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Canvas Formats

The existing conditions cheat code for Chief Architect

Bring real world spaces into Chief Architect without manual measuring and modeling, so you can jump straight to design.

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Chief Architect, Version Premier X12

Includes file types: 3D .plan, 3D .dwg, and 3D .dae

Your .plan file will open right in Chief Architect Premier, design-ready, with geometry in the correct elements as if you made it yourself (i.e., doors are doors, walls are walls, etc).

Please follow these instructions to use your personal Chief Architect template with a Canvas-generated file.

Home Designer Pro is a slimmed down offering from Chief Architect. If you use Home Designer Pro, use the "Upload Reference Measurements" button that appears after an order is placed to send this message to our team: "Please optimize for Home Designer." This reference submission button is in the app and your online account portal. Submit this message within 8 hours for a standard order and within 2 hours for a rush order.

Details make the difference

Canvas files meet the LOD 200 standard. Geometry is in the correct elements, as if you made it yourself (i.e., doors are doors, walls are walls, etc).

Countertops, cabinets, and built in appliances

Fireplaces and baseboards

Plumbing fixtures and lighting

Staircases and columns

"It's one thing to have a 3D representation, but translating that into usable files for design tools like Chief Architect? Canvas delivers a detailed, usable design file. That is itself a game-changer."

Jonathan Gordon

Design by the Jonathans

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