Catalogs are created using which software?

[Grayling]

I own a remodeling business that has started manufacturing cable handrail kits. I use Chief for my plans for my remodeling projects. I started drawing my parts and posts for my cable handrail kits using Chief CAD. I have the full version of Chief. I'm having a heck of a time using Chief for this purpose. Is there a software that manufacturers use for creating catalogs for Chief? I'd like to create a catalog both for use in Chief and for submittals for my projects. Any ideas?

[Chopsaw]

I think Chief uses 3ds Max for most of their catalog symbol creations.  @Adrean can confirm that.

 

There may actually be more that can be done in Chief if you want to post your specific issues in the General Q & A forum.

 

Apart from that Sketchup is quite versatile and compatible with Chief for import and export so that might be an option for you.

[Grayling]

20 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

I think Chief uses 3ds Max for most of their catalog symbol creations.  @Adrean can confirm that.

 

There may actually be more that can be done in Chief if you want to post your specific issues in the General Q & A forum.

 

Apart from that Sketchup is quite versatile and compatible with Chief for import and export so that might be an option for you.

I had thought of Sketchup. I used to use it a lot years ago. Before Google bought and sold it.

[Joe_Carrick]

3 hours ago, Grayling said:

I started drawing my parts and posts for my cable handrail kits using Chief CAD.

2D CAD or 3D Symbols?

The 3D Symbols would be much better as a Catalog.  

[Kbird1]

22 hours ago, Grayling said:

cable handrail kits

 

There are some Library items in Chief you could possibly re-use eg. the IAMDesign Catalog or Indital ( old IAMDesign? )

 

M.