Current Training Video List
These video's work great for most Home Design Pro Users as well. All symbols & textures offered here work in the latest version of Home Designer Pro
THE BASICS (FREE SECTION)
KITCHEN DESIGN TAB:
THE SYMBOL SECTION: (4) Pages PACKED FULL of 100's of Free Symbols and Textures on EACH PAGE (( A MUST HAVE ))
A link to download over 300 OLD symbols for Chief Architect 10 users. That means anyone that has Chief 10, X1, X2 on up to the current X - it works for all versions of Chief & Home Designer Pro.
Added All of Daves Older Collections
EVERY KICK BUTT SYMBOL YOU COULD EVER WANT & MORE... Pages 1-4
Dave’s Collection of Lifetime Symbols Bundle and how to install them. This includes 154 custom unique symbols for X2 users and up. So it works on all versions of Chief from version X2 on up to the current version. These symbols also work in the latest Home Designer Pro versions.
(( A MUST HAVE )) This section of Symbols is like no other place on the WWWeb, its a must have collection of unique and well loved styles.
ROOF TAB:
ELEVATIONS TAB:
BATHROOMS TAB
TRIM MOLDINGS
LAYOUTS:
RAYTRACE - (( A MUST HAVE ))
STAIRS:
TOOLS AND TWEAKS:
TERRAIN TOOLS
X11 - All new area here at ChiefTutor.com (( A MUST HAVE ))
X15 - ALL NEW FEATURES for Chief Architect X15
CASHING IN: Or a Better Name, How to Build a Set of Construction Drawings - (( A MUST HAVE ))
EVEN MORE VIDEOS IN THE HELPING PLANS SECTION here at www.ChiefTutor.com - This Whole Section is, (( A MUST HAVE ))
QUICK TIPS (( ALL FREE ALL THE TIME ))
Personal Help Section at the end of Quick-Tips
- The Raw Basics #1
- The Raw Basics #2
- The Raw Basics #3
- The Raw Basics #4
- Tray and Custom Ceilings
- Foundations
- Floor Defaults
- Walk-out Basement
- Email Chief Files
- Creating an Octagon
- Working with attic walls
- A Free Vanity
- Bay Bow Box Window
- Custom Corbel
- Building a custom deck with exposed gable beams
KITCHEN DESIGN TAB:
- Free Outdoor BBQ Kitchenette Arch Block and Symbols
- Kitchen Design Step #1
- Kitchen Design Step #2
- Appliances
- Building a Nook Area
- Custom Kitchen Islands Part #1
- Custom Kitchen Islands Part #2
- Custom Curved Angled Kitchen Island
- Waterfall Island Counter top Design
- Custom Stained Drawer and Door Fronts (( With Free Sample Door Textures ))
- Using Base Cabinets to make Pillars, Columns, and more…
- Making a kitchen island.
- Making a custom items in the island.
- Tall and corner cabinets.
- Kitchen Island Tweaks Part #1
- Kitchen Island Tweaks Part #2
- Creating Kitchen Design Layouts Part #1 - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Creating Kitchen Design Layouts Part #2 - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Creating Kitchen Design Layouts Part #3 - (( A MUST HAVE ))
THE SYMBOL SECTION: (4) Pages PACKED FULL of 100's of Free Symbols and Textures on EACH PAGE (( A MUST HAVE ))
- CHECK THEM OUT HERE - ALL OUR SYMBOLS
- What can I say about this section? YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. Hundreds of amazingly detailed symbols that will make your models POP like never before, and all FREE after you sign up, for how long you ask, humm How about FOR-EVER long..! Sign Up Today - ONE TIME FEE - ALL TIME ENJOYMENT...
- Intro Video on how to install symbols.
- Download Hundreds of free symbols and hundreds of free tile, stone, brick, wood, patterned textures offered all in one place, custom made by Dave from DMDesigns.
- Added New Ones This Year like: Railing Systems, Door Systems, Garage Doors, and all new TEXTURES..!
- Using SketchUp for Chief Architect
- 3D symbols SketchUp and more
A link to download over 300 OLD symbols for Chief Architect 10 users. That means anyone that has Chief 10, X1, X2 on up to the current X - it works for all versions of Chief & Home Designer Pro.
Added All of Daves Older Collections
EVERY KICK BUTT SYMBOL YOU COULD EVER WANT & MORE... Pages 1-4
- Making a custom Door using SketchUp and Chief Architect Part #1
- Making a custom Door using SketchUp and Chief Architect Part #2
- SketchUp import custom shape
- One last import method
Dave’s Collection of Lifetime Symbols Bundle and how to install them. This includes 154 custom unique symbols for X2 users and up. So it works on all versions of Chief from version X2 on up to the current version. These symbols also work in the latest Home Designer Pro versions.
(( A MUST HAVE )) This section of Symbols is like no other place on the WWWeb, its a must have collection of unique and well loved styles.
ROOF TAB:
- The Basics V1 - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- The Basics V2
- The Basics V3
- The Basics V4
- Complex Roof Design Part #1 - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Complex Roof Design Part #2
- Complex Roof Design Part #3
- Using simple roof tools in Chief
- Roof Gables
- Adding a trim molding to a vaulted skylight
- Shed Roof Dormer
- Octagon Ceiling Treatment
- Working with more gables
- Roof Tweaks
- Roof with Baseline Polylines
- Dual gable rooflines
- Working with roofs in CA X5
- Using moldings and soffit tools
- Scissor trusses
- Roof tweaks for porches and dormers
- Custom roof gable entry method
- All to video, on Working with Roofs.
ELEVATIONS TAB:
- Elevations Step #1
- Elevations Step #2
- Create Good Looking Elevations
- Mastering Cross Sections
BATHROOMS TAB
- The Ultimate Bathroom Shower Tools Set (( A MUST HAVE ))
- How to build a simple corner shower
- Bathroom Design Intro P1
- p2
- p3
- p4
- p5
- p6
- p7
- p8
TRIM MOLDINGS
- How to make a Symbol (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Working with Trim Moldings
- Cap Your Walls with Trim Moldings
- Make Your Own Custom Railing.
- Working with CAD Tools
- Custom Muntins
- Craftsman’s Style Columns
- Complex Molding Shapes
LAYOUTS:
- The Basics of Layouts
- Layouts Part Duex
- The Basics in How To Make a SITE PLAN (( A MUST HAVE ))
RAYTRACE - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- The basics raytrace Theory
- Continued Part #2
- Raytrae Videos #3
- Raytrace Basics
- Spot Lights
- More on Spot Lights
- Using Sunlight
- More on Sunlight
- Applying A Glass Texture
- Textures & How To
- Textures & How Part #2
- Daltile Blues
- Materials and How To Apply them to your model
- Understanding & apply materials
- Understanding Materials tile-able
- Understanding materials and scaling textures
- Understanding materials and faces
- Applying textures to curved surfaces
- Wood-Grain going the wrong direction
STAIRS:
- The basics in Stairs
- Custom Stair Angles
- Fancy fun stair tweaks
- Stairway
TOOLS AND TWEAKS:
- Demo Page (How to make a Demo Plan) (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Raised Entry
- Copy and Paste just about anything
- How to build a parapet wall
- Electrical Tools
- Fireplace Tool & Chimney Tweak
- Line Weights
- Indoor Pool
- Trace over an Image
- Working with Layers
- More about Layers
- Using Terrain Tools, Building Steps, and Retaining Walls
- Another Method for making an Arched Wall
- Bay, Bow, and Box Window, What’s the Deal…
- Custom Glass Transom Window Around the Front Door.
TERRAIN TOOLS
- The Basics of the Terrain Tools - (( A MUST HAVE ))
X11 - All new area here at ChiefTutor.com (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Layer Display Options in X11
- 3D Layers in Chief Architect X11
X15 - ALL NEW FEATURES for Chief Architect X15
- The Depth Que Tool (( A MUST HAVE ))
- The Focal View X15 (( A MUST HAVE ))
- The Grass Tool (( A MUST HAVE ))
- The Generated Sky Tool (( A MUST HAVE ))
CASHING IN: Or a Better Name, How to Build a Set of Construction Drawings - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Step One How to Use and Load my Template File
- Step #2 – AsBuilds, Creating Asbuilds
- Step #3 – Little bit more about AsBuilds
- Step #4 – Set up your AsBuilds for Construction Docs
- Step #5 – The New Design Process Made Simple
- Step#6 – How to Set up all the New Walls, Demo Walls, Existing Walls
- Step#7 - Final Tweaks to the Plan File
- Step #8 - THE LAYOUT FILE
- Step#9 - Sending Elevation Views to Layout. - (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Step #10 - A Complete Set of Elevations. - (( A MUST HAVE ))
EVEN MORE VIDEOS IN THE HELPING PLANS SECTION here at www.ChiefTutor.com - This Whole Section is, (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Drawing Gables from Scratch
- Fixing Dormers and Porches
- Are your Walls the Wrong Color?
- Fixing Wall Textures
- Fixing Dutch Gable Rooflines
- Expand roofline on an addition.
- Combining staircase into a bay window area.
- Working with the Spray Cans
- Fixing Dormer Roofs
- Flat Roofs
- Master Barrel Roofs Using Chief Architect
- Shed Rooflines
- Curve a Railing System
- Help with Elevations
- Stairs, Collar Ties, Railing, Heights
- Rooms Heights
- Bay Windows and Corner Cabinets
- Working with Polylines using CA X12
- Deck Railing Stair Placement and Terrain-A-Fun
- Wacky Rooflines
- Custom Fireplace Mantles
- Flat Roof with Flare
- JerkinHead Roofs (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Fixing Roofs that just dont go together right
- Line Up Walls in Chief Architect (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Working with Attic walls
- Making Stairs Work (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Working with Polylines
- Working on custom shape windows
- Custom Railing Tweaks.
- Corner Bi-Folding Door System
- Custom Entertainment Center
- Complicated Roof Design
- Creating Thick Walls or a Deep Niche
- Working with Cabinet Fillers in X10
- Sloping Terrain Away from the House
- Building a Sunroom in Chief Architect X10
- Learn how to create a Dual Pitch Roof
- Fix Roofing Edges
- Building a Custom Wainscoting Panel
- How to Install a Skylight Symbol
- Under Cabinet Lights
- Shiny Reflective Surfaces
- Sloping Ceiling
- Raised Entry: Front Entry Custom Modeling & Trim
- Siding Help
- Force Stairs
- Helping with Stairs
- How to build a corner bi-folding door system. (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Customer Entertainment Center
- Complicated Roof Design
- Create a thick wall.
- Working with Cabinet Fillers
- Sloping Terrain away from the house
- Building a sunroom, simple and easy.
- Learn how to create a dual pitch roof. (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Skylight Symbol and Free Instructions on how to install it....(( A MUST HAVE ))
- Under Cabinet Lighting, The HOW TO's (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Reflective Surfaces
- Sloping Ceiling Treatments (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Getting the right Siding material to show.
- Making Custom Stair Panels
- Force Stairs - Force the stairs to work NO MATTER WHAT....
- How to build a custom trellis and some custom columns.
- (ONE VIDEO) Showing a walkout basement, wrap around decking, framing, lattice work, grading, slopes, and so much more.
- Working with Textures
- Roof Help, watch how Dave fixes a lot of roof issues with Roberts plan.
- Building a Farm House Roof
- Working with Clerestory Walls & Windows
- Shower Walls
- (2) different types of Attic Walls
- Roof Baseline Polyline Tool
- Building a Custom Sign
- Trey Ceilings / Coffered Ceilings
- 1st Floor Roofline / Lady Coralie's Home
- HIDDEN TRAINING VIDEOS - ONLY FOR THOSE WHO SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER
QUICK TIPS (( ALL FREE ALL THE TIME ))
- Building Roundabouts
- Working with Pony Walls in Showers
- Adjusting Floor Heights
- Stairs Popping Through
- Making Things Look Good in 2D
- Shed Roof Dormers
- Building a pool in the backyard, SUPER FAST and EASY METHOD
- Placing Electrical Items in an island (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Save and back-up plans for email. (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Converting and using AutoCAD
- Everything You Need to Learn in Chief Architect Fast
- Rev-A-Shelf Install
- Physically Based Rendering Techniques (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Install Wainscoting Simple and Easy (( A MUST HAVE ))
- How best to create CAD details (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Using the Point to Point Tool
- Remove the extra lines in elevation views (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Install those bi-folding door systems (( A MUST HAVE ))
- Install a Microwave into a base cabinet unit.
- Stretch Plains Made Easy.
- Turn your arches to a smooth transition
- Building a trey or coffered ceiling
- How to use Chief Architect Client Viewer
Personal Help Section at the end of Quick-Tips
- Raised Poached areas
- Straight roof planes
- Stairs
- Clerestory windows
- Different Heights
- Different Ceilings
- Split Level entry
- Mastering Double Gables
- More on Attic Walls
- Bay Bow Box Windows
- Building a clean Turret Roof