Home > Design > 3d Kitchen Planner- Chief Architect with Barker Cabinets (beta)


"Chief Architect is not required for designing with our cabinets but it is a fun way to design your project. Enjoy this very powerful software that will allow you to design your whole home with a very impressive number of catalogs that range from our cabinets and colors, to high-end appliances, furniture, and much more. " Chad Barker

Steps to install:

1. Install any version of Chief Architect. Our catalog works with Chief Architect Professional trial versions.

*TRIAL VERSION- The trail version if free for unlimited use. The only downside is that the trial version will not allow you to print or save your work.
**RENT TO OWN- For larger and more complex projects, we recommend the "rent to own option" of Chief Architect Interiors. This starts at $199 per month (cancel when you are done using the software) and will allow you access to all the features as shown in the video tutorials (i.e. this includes the "cabinet schedule" list, "object eyedropper", and all downloadable 3d catalogs including Sub Zero, GE, Wolf, Cambria, Sherwin Williams, Rev-a-Shelf, etc).

Download Trial Version of Chief Architect



2. After you are up and running, you can import our catalog and textures below. Simply download and double click to complete the installation.


Download Barker Modern Catalog for Chief Architect (updated 10-10-24)




3. Once you have the software installed, get up and running real quick by downloading a template plan here. This template is a small kitchen (the same as was used in the tutorial videos) that already has appliances and cabinets ready to go. Play around with 3d and reverse engineer the plan to get a quick start on your project.
Download a template kitchen plan (a complete small kitchen with appliances and cabinets already done)


4. If you are not familiar with how to use Chief Architect, see here for tutorials.
Chief Architect Tutorial Videos
For support or if you see an issue, please email [email protected].

*Please note that this is a "beta" release of our catalog. This means it is a work in progress and may contain errors, may be changed, and may be discontinued without notice. See our website for all ordering and quotes as this software can only be used to aid in the visual design of your project. It will not give you a quote. Customer is responsible for verifying all measurements prior to ordering. Barker Cabinets assumes no responsibility any errors associated with this software or catalog. All orders must be submitted via barkerclosets.com.