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Displaying Floors

When Move highest floor roof up is
checked, roof planes on the top floor
will move even if the “Roof Planes” layer is
locked and manually edited roof planes are
set to be retained. See “Roof Panel” on page
781.

•Check Step floor/ceiling elevations to
• Select Derive new 2nd Floor plan from match existing floor to maintain the floor
the 1st Floor plan to insert a new floor and ceiling heights on the existing floors
below the current floor, based on the exte- by stepping floor and ceiling heights on
rior walls of the current floor. the new floor to match. See “Stepped
• Check Move Highest Floor’s Roof Up to Floor and Ceiling Platforms” on page
move any roof planes displaying on the 428.
highest floor in the plan up one floor • Select Make new (blank) plan to insert a
when the new floor is created. Roof blank floor below the Current Floor.
planes displaying on floors other than the
top floor are unaffected. This option is Adding a Foundation
only available if there are roof planes
built on the top floor and is not available To add a foundation, select Build> Floor>
when Auto Rebuild Roofs is enabled. Build Foundation . See “Building a
See “Build Roof Dialog” on page 780. Foundation” on page 692.

Displaying Floors

Chief Architect allows you to view the floors Floor and ceiling platforms do not display in
in your plan in a variety of ways. floor plan view. When floor and/or ceiling
framing is present, its display can be turned
In Floor Plan View on; however, other components of floor and
ceiling platforms like sheathing, drywall, and
In floor plan view, only one floor can be finish materials, cannot.
active for editing at a time. This is referred to
as the Current Floor. See “The Current In 3D Views
Floor” on page 721.
In most 3D views, all floors in a plan are
In addition to the Current Floor, one other visible, from the foundation up to the attic.
floor can be displayed for reference There are three exceptions:
purposes: the Reference Floor. Objects on
the Current Floor can snap to those on the • Perspective Floor Camera v i e w s ,
Reference Floor, helping you align objects. which show the Current Floor only.
See “The Reference Floor” on page 722.

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