Chief Architect X2
New Feature Summary List
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Chief X2
Summary of New Features in Chief X2
- Non-photorealistic rendering techniques for perspective and elevation cameras – Watercolor, Squiggle Line Drawing, Technical Illustration, Enhanced Lighting, Painting and Duotone
- Define Rendering Technique settings to create a variety of artistic views with the new Rendering Techniques
- Auto generate exterior elevation and room elevation cameras
- Support added for manufacturer catalogs of doors, windows and cabinets
- New Cabinet Display options to conform to NKBA standards – countertops, line styles, and more
- Define Cabinet End Panels and Cabinet Fillers – use the automatic tool, or manually place and specify fillers
- Display Countertop lines in Plan View and control the display of the Layer
- Dimension to lower part of Pony Walls, control the display, and show or hide openings for doors and windows. Door and window schedules will list objects in Pony Walls.
- Improved Dimension tools with several new features – accuracy to 1/128", Feedback and Previews when creating dimension lines, formatting, and more
- Automatic Framing – turn on automatic framing for walls, floors, ceilings and roofs to update your framing plan as your design changes
- Exposed rafter tails and custom rafter tail cuts – choose from a molding profile in the Library or draw your own profile; rafter tails display in 3D views
- Steel Framing for walls, headers, joists and rafters – automatically creates C-Channel and U-Channel shaped framing members for typical commercial framing
- Control the display of roof fascia and generate sub-fascia framing to more accurately show construction details
- Specify symbols to attach to a ceiling or roof, such as a solar panel or light fixture and choose to rotate and match its slope
- Flush mounted electrical items will also auto-rotate to match pitched ceiling – such as placing a recessed light in a vaulted ceiling
- Rich Text tool allows you to format your text with a variety of options and you can also copy and paste text to and from external applications while preserving the rich text format
- Line Style Editor – create and define your own custom line styles
- Nudge Tool – use the arrow keys to move a selected object in small increments
- Distribute Objects tool allows you to distribute any item such as a plant or a CAD object along a line, or within a polyline
- Ability to reorder Layout pages for construction drawings
- Import Terrain and Elevation data in one step – import all layers including elevation data and terrain perimeter
- Mass Import for symbols – import an entire group or folder of symbols
- Over 3,200 new Library Objects have been updated or are new objects with the latest styles
- New Library Browser organized to more easily find items – searching speed is significantly faster
- Rotate and Zoom the Library preview – examine Library items before placing them in your plan
- See visual feedback for the size and orientation of Library objects as you place them in either 2D and 3D
- New Plant and Room Finish Schedules
- Support & Software Assurance provides priority technical support, catalog downloads, online video training access and new software versions
- Green product development
- And many more features and improved tools