![]() because it started out as a database software company. was originally called Advanced Relational Technology Inc. Source: Dermott Dempsey ~ Started working for Chief Architect, Inc (ART, Inc.) in 1998 If any of the Chief staff have access to pdf copies of old fliers or "What's New files" that they would be willing to share, send them to me and I'll add them here, that would be great. If anyone has a correction, or detail on any element in the list, like an old flier or something, please pm or email me and I will update this post to reflect the changes. What follows is a compilation of information gathered from elsewhere on and off of Chieftalk. There are people still involved with CA from the start that I can't remember right now.įrom time to time, someone becomes interested in the history of the program known as Chief Architect (Chief). Version 9.5 was a free upgrade soon after. Degree Program at a local Community College here and had it installed for the Architectural Drafting Course (Version 9) in 2003. ART became CA somewhere around version 9.5 or 10. Broderbund sold 3-D Home Architect for about $36 in places like Staples for homeowners. They also had training videos on VHS later that I bought as well. ![]() I did attend a workshop in New Orleans shortly thereafter. It was an ART product, but I don't recall whether I bought it from them directly or through Broderbund. I was impressed with the demonstrations and finally made the investment. As a contractor, I attended the K&B shows in New Orleans and Atlanta for a few years. I had taken AutoCad courses at a University at night. I bought Chief Architect version 4.1 in the early '90's for $800 I think. ![]() Was it likely that we were using ART (Chief) back at my old firm? Would the man who came in to do our updates and training be the founder, Jack Simpson, or someone else? Just wondering. So, maybe somebody can help me solve this mystery. ![]() In 1996(?) or so I bought Broderbund's "3-D Home Architect" (which I later learned was actually made by Chief Architect) and I remember thinking that the program seemed very similar to the program I had used at the architecture firm back in California! The architecture firm eventually bought a pc and AutoCAD about 1989 or so and hired someone who already how to use it. I quit working there about 1990 or 1991 and ended up moving to Maryland. ![]() We mainly used it for multi-family projects where it was very convenient to make one floor plan and copy it multiple times. I only used it for a few projects myself -others in the firm used it more (it was a pretty good sized firm for San Jose!). I don't remember if it was 3-D or not at that time. I remember a man with brown hair and a beard coming in to update our CAD software periodically and give us training. I am pretty sure that he was the developer of the software himself or maybe a partner-it was definitely a "start-up" kind of company (not a big name outfit and definitely not autocad.) I remember that the software was very easy to use. I think they were actually given to the firm by Apple to "test-drive" for cad use. That got me wondering if I could have actually been using, from about 1986-1989 or so, a very early version of what would later be called Chief Architect, when I worked for an architecture firm in San Jose, CA! (San Jose is near Palo Alto.) At that time, the company I worked for had three little Apple computers (affectionately nick-named "Larry", "Mo" and "Curley") set up in a little "loft" area. I recently stumbled across the Wikipedia article about Chief Architect, and learned that the company was originally started in Palo Alto, Ca in 1981 and that it was originally called " Advanced Relational Technology, Inc. I have a question about the very early history of Chief Architect (back in the 1980's before it was even called Chief Architect!) Do any of you "old timers" (or maybe even someone who works for Chief) know if "Chief" would have worked on the old Apple computers (Pre-Macintosh) back in the 1980's? I am trying to solve a mystery about whether or not a cad program I had used back in the mid-1980's was what eventually became Chief Architect! Here is why I ask: ![]()
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