CHIEF ARCHITECT®

Professional Design and Drafting Software Used By:

Builders, Drafters, Designers, Architects, Remodelers, Interior, Cabinet, Kitchen, Bath and Landscape Designers. 

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Chief Architect is packed with feature-rich tools that get students excited about learning architectural design and modeling!

Middle School

High School

Post-Secondary

Discover how easy it is to use Chief for residential home design and many other projects in various programs throughout your school including:  

Building and Construction Trades

Interior Design (FACS)

Agriculture Classes

Plumbing, HVAC

Horticulture

Cabinetry

Drafting

and more!!

Chief Architect is a fun, powerful, and cost effective professional 3D design solution for students, educators, and schools.

Whether it’s residential or light commercial, Chief Architect’s ease of use lets instructors focus more on teaching concepts and less on teaching software.

Chief Architect also includes a complete curriculum with textbooks and interactive training videos built into the software making it easy to learn and teach your design classes.

– An ideal solution for secondary and post secondary education!

Design in 2D & 3D Simultaneously

Residential & Light Commercial Design

Kitchens & Baths – Interiors & Exteriors Architectural Design

Turn concepts into realistic 3D models in minutes – get immediate visual feedback

3D models are automatic – to see a view, simply point-and-click the camera

Over 50 completed sample plans are included to integrate within the curriculum

Over 300 Interactive How-To Training Videos are built into the Help Menu for independent and/or classroom study

Easily create Virtual Tours from your designs

Produce detailed, professional Plan Sets with framing, electrical, plumbing, elevations, cross-sections, 3D overviews and more

Advanced 3D tools: Raytrace, Glass House,™ Doll House,™ 3D Cross-Section Elevation Slider™

Design with smart objects that can bump, easily be resized, apply colors and textures to create realistic plans

Automatic & Manual Building Tools

Quickly drag and arrange walls, windows, doors, and cabinets in 3D and 2D

Use the powerful built-in Automatic and Manual Building tools including: dimensions, walls, windows, foundations, framing, stairs, decks, CAD, electrical and more

Automatic and manual roofs: hip, gable, curved and more

Design custom ceilings – vaults, trays, coffered and barrels

Materials Lists and cost estimating – Chief Architect maintains a complete model as you design and automatically generates a Materials List in spreadsheet format

Material Schedules: windows, doors, cabinets, electrical, fixtures and furniture

Interior and Exterior Design Tools

The House Wizard™ provides a quick way to layout rooms – great for initial design ideas

Material Painter® – choose colors, materials and textures for all your design elements – siding, flooring, countertops and more

Color Chooser™ – easily create custom colors from photos

Floor and space planning is easy with the Space Planner and House Wizard™ Design and decorate by room – assign wall coverings, custom moldings, flooring materials, ceiling accents and more

Develop lighting plans using fixtures and independent editable light sources Choose from over 10,000 Library objects – Download Free manufacturer Library objects or import your own!

Powerful Design, Drafting & CAD Tools

Terrain Tools, Site Plans, Landscaping & Decks

Plan Sets & Construction Documents A complete CAD tool set, with Visual CAD Snaps™

Use the Layer Sets to turn on and off layers to create the exact view for Plan Sets and construction documents

Choose from a Library of over 1,000 CAD Details – use as-is, customize or import new details

Easily design custom cabinets with the Cabinet Designer™ tools – Over 1,000 styles of cabinets including a built-in Library

Design realistic kitchens and baths in 3D, dropping in parametric cabinets, changing styles, adding custom countertops, flooring and more

Create Symbol Wizard™ imports DWG/DXF/3DS/OBJ files

Decks & Landscaping

Plant Encyclopedia and Plant Chooser™ – choose from over 2,000 landscaping plants with access to all the plant data Choose from pre-arranged flower and garden beds. Design your own custom landscapes

Generate landscapes, terrain and Site Plans for all the outdoor related design projects

Import terrain data or input from a GPS to build specific terrain

Use Hill and Valley tools or the Pathway tools for outdoor design

Integrated road and sidewalk tools for site planning

Design custom decks and patios. Use the automated deck framing tool to quickly complete the design

To learn more about how to bring animation to your architectural program, attend one of our workshops today!

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Let us know if you are interested in a Trial Version of Chief Architect Version X1

Call 1-888-399-6891 or email us at: info@gray-tech.com

Chief Architect Educational Pricing

Chief Architect Student Pricing

Chief Architect Educational Pricing for Upgrading from Versions 8.0 and Newer

Chief Architect Educational Events

Chief Architect Books

CHIEF ARCHITECT VERSION X1 Now Available!

Summary of the NEW FEATURES IN VERSION X1