh...i think i found the problem...Snapdragon processors arent supported Thing is, HP, Asus, Lenovo...these laptop manufacturers have been running these processors since 2018...thats 6 years! Snapdragon isnt a bad processor...this is a gaming laptop...it should run Chief architect...so obviously its a software engineering issue in that Chiefs programmers havent got up to speed yet....even after 6 years!

Hi guys, I purchased this laptop thinking it would run chief architect, however, as soon as i open any 3d camera, its almost non functional but i cant seem to figure out why? Take a look at the resource usage in image its practically using nothing compared with what the system has available and yet, in the screen on lhs, once i open a 3d camera of any kind, i cannot do anything at all...there is zero functionality...all i can do on the windows machine is go into task manager, select Chief Architect > "end task" Task Manager System resource monitor with 3d camera open Tas What i do get is the following error when i run Chief Architect system specs Chief online help

hi guys, i need to apply a wainscot in chief I want to copy the material i have from a photo taken of a house we are planning on purchasing as we want to see what it would look like inside the house if we painted the lower section of the wall keeping the existing finish in place or, perhaps removed it altogether and went back to normal wall sheet. 1. My understanding is that in the chief, the easiest way to do this is to use a kitchen cabinets...is that the best method or is there a better way for this application? 2. Whatever the suggestion, i would like some pointers on the method for achieving the look below.