Cheap Chief Architect Premier for 3D Home Design and Construction Drawings

Floor plans drive coordinated 3D models and construction drawings

Drawing walls and placing doors and windows builds a coordinated 3D model while the same project remains editable in 2D and 3D. The design can feed site plans, framing plans, section details, elevations and other construction-document views without recreating the building in a separate drafting model.

Plan and drawing views stay tied to the project, so a residential or light-commercial design can move from space planning and model development into permit, subcontractor and client documentation with the same underlying geometry.

Framing, site plans and materials lists carry the model into build documentation

Automatic and manual building tools cover roofs, stairs, wall, floor and roof framing, and trusses. Site and terrain tools can use terrain data for 2D site plans and 3D topography, keeping building and site work inside the same project.

Materials Lists can be generated for an entire plan, a room or a defined area. X15 and newer releases add Live Materials Lists that update as the design changes, while the older offered releases use generated lists as snapshots of the plan at the time they are created.

Cabinet tools and rendering connect kitchen and bath design to client presentation

Kitchen and bath workflows combine cabinetry, manufacturer catalog objects, wall elevations, dimensions and material specification in plan, elevation and 3D views. These tools let detailed interior work stay connected to the same building model used for drawings and schedules.

The model can also produce realistic or artistic renderings and virtual walkthroughs, so presentation views can be developed alongside the construction model instead of as a separate visualization project.

X12 to X17 add different workflow, materials and rendering controls

Every offer above is Chief Architect Premier. The rows change the software release and build; they do not change the Premier edition shown in the order table.

Windows support changes at X12; X13-X17 cover Windows 10 and 11