Is there a way to display stair count in Chief? Way to set a minimum 10" depth at walk line for winders?

[cbucks]

Is there a good way to display the stair count in Chief?  Way to set a minimum 10"depth at walk line for winders?

[DBCooper]

You can control the walk line in the stair dialog.  Take a look at the "style" page and click on the "help" button if it's not clear.

 

As for "stair count", not sure what you want but you might be able to get what you want with macros.  Stairs have a built in macro for %num_treads%.

 

[Kreg_Joue]

That is great. I did not know this. I'm assuming they would also have a riser count? 

[JLU_Design]

12 hours ago, Kreg_Joue said:

That is great. I did not know this. I'm assuming they would also have a riser count? 

%num_treads+1%

[GeneDavis]

"Way to set a minimum 10" depth at walk line for winders"

 

If you mean a setting that builds winders to this criteria, then no, there is none.

 

And I gotta ask, because I have built a lot of stairs, who needs to see tread counts and riser counts on plans?  It could not be a plans examiner, or could it?  They are interested in things like maybe pitch and minimum tread depth, and certainly overhead clearances, but counts?

[Kreg_Joue]

48 minutes ago, GeneDavis said:

who needs to see tread counts and riser counts on plans?

I don't, I was just curious 

[DBCooper]

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"Way to set a minimum 10" depth at walk line for winders"

 

If you mean a setting that builds winders to this criteria, then no, there is none.

 

 

Sure you can.  Build a stair with winders using Chief's old way of doing it with 3 separate but connected stair sections where the middle one is curved, tell it to use the walk line, turn on winders, lock the tread depth and then set the tread depth to be 10" and it should give you exactly what you want.

 

Here is a tech article that explains the process better:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00884/creating-winder-stairs.html

 

Here is an example of winders with the walk line turned on and the tread depth set to 10" (and yes, I did draw a curved cad line matching the walk line and verified that the length really was 10"):