

Otherwise, stop asking for things we don't really need.īottom line IN MY OPINION.if you need to raise revenue, do it through the price of the software itself and not by nickel and diming us. If we want/need the extra features, suck it up guys and stop pissing and moaning every time Chief raises their prices a little. I'm not so naive as to think if we want all the features out there that we won't eventually end up paying what people are paying now for Revit, ArchiCad, AllPlan, Vectorworks, or even Softplan. I for one realize that we get what we pay for and with all that we ask for as a group I know we'll eventually have to end up paying more. Final thoughts.I hate to say it, but I would much prefer to see a price hike in the cost of the software and SSA rather than a nickel and diming type approach. Nothing else to buy, no extra libraries to pay for, no add-on modules, no third party rendering software necessary, no plug-ins, etc. If you buy the full/premier version you get everything in one software. One of the things that makes Chief unique is their all-in-one package. NO, this is irritating and really rubs me the wrong way. not the least of which are commercial/industrial/BIM type changes, which made me wonder if perhaps Chief is just exploring ways to make those people who really want/need those features to pay for them so all the rezzy (residential) guys don't have to pay for things they don't need. Second thoughts.For what Chief offers, they may be pound for pound the lowest priced architectural software out there right now and with all the requests we're constantly throwing out for new features, I have fully expected that Chief would eventually have to raise their prices.

Very little benefit at the cost of putting off a lot of faithful users.


My random thoughts for what they're worth.
