The diffrence between Chief 13 and Chief 17

[ChiefTCA]

Hello, 

 

I'm current have  chief 13 and would like to see what are the new features in Chief 17 that you can list 

[DBCooper]

See if this helps:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02963/features-introduced-in-each-version-of-chief-architect.html

 

Then, you might want to try the X17 trial version to play around with it yourself.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/trial.html

 

[5FT-20Designs]

Looked through several years of the updates.

Drawing was tough 20 years ago. 

 

[Joe_Carrick]

4 hours ago, 5FT-20Designs said:

Drawing was tough 20 years ago. 

You should have seen what we had to do 50 years ago.  

[DRAWZILLA]

2 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

You should have seen what we had to do 50 years ago.  

Yep, every line had to be drawn, sometimes with ink.

[5FT-20Designs]

8 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

You should have seen what we had to do 50 years ago.  

Oh I remember those days also.  Still have my tools, my T-square has a price tag of $3.20 on it.

Damn, I’m getting old.

[Michael_Gia]

On 2/19/2026 at 6:57 PM, ChiefTCA said:

Hello, 

 

I'm current have  chief 13 and would like to see what are the new features in Chief 17 that you can list 

The same stuff that didn't work properly in X13 still doesn't work properly in X17.

 

Lots of neat new features but with even more bugs.

 

Visually better though.