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J F

If you have just one type and size tile for the walls/floor and then make a border with a different polyline, then it will work, it just the "random" designs where chief will show a texture with different color/size tiles, but will only give you an overall sq. ft. of the area and not the breakdowns of the different tiles, in either quantity of tiles or sq. ft.

ash83

Autocad is definitely a great program to use for what you are wanting to do and it's pretty easy to learn. Another idea is to use Illustrator, it's technically a graphic design program but you could draw out your stuff on there as well. But Autocad should be a good choice for you.

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bconley

You could do that shower take off in Revit if you wanted to, by using wall families of the different tiles similar to the CA tutorial. I question if this is the best use of such programs, I use it to get the basic design layout in place then give it to my interior designer or tile sales rep to refine the details and do the take off for me. With their input I can tweak the model further for rendering if need be
Bill

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Yes, the CA software program is powerful, but when you need to to know every little detail its always best using the people you know at your local home center.

I find that even when I design my own doors and or molding, I can get the basic martial list, but need experts to find all the parts and pieces

Here are some videos on how to make your own custom door in Sketchup and Chief Architect.

Then use imagination for the rest...!


ENJOY
Dave

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DMDesigns

I like Chief for sure, and between my Architectural work and my Web Design Work its kind of makes me burn through PC's like they were t-shirts.

But I also find there are many great free programs out there that can design.


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astor

GoogleSketchUp7 is a nice free program.
http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html
If you guys still wanna pay their is a Pro version as well.

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