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At this point you have to make your auto height of the stair off, and you can replace the landing next to the upper stair by a psolid. So you can edit that stair independently.

Hope that helps, but may not be the only solution as others will post their takes on the issue.

Mark, yes exactly. Before I saw you already posted, I was doing the same idea. Nice one

full barrel house.2.plan

If I use the transform replicate tool I can scale such a line - but you are saying "concentric mode".  Does the transform replicate tool work for you?

 

added- ok, I just used the concentric mode and selected (lasso) all the points and was then able to scale keeping proportions. 

Thanks johnny

In the transform replicate tool you can do do it but for multiple copying you can't maintain equidistant polygons with broken segment proportioned. The other option "multiple copy tool "you can get a number of concentrically spaced polygons but the breaks will not proportion.

So I got a some sort of answer to polygons of equal sides, just block it and use multiple copy tool holding C. And select all at one marque then click unblock. Again for rectangles you can trick it by blocking it enclosed by square. You get some interesting results if keep playing with it.

Yusuf,

 

Still no consistent riser heights.

Sorry Glenn, actually wasn't expecting this response. I already mentioned the imperfection of the arithmetics. I was talking about the possibility and also forwarding you and other advanced users to think of any idea to get more control over this. But I am not advising all users to this method because I have already defined an easier workflow using the normal stair tools. Hopefully I will have the chance to get in to it after a while. But look at this plan, as you see the brown control and the actual riser heights. Shoot a cad detail and check the tolerance....but obviously a potential area of chief to research on.

stair follow terain reser controll.plan

Draw streight line and break it in to 4 equal segments. Then resize it using concentric mode.

Here the problem is, I need to get the resized line segments to increase/decrease proportionally. Am i missing this? Or the software.

Yusuf,

 

Can you post the plan?

Yes sir. Here it is. It is not perfect. But i am sure with normal stair tool it will be.

stair follow terain main risers the same.plan

Yusuf,

 

Those riser heights are not consistent - they vary height with varying terrain slope.

Glenn you are right and I couldn't realize when I found it could be done. A little thought of some workflow in chief can make us accomplish the task. Here is it! Hopefully OK. Shall I attach the plan or wait if some needs to tweak.Further more, I am thinking that it is very easy to accomplish it with normal stair, it will for sure. I will try it tomorrow.

Hi, Dennis have you seen this video? I posted some time ago in similar thread.hope it helps.

https://youtu.be/Mbonpxn_ULs

Thanks Scott and perry. It is railing with step terrain option, it is a pannel with width and height of railing set OOB sir.

Really it works well, because the secret lies on the newel spacing and railing height to get that look. Thanks again guys

Here is the plan to exammine further.

stair follow terrain.plan

Something like this?Varied Steps.JPG

But of course the better solution would be with consistent riser heights and varied tread depths.

Like this! OOB settings of chief....blessings.

Am i right first?

Here is an other way of niche insert in walls, in chief workflow is an other important factor to effectively use the tools provided so far. Last time we have seen two walls forced on top of an other wall, that process is avoided by using copy to clip board.

Steps

1 place the wall

2 copy to clipboard

3 apply material region on wall

4 paste hold position and insert the niche(made from window) as explained last time.

For shower niches with no casing or framing use pass thru window with no casing no frame etc.....

Here is a video on this concept.

https://youtu.be/GKlhRCW6Y5A

Niches should be part of the program, and

I AGREE!

work like a window, except Sheetrock on the back should remain instead of cutting a wall through... this should an option added to a window DBX where you can select a niche (no need for sophisticated programming to do that). This way you have your headers and framing automatically adjusted.

This is a much needed feature to be added, since its being used in almost any bathroom design, stairway design, or hallway design, etc and you shouldn't have too drop walls on top of walls and dealing with other time wasting steps.

BUT UNTILL THEY ADD IT, ADOPTING THE BEST WORKFLOWS ARE MUCH IMPORTANT FOR GOOD PERFORMANCE, I HAVE AVOIDED THAT STEP "FORCING THE TWO WALLS" BY SIMPLY JUST A SINGLE WALL AND CLIPBOARD POWER. HERE IS A VIDEO. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU SUGGESTED.JUST A PROCEDURE AND ALL IS WELL.

Thanks Justin. Chief architect should be compensating for the time.......a lot of impossibles would continue to become possible one after an other. Not kidding.

Justin, very nice one, though I think this method was posted by some one earlier, but for sure you didn't see that vid and done it too by your self, much appreciated.

But I think you missed this thread of mine.

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5855-nitche-in-walls-chiefarchitect-tip-by-yusuf/

Can you please make it some more clear, may be sketches of what you need. I am thinking I got the concept not fully. But probably alright to go with chief.

Draw a cad line to guide your direction of move and use point to point move by using the ends a of the line as a base point. The transform replicate object may be also helpfull to achieve what you asked, but holding CRL and moving ortho freely would be nice. I don't know if that exactly exists.

Actually, I never did such things before in chief. My take on the issue using flat regions cut/fill in the terrain, so does that help? I don't know, and I didn't care about dims. just a taste plan, if it helps.

No, I was not saying that.

Yes sir, I got it. You didn't say that.

Wait, wait.. I am assuming that Scott was telling me a command that gives the polyline without getting in to the backlip crossection process . Am I right? you know, I some times not understand the tough English. Or else that method doesn't have any limitations for any type of crossection. .....OK I got it, it has that limitation and more.

It actually doesn't work for anything except a rectangular cross section.

Actually I lost that one. Is it only an x7 feature? or older versions too, if so I missed it.

I swear,  Joe is always busting my chops,  notice that Joe talked about a MOLDING PROFILE,  he did not talk about a MOLDING,  so Joe is moving the line in the sand......  you  lost this one Joe.

 

The question was can we convert a molding to a solid.

"View section camera of the molding and make a cad detail of it, then connect the cad detail to be polyline and paste it back in to section view. After that, convert it to p solid with depth you like and make it a solid. It works with 2 or 3 extra clicks only comparrd to your assumed workflow."

This what I was typing before I checked the new posts and seen that Joe posted it right.

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5582-acrylic-dome-type-skylights-chiefarchitect-tip/#entry48867

Check out this thread.

+2 for Larry.

The Ramp technique was posted in the Tips Forum a while back by Yusef, there is a video and a plan file  , the ramps are hidden on the Z Layer which is off if you look at the plan.

 

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5306-deck-railing-post-fascia-mount-tip/?hl=%2Bramps+%2Blayer#entry46363

Thanks Mick, that is very important thread, you pointed out for any one needs to learn it.

I believe you are right

Makes sense I guess , its not really a post to rail if Newels are Taller !

Sure, that makes sense. Really cool logic, you said it more clearer.