AI and Chief Architect Renderings

[wesdutka]

As we all adapt to the rapid integration of AI in our industry, I can’t help but wonder—have others noticed how quickly and dramatically renderings created in Chief Architect can be enhanced using tools like ChatGPT?

 

While the output doesn’t yet perfectly match the specific details of a Chief Architect build, I have to say, the ability to present a conceptual vision of a project with such speed and visual impact is incredibly impressive. For quick presentations and design communication, AI is already a game-changer. That said, it’s not yet at a point where it can be used reliably in permit-ready working drawing sets.

 

It makes me wonder—how far off are we from AI-generated floor plans that match our design intent? And from there, working drawings that comply with municipal, state/provincial, and national codes? Are we, as designers, gradually becoming data input specialists for clients who haven’t yet adopted AI themselves? In some ways, maybe that’s already the case. But I can definitely see the overall time required to produce a full set of plans shrinking significantly as these tools develop.

 

As this evolves, I’m curious—do you think your income will stay the same, increase, or decrease as the process becomes more efficient?

Just thinking out loud—where do you see all this heading?

 

[basketballman]

 

Agree if you are looking for 100% accuracy in your renderings then Chief to D5 render or TM is IMHO the solution 

 

Even with the great quick rendering abilities of A.I. to see that window added that should not be, or cabinet layout all messed up, is beyond annoying.

 

There are A.I. programs & apps available that will create a C.D. set of plans with scale floor plans, elevations, sections and 3D views which can then be available as a .DXF or .DWG file type  which can then be edited and tweaked into a quick set of plans..

 

And you will still need to fix/edit door swings, window placement, etc.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, wesdutka said:

As we all adapt to the rapid integration of AI in our industry, I can’t help but wonder—have others noticed how quickly and dramatically renderings created in Chief Architect can be enhanced using tools like ChatGPT?

 

While the output doesn’t yet perfectly match the specific details of a Chief Architect build, I have to say, the ability to present a conceptual vision of a project with such speed and visual impact is incredibly impressive. For quick presentations and design communication, AI is already a game-changer. That said, it’s not yet at a point where it can be used reliably in permit-ready working drawing sets.

 

It makes me wonder—how far off are we from AI-generated floor plans that match our design intent? And from there, working drawings that comply with municipal, state/provincial, and national codes? Are we, as designers, gradually becoming data input specialists for clients who haven’t yet adopted AI themselves? In some ways, maybe that’s already the case. But I can definitely see the overall time required to produce a full set of plans shrinking significantly as these tools develop.

 

As this evolves, I’m curious—do you think your income will stay the same, increase, or decrease as the process becomes more efficient?

Just thinking out loud—where do you see all this heading?

 

 

[robdyck]

This topic has been discussed in sveral posts, but I thought I'd share this recent render by Microsoft CoPilot:

From this:

 

To this:

[basketballman]

Beautiful rendering but don't want to drive up my sidewalk to my horrible garage driveway design.

Missed a doorway, added a window to right side. misinterpreted roof configuration on right side.

But having great landscaping and lighting in 90 seconds ... priceless 

[SHCanada2]

1 hour ago, basketballman said:

Beautiful rendering but don't want to drive up my sidewalk to my horrible garage driveway design

 

This is where I think these things are not really AI, or the I is severely lacking. If almost every human on the planet can spot the driveway problem but it cannot, all it is really doing is pattern matching, and then replacing.

 

Although one has to wonder how it "decides" to add a new window

[ComputerMaster86]

I just can't get over how many people think chat GPT is the greatest thing in world for generating these cool groovy renderings.  I tried my hand at it just the other day but, I keep noticing little quirks.  Fore example, in the picture below, a shingle ridge cap for a G-Rib steel panel roof.  I didn't even notice it at first with my poor vision.  Now I can't unsee it.  Of course I have to be real and say how would chat GPT know that was a sheet metal roof.  I didn't specify that in my prompt.  With my limited knowledge of A.I., I wonder if I wrote a very lengthy prompt would it do a better job or would I confuse it more.

 

 

[ComputerMaster86]

I just noticed another quirk with the same image.  Man, I didn't even catch this yesterday.

 

 

Below is the original export from Chief.