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Stepped and Raked Walls

areas from rooms on the upper floor of a as a Knee Wall in the Wall Specification
story-and-a-half structure. See “Room Types dialog. See “Roof Panel” on page 395.
and Functions” on page 414.
For best results, Knee Walls should be drawn
Chief Architect does not specify walls as perpendicular to the pitch of the roof and
Knee Walls automatically. If an interior wall should intersect with Full Gable Walls on
is drawn in a location where the roof is lower each end.
than the ceiling height, you should specify it

Stepped and Raked Walls

Stepped and raked walls can be created using
the Break Line tool and the wall’s edit
handles in any 3D or Cross Section/Elevation
view. In many cases, working in a Back-
clipped Cross Section is easiest and
allows the greatest accuracy.

When you try to select a wall in a 3D
view, the interior or exterior room that it
defines may be selected first. Click the Select To add a step to a wall
Next Object edit button to select the wall
itself. See “Selecting Walls” on page 367.
1. Select the wall in a Backclipped Cross
Stepped Walls and Footings Section v i e w .

A typical example of stepped walls is a 2. Click the Break Line tool, then
stepped foundation with pony walls. In the click the top or bottom edge of the wall
illustration below, the lower part of the pony to place the break.
wall is the concrete wall with footing, and 3. In addition to the corner handles, two
the upper part of the pony wall is a framed handles display along the broken edge.
wall with brick siding built to the first floor
platform. See “Pony Walls” on page 351. 4. Select one of these two handles, and
drag up or down.
5. A square step is created.
The vertical edges of a wall cannot be
broken, although they can be raked as well as
moved side to side.
By default, a stepped foundation wall
displays an “S” symbol at the location of

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