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It's my understanding that all exterior wall assemblies going forward in climate zones 1-5 and 8-16 will require some form of rigid insulation greater than r-4 for a 2x4 exterior wall, and even in zones 6,7 will still require rigid to meet the u-factor 0.065

Additionally, has anyone incorporated the rigid insulation with a braced wall panel at the exterior side of framing?

I do drafting for a slew of contractors that use the big box stores for their materials. That being said, the prescriptive requirements of U-factor 0.51 for new exterior 2x4 wall assemblies specify cavity insulation of R-15 and continuous R-8. Welp, R-8 isn't all that readily available, so I downloaded an assembly calculator sanctioned by energy.gov that calc'd R-15 with continuous R-6 as meeting the maximum U-factor. Has this been anyone's experience, is R-6 meeting the mark for you California folks?

Thanks Glen, had a feeling that was the case.

best practice is to post your .plan file so we can take a look... just a hunch, do you have two duplicate slabs in place. try deleting it. but please, post the .plan

Love the wall hatching tool, I find it to be far more efficient than changing wall types for new walls, but I always end up changing the hatch to fill. I've even set up a wall hatching layer set with just wall hatching on so I can use the object painter and change to fill. All because I can't find the default dbx so I can change it as a global parameter. Anyone know how to accomplish this?

looks fantastic, truly awesome work, make sure to share the final. Might turn the f stop up, I would never shoot an arch-ext shot in an f-4 etc...more like an f-16, the bokeh is a bit severe and an actual camera would blur concentrically from the focal points whereas a rendering software often is planar in its implementation of the effect.

Very nice, appreciated !

Phone just started ringing, you're going to have to slip in the backdrp..I've gotta get back to work! cheers and good luck

you could make it look 100% real with 80 more hours, haha..but that's usually not worth the time spent

I found most of what I needed. here is a rendering with alpha mask for backdrop: Let me know what tweaks you would like and I'll adjust and do one more pass

could you zip and attach your materials from that export...specifically looking for the tree's textures

feel free to scale and blend with texture. enjoy! American Oak stock and scaled/stained, AMERICAN OAK PLANK.calibz: knotty oak is high res. download from my cloud,https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArIPOe8v1Srkh8cxdtBNn8hF-Ja6OA : stock:scaled and stained:

https://www.deltafaucet.com/for-professionals/product-resources/product-design-files/vero-bathroom best source is the source..convert from revit

I'd be happy to throw in Thea for you real quick for fun, wouldn't take any time at all if you export as 3ds and the results will come back looking very sharp

You would either have to make or download a 3d model and import it into Chief. It would lag a bit in chief as it doesn't handle high poly count models that well

It's all relative to the drawing size you are using. For an ANSI D at 1/4" scale I use a line weight of 1 = 1/400 in I set my wall exterior to 6, and interior to 4 or just main layer at 6 all layers in sections are set to 2 keep in mind you may need to re-do CAD details if you mess with your drawing sheet weights. You should setup for your most common sheet and scale sizing. or make a custom set for each setup- takes a ton of work to do

Hello CA fam, This posting is for a friend upon my recommendation, she will follow up with responses. Seeking DD and CD's for 16 single-family homes in Corte Madera CA. Insurance and other requirements will be communicated via email etc. Hopefully someone here is interested and it works out. She will create an account here to check-in this week at some point

In my experience it came down to efficiency in producing renderings and design as well as construction documents for residential projects. What I appreciated most about Revit was its BIM systems. Fascinating stuff.

Best practice on these types of posts are to include your .plan file. this is definitely an achievable effect, so for the forums it's not a matter of how to do it but rather why there is an issue in your particular plan.

First create a text box and then create a white, closed poly-fill box. Block the two together and add to your library as the text you typed. draw a poly line and use the convert-to tool. convert to a distribution path and select your cad block as the distribution object. simple!

For sure... I use these all the time to bring a scene together, often use them when I'm designing in front of clients on the fly and need quick vanity mirrors

These 4 frames have stretching planes set so that the matting and frame remains unchanged after stretching. Paint the matting the same color as the frame and you can make a very sharp looking framed mirror. X10 model enjoy. DOWNLOAD: STRETCHABLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.calibz

see what I posted above. California Mechanical Code points to the California Energy Code

Yes it is doable.. the California Mechanical Code states that this requirement is regulated by the California Energy Code: FROM THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS: SECTION 120.1 – REQUIREMENTS FOR VENTILATION Nonresidential, high-rise residential, and hotel/motel buildings shall comply with the requirements of Section 120.1(a) through 120.1(e). (a) General Requirements. 1. All enclosed spaces in a building shall be ventilated in accordance with the requirements of this section and the California Building Code. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(a)1: Refrigerated warehouses and other spaces or buildings that are not normally used for human occupancy and work. 2. The outdoor air-ventilation rate and air-distribution assumptions made in the design of the ventilating system shall be clearly identified on the plans required by Section 10-103 of Title 24, Part 1. (b) Design Requirements for Minimum Quantities of Outdoor Air. Every space in a building shall be designed to have outdoor air ventilation according to Item 1 or 2 below: 1. Natural ventilation. A. Naturally ventilated spaces shall be permanently open to and within 20 feet of operable wall or roof openings to the outdoors, the openable area of which is not less than 5 percent of the conditioned floor area of the naturally ventilated space. Where openings are covered with louvers or otherwise obstructed, openable area shall be based on the free unobstructed area through the opening. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(b)1A: Naturally ventilated spaces in high-rise residential dwelling units and hotel/motel guest rooms shall be open to and within 25 feet of operable wall or roof openings to the outdoors. B. The means to open required operable openings shall be readily accessible to building occupants whenever the space is occupied. 2. Mechanical ventilation. Each space that is not naturally ventilated under Item 1 above shall be ventilated with a mechanical system capable of providing an outdoor air rate no less than the larger of: A. The conditioned floor area of the space times the applicable ventilation rate from TABLE 120.1-A; or B. 15 cfm per person times the expected number of occupants. For meeting the requirement in Section 120.1(b)2B for spaces without fixed seating, the expected number of occupants shall be either the expected number specified by the building designer or one half of the maximum occupant load assumed for egress purposes in the CBC, whichever is greater. For spaces with fixed seating, the expected number of occupants shall be determined in accordance with the CBC. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(b)2: Transfer air. The rate of outdoor air required by Section 120.1(b)2 may be provided with air transferred from other ventilated spaces if: A. None of the spaces from which air is transferred have any unusual sources of indoor air contaminants; and B. The outdoor air that is supplied to all spaces combined, is sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 120.1(b)2 for each space individually. (c) Operation and Control Requirements for Minimum Quantities of Outdoor Air. 1. Times of occupancy. The minimum rate of outdoor air required by Section 120.1(b)2 shall be supplied to each space at all times when the space is usually occupied. EXCEPTION 1 to Section 120.1(c)1: Demand control ventilation. In intermittently occupied spaces that do not have processes or operations that generate dusts, fumes, mists, vapors or gasses and are not provided with local exhaust ventilation (such as indoor operation of internal combustion engines or areas designated for unvented food service preparation), the rate of outdoor air may be reduced if the ventilation system http://www.energy.ca.gov/2015publications/CEC-400-2015-037/CEC-400-2015-037-CMF.pdf