The following are videos recommended by our Training team; these videos reveal useful tips and new features on a variety of topics.
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New Features added for X17 include: Project Management, Improvements to importing from other plans, controls for electrical ganging, 3D Text, Stationary Walkthroughs, Interactive Material Builder and more!
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Learn how to visualize small rooms and spaces using the 3D cross-section slider or a camera setting that hides exterior-facing Items. Dial in your room lighting using the new dimming feature to adjust lighting brightness easily.
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With version X17, you can use an integrated material builder tool to create custom tile (including grout color), hardwoods for flooring, and other materials. A new interactive material editor also allows you to visually adjust the tile in 3D for exact positioning – great for tile installation diagrams.
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A new stationary walkthrough tool is available to create sun studies. Learn to record a 3D animation of how sunlight and shadows interact with your design throughout the day or seasonally.
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Chief Architect X17 has a new project management mode. It’s a system for organizing plans and layouts into projects and will manage links and other files like textures and PDFs. If you have ever saved a copy of a plan and broken links to your layout or shared a plan with missing textures, project management can help. Learn how to use this new project management mode to improve your productivity.
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Plan out the space with room boxes and with a simple button press convert them to walls.
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Molding polylines can be used for a variety of purposes, from backsplash borders to plumbing diagrams.
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Railings can have newels and balusters, panels, or be solid framing. Handrails, posts, and wall thickness are all customizable.
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Drawing dimensions in 3D is similar to how dimensions are drawn in plan.
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Schedules can be manipulated in many ways; add or remove columns, re-order items, change callout labels, exclude or include specific rooms and floor levels, or adding comments and changing descriptions.
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When drawing a deck with the Deck Railing tool Chief Architect automatically assigns the Deck room type to the room.
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The electrical tools include receptacles, switches and light fixtures as well as an electrical connection tool.
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A split level, or tri-level, structure is a building where the floor level in one part of the plan is located approximately half way between the floor and ceiling levels of another part of the plan.
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Create different shower wall styles using wall types, pony walls, and railings.
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Import a photograph of blueprints in to Chief Architect in order to trace over them to create a plan.
