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  1. There are 4 walls used here. Starting on the left. The red wall is a pony wall shaped in elevation. (see my post further down for more info) The lower wall is a single layer of drywall that's there to cap the bottom of the wall. Using a Glass House view lets you see the stairs for alignment. The green railing wall is No Room Definition. Draw it off to the side, make sure Follow Stairs in not checked, then center it on the other walls. The blue wall is a normal wall. The orange wall is a railing set to Follow Stairs.
  2. I usually do these like this. Pass-Through and Doorway.
  3. Have you tried selecting the wall in elevation and dragging it up?
  4. Windows Only Chief stores user data in a folder under Documents. On my system the path is D:\Users\e\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X9 Data Note the D:, and not C:. The easy way to do this is to move the entire Documents folder from its default location on C, to any other disk. This is a feature built into windows. See this article for a how to. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/moving-your-personal-data-folders-in-windows-vista-the-easy-way/ The article was written for Windows Vista, but newer versions work the same. I've run this configuration for 20+ years without problems. ---------- There is also a way to move only the Chief data folder to another drive, but it requires familiarity with DOS and the command line. Not difficult, but not as easy as what is shown above. I recommend moving the entire Documents folder, and not just the Chief folder.
  5. Yes. It works just like selecting the landing tool and clicking between two stair sections.
  6. I rarely work with stairs, so when I do, I don't mind a bit of extra work to get them correct. Here is the stair, complete for this exercise. Start by placing a 1 click stair in the plan. Note the number of treads. Here I needed 17, and the tread depth is 11". I wanted sections with 8, 4 and 3 treads, and 2 landings. The stairs are 42" wide, so the landings are 42"x42" and 42"x88-1/2" Remove the railings, then set any other options, width etc. Railings are only removed to make the Point-to-Point move easier. Make 2 copies of the stairs and edit them all to have the required number of treads. Draw in any walls, spacing them to accommodate the stairs. Draw and position Polylines the size of the landings (shown in purple). The polylines give the stair sections something to snap to. The polyline needs a break between 2 stair sections attached to a single segment. Use Point-to-Point Move to move each section, snapping to the polyline (landing). Select each Polyline and convert to a Landing, starting at the bottom and working up. Or just place a landing between the stair sections. Using this method, all the pieces are aligned and the correct size when complete. If I think something will change, I make a copy in place of the landing polylines. Deleting the landing frees the stair section and makes for easy changes. Add rails as required. Control Select to select an individual stair section.
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    Red House 1

    It's empty! Done mostly as an exercise, thinking of a guest house in the woods.
  8. Found an image of a stair tread made from PSL. Copied it several times and did a quick blend -- I'm not up on graphics software. The stained one was done in Chief using one of the stains in the library.
  9. Text file containing the Tutorial from the Ruby console. Ruby in Chief Architect.txt
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    Grandview 7

    Thanks Adrean. These are fun to do when there is no one to please but yourself.
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    Grandview - Take 4

    From the album: Practice Plans

    This one keeps everything in place, change roof and some finishes.
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    Grandview Take 3

    From the album: Practice Plans

    Garage and family room above dropped 36". Entry dropped 24".
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    Take 2 on Grandview

    From the album: Practice Plans

    Shakes, columns revised, missing bits of trim added.
  14. Cased opening where the casing and frame terminate on a counter instead of the floor. Place Doorway and adjust as needed -- width, casing profile, etc. Copy wall containing Doorway to a new plan. Adjust the height of the Doorway. In a Camera View, use the Delete Surface tool to remove the wall surfaces, leaving the casing and frame. Convert to Symbol and add to Library.
  15. Quick intro to Normal Maps.
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    Red House 6

    From the album: Practice Plans

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    Red House 3

    From the album: Practice Plans

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    Red House 2

    From the album: Practice Plans

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    pr 5.jpg

    From the album: Practice Plans

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    pr 4.jpg

    From the album: Practice Plans

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    pr 3.jpg

    From the album: Practice Plans