Staggering a deck

[Stonefree]

Has Chief arcitect a function for  staggering a deck ?

And if possible, can anybody tell me how to ?

 

[rgardner]

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.

[KenL-sdd]

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

 

[KenL-sdd]

@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.

[Stonefree]

Thanks so much for the answer.... I will try to do it manually

 

Best regards

[rgardner]

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.