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Just submitted a Bug report.

Well there is no good reason !@#$%! I'm just laughing a shaking me head. Just can't believe it.

Because I want to trim between the two lines. Like this. I did this in plan view.

David, I draw a tic tac toe with 4 lines. Select one line & see the trim icon appear Then I shift select the second parallel line and the trim icon disappears. You get something different?

I am trying to use 2 lines as a trim fence & trim between them in section view. Works fine in plan view but not in section view. Is that normal?

Oh I see I was trying to adjust the sides of the stair, not realizing you could adjust the center line. Thanks

I'll have to try the stair tool tomorrow. Thanks

OK the molding was fairly painless. I'm getting better at moldings. Thanks for the help

Molding, I forgot about that option. I was trying to do one solid with an extrude operation but no way to do it with a path object i guess. I've done straight stair with a solid but editing it if the heights change is impossible I think. Yes, radius-ed stair would be nice but I remember a thread not too long ago on a deck where only segments were doable. I'll try the molding approach. At least it can be edited. Thanks

I am trying to create concrete steps both curved & straight attached together. My first thought was to do a section view, create a face & extrude along a path like I would do in ACAD. But I don;t see a way to do that in Chief. How would you do this task. Working in X8 so no plan to attach, sorry.

Thanks Joe, I've been able to use CA stairs so far. Mine have all been outdoor or patio stair so metal has been fine. If interior it should be a fancy stair.

Now if CA would add a "User Select" button to the "Match Properties" dialog so the user could marque select that items & not All on the floor. That would be a nice additional selection tool.

Wow, works a treat. Thanks

Thanks for the tips. I will try then out when I return from tennis.

This is a common scenario for me. I want to select text over the WM & Dryer to copy to the electrical layer. The room label & actual fixtures get selected first. So shift select is not efficient because you have to jump through hoops to get the selection you want. . Similar problem when I want to select only the windows on the front of the house. Do you really have to turn off all the layers and then turn on the target layers to accomplish this common operation?

Has anyone mentioned budget or max square footage?

The shape of the house is interesting but, the design is lacking. For starters I would want an overlook., open to view the living room. Also a mud room or bathroom & laundry ILO the large laundry. Off to bed.

Joe, is that CA stair?

Thanks for the feed back. Jonathan, that is how I did it in the end. Joe, I did give up that design as I had enough room for a one level landing but seems that CA should deal with attached landings.

So what is it about having two landing together that CA will not recognize? Am I missing a trick to get them to attach?

No snow, thank you very much. We can live without it. Well the creation of the basic 2 flights of stair & two landings has eluded me. Do you make two sets & the subtract the top off one set & the bottom off the other with the Lock top & lock bottom. Then add landings? I guess I need to go find the stair videos again. I do know about dragging the wall under the stair & hope the stair stays out. It seems that the two landings are giving me a fit as I try to have CA auto calc the rise.

Trying to create a switchback stair with stepped landing. Also dividing wall on first level & railing on 2nd level (2nd flight of stair. What is the trick to doing this painlessly? Thanks 2748 Plan.plan

Much appreciated, too many settings No really, just need to better understand them all.

See attached plan. What am I doing wrong? I want the Auto Exterior dimensions to the exterior of the block & not the Stucco layer. Thanks Test Plan.plan

The auto Roof works OK if you set the walls up first. Select the gable end walls, the 2 obvious ones. Open the DBX, then roof then check Full gable End. On the wal that has a gable & a side roof you will need to BREAK the wall. Then select the gable section of the wall & set it to Full gable End OK now build the roof. Select all the roof planes & use the Transform/Replicate tool to set a Z-value of say 6 feet to raise the roof allowing room for the second floor. Mtn Cabin.plan