Chief Vs Autocad

[johnnyprc]

The further and further I get into Chief, it seems for every positive there's a negative. However, the positive's seem to be more substantial than the negatives, yet Chief's negatives are really frustrating ones since they seem so easy to fix.

I've just got to the point where I know I have to use Vectorworks to do concept work, and model building objects not easily done in Chief. I've used AutoCAD and I personally can't see where that would be too helpful in a workflow unless you modeled in it. There is no question in my mind that its better to do the working drawings in Chief if you end up modeling the house there. I now see that as a Chief +, even though my office is still doing 90% with Vectorworks. I just have to get my other guys going in Chief.

Richard uses Archicad for construction documents - and that seems beneficial since its a true BIM and schedules are great.