How can this be done.
Chief architect change flooring direction.
In your designs you may want to divide a room using different floor materials.
From the menu select edit default settings.
Joist direction lines specify joist direction and bearing lines define the boundaries for joist direction.
Select floor finish and click on the select material button.
Expand the floors and rooms category select the floor ceiling platform option if you want to adjust floor and ceiling finishes for all floors in a plan or expand the floor levels subcategory and select the floor of your choosing.
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Mixing joist depths and directions on the same floor.
The adjust material definition tool works the same in all chief architect inc titles and versions.
In the next dialog that opens select the edit.
Click on the open object edit tool to display the room specification dialog and go to the materials panel.
Building a floor platform that ledgers inside the foundation walls.
Specify the desired angle to which you would like to rotate the material s pattern.
To rotate a material s pattern.
On the pattern panel of the define material dialog.
Question i want to change the direction of floor or ceiling joists in a certain area of my plan.
This displays the select material dialog where you can select the modified material and ok to apply it.
Click ok once more in the room specification dialog to set the change to the flooring material and close it.
In vector views materials are represented using patterns.
Once one of these options is selected click on the edit button.
Specifying joist direction and where joists are cut.