What about when the client changes his mind?
Drawing elevations in autocad means that you have to go and change
the plan and the elevations. In Chief you change the plan then update the
elevation to the layout.
A lot less painful!
Personally I refuse to deal with autodesk even after using autocad for 20 years.
I like the product (within limitations) but loathe the company.

Regards
Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce
To: chief-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: [chief-users] Re: Fix the bugs first


Andy,

I use an old version of Autocad, but I'm going to upgrade to the
newer one. I find that 3d is not very time effective, especially
when you have go in and "fix" the issues that consume chief.

I can do a magnificent set of elevations in 2d which excite my
clientele in a couple of hours, and to do the same thing in 3d in
chief would take days and days and still not look as crisp. Hope
that helps.

--- In chief-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy&MaryAnn Robertson
<a.robertson7@...> wrote:
>
> Bruce,
> I am always curious. What is the other CAD you use? I do
renovations and
> find Chief 10 not particularly helpful when doing as build on a
100 year
> old house with three additions, dormers on dormers and other
> non-standard construction. Always looking for an alternative
> - Andy R
>
> Bruce wrote:
> >
> > This is the first I've heard about x2, I have x1 and don't use
it much
> > anymore. I use another CAD system which is much quicker for me.
> > As for x2, it seems to me that they should have fixed the bugs
that
> > have plagued Chief for years before trying to roll out another
version.
> >
> > Stairs need to be editable and show rails in plan view for one,
the
> > cad tools need to be more user-friendly and not make the system
crash;
> > and different wall types need to be able to join at the corners
> > without making some arbitrary "45 degree" joint. Lunacy and
> > unprofessional. I still use 10 on occasion to do renderings if
the
> > house isn't too complex and trim-laden, so I haven't really
looked at
> > x1 much. I hate the buttons and their appearance in x1, they were
> > cartoonish in 10, but x1 is ridiculous. That said, I've had very
good
> > luck with Chief support being friendly (except for one person),
and
> > they have always tried to fix the issues. But for that much
money,
> > there shouldn't BE that many issues.
> >
> > __._,
>





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