Use the hole in floor platform tool to cut an opening in the floor platform.
Chief architect bring stairs through second floor.
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Open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a stairwell.
However they can be used to position walls stairs and other items in the plan.
How to align stairs across floors using copy paste hold position and the floor reference display from the floor below or above.
In chief architect x10.
In chief architect x10 and prior program versions this was called reference floors.
The link below will bring you to a youtube video of our quick start webinar.
The contents of the reference plan cannot be edited.
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.
Reference display this option displays a floor as a reference superimposed over the current floor plan.
In order to create a stairwell it is important that the plan have at least two floors.
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.
When creating your second and additional floors you will want to set the defaults for that floor s structure.