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    Design of the Year Contest-Vote Now

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    Attention all design enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce the finalists in our Design of the Year Contest. As you may know, each month, we hold a design contest for our customers to showcase their incredible work. This year, we have received an overwhelming amount of submissions from talented designers worldwide with diverse backgrounds and unique design styles.

    We have compiled the winning designs from each monthly contest into three categories: Kitchen/Bath & Interiors, Residential, and Remodel/Additions. Now, it's time to vote for your favorite in each category. Your participation will not only help us determine the ultimate winner, but it will also show support for these talented designers and their hard work.

    To learn more about the finalists and cast your vote, visit our Blog. 
    https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/design-of-the-year-contest-finalists/

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    Kitchen, Bath, and Interiors Design Contest - Entry Deadline October 12

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Kitchen, Bath, and Interiors Design Contest.

     

    1st Place – Kelsey Bryan of MainBuilt Custom Homes

    2nd Place – Rebecca Langman of Revision Custom Home Design

    3rd Place – Lindsey Collins & Sam Kunka of LMC Interiors & Bolyard Lumber

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.679906754173478&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    Remodel/Addition Design Contest - Entry Deadline August 17

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Remodel/Addition Design Contest.

     

    1st Place – John W. Gray of John Gray Architecture

    2nd Place – Dwane Peterson of DP Architecture

    3rd Place – Dave Herber of David Wayne Design

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.660296582801162&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    Kitchen/Bath & Interior Design Contest - Entry Deadline June 15

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Kitchen, Bath, and Interiors Design Contest.

     

    1st Place –   Rene Rabbitt of Rabbitt Design

    2nd Place – Jaclyn Montour of RoJohn Home Improvement

    3rd Place –  Kristen Plescow of Bolyard Lumber Company

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.621704056660415&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    June 1st, Webinar - Chief Architect Stairs and Railings

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    This FREE - LIVE webinar will focus on using Chief Architect to design unique staircases with custom railings. Learn Chief Architect tips and tricks from our staff and ask questions in the live Q&A.

     

    •             Automatic & manual stair tools

    •             Drawing L and U-shaped stairs and landings

    •             Custom panels & newels for railings

    •             Automatic & manual railings

     

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    Sign up: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/events/#stairs-railings

     

    Remodel/Addition Design Contest - Entry Deadline May 11

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Residential Design Contest.

     

    1st Place –  Jorge Arreola of Greymark Construction

    2nd Place – Paige Harrison of Owings Brothers Contracting

    3rd Place –  Shelly Wood of Axis Construction

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.604906791673475&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    Residential Design Contest - Entry Deadline April 13

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Residential Design Contest.

     

    1st Place –  Katrina Cropp of Colony Builders

    2nd Place – Alex Hoogendoorn of Executive Drafting Services

    3rd Place –  Maddie Arwood of Thomasville

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.588769649953856&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    Certainteed updates?

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    Hello, 

    I don't have a release date for the CertainTeed catalog update, but there is an easy way to add new CertainTeed colors to your Home Designer.  If a new color is not available yet in our catalog, you can use the Color Chooser tool in Home Designer to sample the color from the manufacturer's website.  You can then apply the color to the siding so you can visualize the new color.  Here is a link to a training video that shows how this works.  

     

    The video demonstrates the color chooser, starting at 2 minutes and 45 seconds. 

    https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/videos/watch/2290/color-chooser.html?playlist=200  

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Derek

    Chief Architect Software

    Kitchen/Bath and Interior Design Contest - Entry Deadline March 16

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Kitchen/Bath and Interior Design Contest.

     

    1st Place –  Nisreen Khlefat of NK Design Studio

    2nd Place – Norbert Kovacs of Linda Ruderman Interiors 

    3rd Place –   Sarah Cooper of KC Home Solutions

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571614115002743&type=3

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    Kitchen/Bath and Interior Design Contest - Entry Deadline March 16

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    Our Next Contest is Kitchen/Bath and Interior!

     

    Share one of your designs for a chance to win Chief Gear. Use any Chief Architect software product to create your original design.

     

    You have the chance to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in this contest. Discover how to enter and more through our blog:

    https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/design-contest/

     

    The entry deadline is March 16.

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    Subscription service

    in Sales Related Questions

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    Hello,

     

    Thank you for the question.  The change to subscriptions for Chief Architect products on Jan. 10, 2023, will not affect Home Designer products unless you are planning to upgrade your Home Designer Pro to Chief Architect.  If you upgrade to Chief Architect by Jan. 9, you will upgrade to a perpetual license of Chief Architect.  If you upgrade to Chief Architect on Jan 10 and beyond, you will be upgrading to a subscription of Chief Architect.

     

    Please feel free to call or email with any questions.  208.292.3400 or sales@chiefarchitect.com

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Derek Pedersen

    Chief Architect Sales

     

     

    Updating computer operating system, any effect on Home Designer Pro?

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    Hello Brian,

     

    Thank you for the question.  If you are in the middle of a big project, I would recommend delaying the OS update.  Although moving to a newer OS does not typically cause problems, the newest OS that HD Pro 2021 is supported on is Big Sur.  This means you would be updating to an unsupported OS with Monterey (one newer than Big Sur).

     

    I hope this helps.  Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at 208-292-3400.

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Derek Pedersen

    Chief Architect Sales

    Residential Design Contest - Entry Deadline November 17

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    The results are in! Congratulations to our 3 winners in the Residential Design Contest.

     

    1st Place –  Francesco Salvatore Mannino II

    2nd Place – Joshua Urie of HM Construction

    3rd Place –  Rodante Bernabe of R. H. Bernabe Enterprises

     

    View all of the great submissions:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ChiefArchitect&set=a.6362378947124637

     

    We enjoyed viewing everyone’s design and want to thank you all for sharing with us and our community!

     

    Varying prize packages will be awarded.

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    object rotation handle

    in Q&A

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    Hi Jim,


    In user Preferences, there are controls to change the default handle color and fill color.


    Go to Edit>Preferences>Appearance>Colors to see the options.


    Try out a few of these settings and let us know if it helps!


    If you feel link there should be other settings, please let us know and we can consider those for future improvements.