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With the latest version of Chief Architect, you'll find great new features and functionality that will significantly improve your productivity — and pay for itself right away. If you are a professional, you should have the right tools. Support and Software Assurance is an easy way to stay current with the latest release of Chief Architect and get all the SSA benefits - access to over 400 online training videos, catalog downloads, priority support and the online webinars — all for a very affordable price. If you don't have SSA, or it's been expired for a while, upgrade to the latest version and it will include a full year of SSA. So why wait — get the latest Chief Architect Today!

What's New in Chief Architect X3 — take a look at the great features below or watch the What's New video to learn more.

Chief Architect X3
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  • New Multi-Core Ray Trace Photo Realistic Rendering Engine. Offers significant performance improvement with its ability to use multiple core processors.

  • New Ray Trace Wizard with predefined settings for indoor and outdoor scenes to jump start your photo realistic renderings.

  • New Library distribution, download items on demand, and check for updates. New Multi-Select and Quick Search functions.

  • Cut and Buy lists with a New Structural Lumber Table for calculations. This is in addition to square feet and lineal feet calculations and can be especially helpful for framing and decking board calculations.

  • Over 400 new and enhanced CAD Details for residential structural elements. Includes detailed assemblies for floors, roofs, decks, walls, and foundations.

  • Align/Distribute Objects tool. Define distribution and automatic alignment of CAD objects.

  • Multiple Dimension Defaults. Define multiple dimension styles and attributes for your specific needs, such as defaults for floor plans, cabinet elevations, and site plans.

  • New Dimensions tools: convert to Center Line and Tape Measure. Wall Elevation Views now include dimension locations and extensions.

  • Enhanced controls for editing Layouts using defaults for pattern and edge lines. Edit line views sent to layout, re-scale views sent to layout, re-link views on the layout to reference different files.

  • Enhanced Advanced Deck Framing. Choose an option to automatically re-build deck framing as the design changes

  • New Stair Defaults for interior and exterior stair options. Options for riser heights, tread width, start height, and bottom height. New Automatic Ramp Tool.

  • Annotation Sets: create groups to control active defaults for Dimensions, Text, Arrows, Markers, Call-outs, and Layers to streamline the annotation process.

  • New Layered Floor and Ceiling Platforms. 3D model includes Finished Floor and Finished Ceiling heights. Use these layers to add dimension details and define cabinet and stair elevations.

  • New Ramp and Landing tools. Specify length, slope, rise and run. Specify overhangs, railings, tread surface, open underneath, baluster and newel styles, shapes, and hand rail profile.

  • Atrium Door options. Create Center Swing Double-Doors, also known as atrium patio doors. Define a variety of other openings for doors.

  • New Gable and Hip Roof tool. Toggle the roof between these two styles using the Gable / Hip tool in 2D and 3D.

  • New Half-Wall and Pass-Thru tools. Create an opening between two rooms or draw half walls and specify their default values.

  • Center Objects tool for 3D and several other enhanced visual editing improvements. Center cabinets under windows, windows in walls, dormers on a roof, and several other items in 2D and 3D.

  • Ruby Scripting tool to create a variety of scripts and macros. Use the Ruby Scripting console to write scripts to determine room value, custom cabinet labels and several others.

  • New Material Properties for transparency, reflectivity, emissivity and several other settings.

  • Material Class Definitions - Define several material types: Matte, Polished, Transparent, Translucent and Pre-Defined Metals - Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, Chromium, Copper, Gold, Iron, Nickel, Silver, Stainless Steel, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, and Zinc