DianeP Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I have two stacked windows in the stairwell for this plan. They both look fine from the outside of the house. Inside, one of them has the wall covering the window. They are in rooms marked open below and the wall has been changed to balloon wall with no effect. Any ideas on how I can make it look right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeP Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Eric the cut ctrl/alt/v didn't work for me. Here is the plan. trey_minchew.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeP Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 FANTASTIC!! Thanks Eric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheifTexan Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I have the same issue. I have a window that is in the stairwell wall. If I add the stairs, the window is as expected (clear). If I "Auto Stairwell", the window becomes solid (with the molding) still on the wall. If I follow the directions to manually create the well (https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00757/creating-a-stairwell.html), Add the rails, doorway, then select the room, and change type to "open to below". The window is filled with wall again. I have done this numerous times and can't seem to get it to work. Pasting a window in its place doesn't work. If the window is moved out of the stairwell area, the window becomes clear again. I'd love to upload the file, but it is 40mb and the forum only allows a total of 25mb. So I shared via Dropbox: Folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hd1yiwq04gracqy/AACfm0pKs-F9Yc7q7ZGAqw9ya?dl=0 Direct File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr6bfdio5cxcbxr/Royal Port Development - v1.9.18 - All Fixed - Stair issue posted.plan?dl=0 Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDesign Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Its your room definitions that need adjusting, make the floor and ceiling on main default. Open the exterior wall dbx and under options tab make wall height default. Then make the 2nd floor open below room default heights also. Then it will work and window view will be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I opened the plan and then did a clipped cross section through the windows. I also tried moving the lower window with the problem vertically to see if the covering was part of the window or part of the wall assembly. Here is an elevation view of the problem Here are the stair options that was found in the sample file. At the moment I don't have a solution, but I am curious about this and will do more work to see if I can solve the problem. My purpose in posting this reply is to just illustrate what Diane was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Found the problem! Each section of the stairs has its own options for open to below. The wall section of stairs to the left of the window in this image indicated open below, but when I cycled that option the part of the wall that was obscuring the window disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 yes, that is it exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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