Stonefree Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Has Chief arcitect a function for staggering a deck ? And if possible, can anybody tell me how to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Stonefree said: Has Chief arcitect a function for staggering a deck ? And if possible, can anybody tell me how to ? Please explain your question more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenL-sdd Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 This can't be done automatically in Chief. Chief does not give us a minimum length for a deck board. Hence their pattern keeps repeating on what looks like a 16" stagger length. You may want to send this to suggestions@chiefarchitect.com. This has never bothered me, but it may for some others. The only way to do this as of today is to get the boards the length and stagger that you want and then copy the deck boards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenL-sdd Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 @rgardner If you have an 18 ft deck then you may only want to stagger near the center Look at the attached image to see how Chief is laying out their decking boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonefree Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Thanks so much for the answer.... I will try to do it manually Best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, KenL-sdd said: @rgardner If you have an 18 ft deck then you may only want to stagger near the center Look at the attached image to see how Chief is laying out their decking boards. Yes I understand that but the question wasnt clear if it was for the decking, or in 2d for a fill as he is showing in the picture. Both different answer depending on the requirement. BTW you can also simply use guide lines and the 3 key oob (break tool) to do the staggering. But you need to make sure the deck room is set to maintain its framing or it will try to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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