Chief Architect Bring Stairs Through Second Floor

Reference display this option displays a floor as a reference superimposed over the current floor plan.

Chief architect bring stairs through second floor.

In chief architect x10 and prior program versions this was called reference floors. The contents of the reference plan cannot be edited. However they can be used to position walls stairs and other items in the plan. The link below will bring you to a youtube video of our quick start webinar.

When creating your second and additional floors you will want to set the defaults for that floor s structure. Chief architect s material region tools can be used to place different materials on a floor or wall within the same room such as a walk in shower. Using the project browser the project browser is a convenient way to access all of the views that are present in a plan or layout file. On any floor of the plan other than the top floor select build stairs draw stairs from the menu then click and drag a length of stairs in floor plan view.

Hello karen thank you for the message. If you forward the video to 29 minutes and 41 seconds and begin watching at this point you will see how to draw a u shaped stair. Open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a stairwell. Use the hole in floor platform tool to cut an opening in the floor platform.

Use the different stair tools to create stair cases in a variety of shapes.