Thank you! I have lurked.
Yes, I have been using the framing tools for quite a while and for homes that I deisgn natively in Chief, its hard to beat. However, what has drawn me to look at other options is the fact that Chief cannot import a Revit file so that I can draw a floor platform for example. About half of the work I do is then using AutoCAD to draw on top of Revit "backgrounds" which are nothing more than dwg outputs. I use AutoCAD for that. It is not worth the time to trace out a house and insert all the windows precisely for a simple floor ceiling and roof framing plans. I am trying to really "pull out and show" the critical items such as stud packs, post, beams, etc. and show them clearly on a drawing.
The answer may be to stick to AutoCAD and work on tools for that but would rather incorporate some automation to stave off arthritis and going blind staring at spiderwebs on the computer screen. I was super impressed by plus spec and their method of copying a floor system and appyling it to a new area or polyline. See the video linked below at approx 5:15 time stamp. I think it would be a cool workflow to just import an existing revit model, trace out a floor and then insert the frame.
