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Limited Exterior Detailing - to include corbels, frieze, roofing details, exterior shutters, etc. Okay, so now you must be wondering what the differences/ limitations are of Chief Architect Interiors when compared to features in Home Designer Pro: The key to using Home Designer Pro, especially if you tend to have more detailed drawing sets, is to make sure you’re well organized and have a very streamlined methodology to file management (this also goes from Chief Architect, but is 100% required of Home Designer Pro). The reason I say this is because you’ll still have all the features you need to be able to produce a beautiful set of construction documents, you may just rely more on notes, elevation call-outs, and schedules.
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As I reiterate with my colleagues, if you’re providing design concepts of kitchens, bathrooms, space planning, decorating, and general material selections, then Home Designer Pro is a great place to start. There are definitely more features that aren’t available in Home Designer Pro compared to Chief Architect Interiors, but these are the features that come to mind that either impact an interior designer’s workflow and detailing, or I’ve developed an alternate method for visualizing your design intent in my course, Home Designer for Interior Designers. No Custom Style Palettes - You can not make these in Home Design Pro, but you can import them (drag and drop) No NKBA Dimension Standards- These are really just preset dimension settings that you can edit to match manually in Home Designer Pro No Generate Pattern from Texture option - be able to build a hatch/pattern using the image of the material No Symbol Customization/Assigning - basically if you bring a 3D model in from an outside source you can’t customize how it interacts with the model No Polyline Solids (I teach workarounds in my course) No Custom Layer Sets - Can not add layers or build custom sets
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No SSA (this includes software support, version upgrades, additional catalogs, 3d Viewer) No Plan or Layout Templates - you can’t edit and save templates to auto-open with each new model/layout Single Page Layout sets (lots of Save As) - You can’t have all your drawing sheets in a single layout file, you’d need to save each sheet as individual files Limited Catalogs - No access to Cabinetry and Millwork Manufacturers built more for a DIY’er), but you can’t develop the interiors and add as much detail as you could in Chief Architect Interiors.Īdditionally, some of the other big differences/limitations that Home Designer Pro has when comparing it to Chief Architect Interiors (and Premier), are the following: I like to tell the designers I talk to that with Home Designer Pro you can design a house (aka. Specifically, Home Designer Pro has the architectural, structural, and engineering functions and capabilities, but lacks the cabinetry, millwork, and customization options applicable in Chief Architect Interiors. I think the best way to explain the differences is to think of the software Home Designer Pro and Chief Architect Interiors having ‘industry specific’ features which are all available in Chief Architect Premier.
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I will mention that of the three Home Designer options I will only be discussing Home Designer Pro, due to the extreme limitations, from a professional viewpoint, I do not recommend Architectural nor Suite. To start, I’m going to give you a very basic understanding of what the differences are between the three versions, I will then go a little more in-depth as to what each option includes. Oh, and yes, the three options we will be discussing are Home Designer Pro 2022, Chief Architect Interiors X13, and Chief Architect Premier X13. Since my last post, the software has now been upgraded twice and those promotions have really added some amazing features to all three versions.
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In addition to the popularity of the blog, I’ve also released several very successful online courses full of detailed instructions for all three versions and equate to over 45 hours of recordings. The topic is still widely discussed, reviewed, and consistently questioned within the various Facebook groups, forums, and emailed to me. Chief Architect Interiors, on my original home to all things Chief Architect and Home Designer, As of today, the blog has been read or viewed by thousands of Interior Designers, Residential Designers, Architects, and even Homeowners. It’s crazy to think it’s been almost three years since I wrote my ever-popular blog post, An Interior Designer’s Guide to Home Designer Pro vs. *This blog contains affiliate links, any and all support is appreciated.
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