trthomas Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) I am a drafting instructor at a community college in Texas. We have been using Chief Architect in our residential design class for the last 20 years (I learned it as a student here, and they still had the license when I came back as an instructor). Recently, our local industry is pushing for Revit (which we also teach). I hear about it from almost every company, the local high schools and now the students. I’m am really trying to keep CA in our program so I have created a very short survey to help compile my research. I do not ask for identifying information and if somehow this gives it to me, I will not use your personal information in any way. If you would like to help me out, please click the link below. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CNLM2LS Thank you! Carrie Hoffman I use AutoCAD (basic to MEP), Inventor, Chief Architect, Revit, Microstation, Inventor, etc. I can draw/design in any program. My user name was the previous instructor - I’ll figure it out Edited February 2 by trthomas Didn’t realize what my username was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 The survey seems lacking in critical questions. 1. I am a solo office and work residential 99%. Therefore Chief can satisfy most of my needs 2. If I was to look for work right now in an architects office, I would need Revit as my primary tool. Full stop. 3. Is Chief a good introduction to drafting and something useful to get HS students interested in the profession, probably a big yes. 4. If your goal to be more of a Trade School environment, Revit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Have your students work one summer as framers (framing carpenters). Their ability to understand what they are designing will be greatly increased. I'll take the survey now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trthomas Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Thank you for the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 In your survey you only asked if the user was a licensed architect or not. There are also (for houses) other licenses that allow for designers to design small buildings. My license is like a very limited architect's license. I am limited to 6,400 sq ft footprint and not more than 3 storeys. That leaves a very large market for me to practice in. I have tried to use Revit for house design, but it is really difficult to do, and really time consuming. While it is more flexible than CA, that flexibility comes at a very high price with the time to be proficient and the time to build a library that is useful in this field. At least in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 it is the same here, architects are required over xx amount of square feet, and depends on type of building. 95% of residential house design does not require an architect here. Engineer on the other hand...that is a different storey (sic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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