Electromen Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I used CHAT with CA. They said it was OK to share this with anyone or everyone. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/whats-new/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 awesome things to come for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Finally, multiple layouts can be opened at the same time ... Lew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Wow...X12 is an amazing update! So many great new features and enhancements. Over the top! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 I especially like the Trey ceilings with rope lights and reversible crown molding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Great job, Chief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Great Version. Almost didn't upgrade but this one looks really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Drag and drop between two layout files will be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Being able to put a break in the stairs to change the width where you want is huge for me and have been wanting this for years. Trey ceiling will be interesting to see what's that about but looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDesign Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 +10 for the stairs! I can't remember how long we have waited for this anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRST8TRKR Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wow, Was thinking about not renewing this year,(just about ready to retire completely) however I have gotten three jobs in the last couple weeks and after seeing the new features I am going to go for it. I just love new tools of any kind. The stair and tray ceiling features sound particularly exciting. Thank you,Chief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 44 minutes ago, NRST8TRKR said: Wow, Was thinking about not renewing this year,(just about ready to retire completely) however I have gotten three jobs in the last couple weeks and after seeing the new features I am going to go for it. I just love new tools of any kind. The stair and tray ceiling features sound particularly exciting. Thank you,Chief Fixing to apply for retirement in January myself BUT will still be working. Have to sign up for Medicare too. Now I know I'm getting old but still ride my bike like I'm 40. Would like to slow down my workload but my engineer keeps sending me people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetrickDesign Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Looks awesome, but I guess no automatic arrows to notes? I'm always impressed with the continuous improvements the Chief team makes, but I would think notes with arrows, and better movement of text arrows, would be pretty important. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Always happy to see a new update but can't see any new feature that I might actually need/use. Multiple Layout files have been possible for many versions but that's nice to be able to open them without a workaround. Other than that not sure what I'll find useful going forward. Trey ceilings? Dunno. The best thing about every new update that I've found is that the program just works better and that is always worth the price to me. Sad to see that previous features are still the same like the multi reference set tool. No way to turn one off without deleting it or using other techniques and the glass house option is still useless. That's kinda par for the course with Chief. Once a 'feature' is done there's no going back to make it more user friendly and I've learned to live with it. Still looking forward to the update as, again, Chief just seems to work better with each update. EDIT: Just wanted to make it clear that everyone's work flow and feature needs are different and am happy there are those who are excited about the new features, there's just nothing compelling for the way I work. Still very nice to see the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDandD Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Interesting on the stair break tool, but for it to be really functional, it would be nice to be able to 'break' the individual tread itself. It will be interesting to see if you can break just one tread, and define as winder and get the functionality. In the past, it was either using landings (which trim did not generate properly) or trying to use winder, which often caused strange things at the top of the stair and wall...etc. Looks like some pretty good stuff though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRST8TRKR Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Greg,Electromen, Did CA mention when the beta version might be Released? Have a Great New year,Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 "Polyline Solids created in plan view can be reshaped in elevation views—and vice versa" Really like some of the listed features, but this one is certainly a welcome feature for me; and the stair changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpadge Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 looks like some really nice features, stairs, polyline solids, trey ceiling tool, style pallettes, and the often requested roof plate definition feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 3 hours ago, NRST8TRKR said: Greg,Electromen, Did CA mention when the beta version might be Released? Have a Great New year,Ken If you mean the final Full Version, the web site states end of Q1, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Typically the Public Beta Version is released on the 1st day of the KBIS Show in Las Vegas which I think is Jan. 21st this year. ( don't hold me to that ! ) * confirmed : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeAchiever Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Good work CA! As a future suggestion, how about an enhanced extend tool for modifying wall entities? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRST8TRKR Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Thanks Mick, Thought it was late Jan.. My renewal is due the 14th So I'll be good to go. Have a great New Year,Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, NRST8TRKR said: Thanks Mick, Thought it was late Jan.. My renewal is due the 14th So I'll be good to go. Have a great New Year,Ken I believe so, as to be included in the Public Beta I think they require your SSA to be active at least 3 months past the release Date, so mid/end of April perhaps would qualify. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Very nice features. Any improvements to callouts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 a few releases ago I called CA sales and paid a pro-rated fee to changed by SSA renewal date to May 31 that way I could participate in the beta if I wanted to and have time to decide about renewing upgrading Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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