I will say that documentation could be better. For example you may expect to see a tool for doing some function nested within a group of similar functions, but it may be elsewhere. It is very difficult to create software tools that are always "intuitive" no matter how you approach them. Many of the problems I believed I had I've solved over time by looking for a solution that was right in front of me. This is a small problem and they probably have fixed it on more recent releases. There were times when I had to hide certain layers to determine that a specific piece of furniture was preventing the program from creating a 3D model, then modify the object or change it out, then replace the layer and try again. Likewise, rotating the direction of a wood floor should be as simple as 2 clicks, but no, another multi step process.Īs I said there are always glitches in software as complex as this. In CA it’s a complicated, multi (10+) step process. In my old program, when I needed a vaulted ceiling, I entered the height of one wall and the height of the other and voila, done. For what I need, the Interiors program is over engineered. The $525/year does get me updates, but that is virtually it. Really? Needless to say I responded with my displeasure. Their response was that it was beyond technical supports capabilities, but, I could pay $125/hour for someone to help. I needed a knee wall that started at 42” high and tapered to 34” high. Yesterday I contacted them to get an answer on what I assumed would be an easy question (I searched the online tools but got nothing). Sometimes they would answer my questions but mostly referred me to their online tools, one of which is other users answering questions - how. In 11 years I have contacted technical support 18 times (less than twice a year). I have taken advantage of the free courses they offer but otherwise have figured things out by trial and error. I am pretty much self taught because the training classes are ridiculously expensive. The initial cost is high and the yearly “technical support” is up to $525. So how do you bring personality into one of these popular extensions? Do you try and blend the architecture and decoration in with the rest of the house or accept the contrast? And how do you make it look different to everybody else's? We've gathered seven impressive examples from our archive to copy for extensions packed with character.I am a kitchen & bath designer and have used Chief Architect for 11 years. They also tend to be a bit repetitive: a wall of french doors, often Crittall doors, a breakfast bar, and roof lights. Usually comprising a kitchen and dining area and often including some kind of living space as well, these rooms have a lot of benefits: they allow for a style of open plan living which puts the kitchen at the heart of the home, they open onto the back garden, and they offer greater volume and perhaps more light than the pokier original rooms of the house.Īrchitecturally and decoratively, they can pose a bit of a conundrum, since they are contemporary additions to houses from the past, they are on a totally different scale to the other rooms, and seem to demand a different kind of style and decoration. If you live in an area of the UK with a high density of urban houses, whether they're modest Georgian cottages, 1930s semis, or Victorian terraces, you have probably come across a lot of rear extensions.
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