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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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173

6 Videos

What's New

Features added in this release of Chief Architect

Video No. 173


10277

1:36:01

Bathroom Elevation & Annotations

In this webinar, we will focus on creating and dimensioning bathroom wall elevations per the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) guidelines.

Video No. 10277


1605

8:03

Designing a One-and-a-Half Story Roof

A One-and-a-half story roof can be drawn several walls; ignoring the top floor, lowering the ceiling, or by using the Transform Replicate tool.

Video No. 1605


270

9:15

Drawing Arcs

Arcs can be created in a variety of ways including free form, from radius, about center, and tangent.

Video No. 270


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17:59

Importing Symbols

After importing a symbol it is sometimes necessary to adjust stretch planes, offsets, bounding box, rotation or other settings to have it insert into the plan correctly.

Video No. 5305


269

6:19

Specifying Line Styles

Specify line styles from the plan, from the Library, or create your own.

Video No. 269


268

8:33

Library Browser Overview

An overview of the features within the Library Browser side window.

Video No. 268


77

11:42

CAD Basics

Drawing and editing CAD based objects is an essential skill to learn as the edit tools and methods are used for virtually all objects in Chief Architect.

Video No. 77


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11:17

Door and Window Framing Controls

Framing components for doors and windows can be specified in defaults and modified on an opening by opening basis where needed.

Video No. 5239


415

12:57

Creating Wainscotting Using Railings

Another way to create wainscot for walls is to utilize the railing tool.

Video No. 415


266

2:14

Adding Focal Blur to Renderings

Use the Depth of Field setting to bring an item into focus and to blur the background.

Video No. 266


265

2:56

Using a Sky Model for a Backdrop in Camera Views

Use the Generated Sky settings in the Camera Specification to Control the moon, and stars. The sun can be adjusted with the Adjust Sunlight dialog and you can click in a camera view to move the sun and the moon in the sky of the camera view.

Video No. 265


259

3:41

Creating and Editing Custom Patterns

Learn how to create custom patterns that you can use as fill styles and assign to materials.

Video No. 259


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