Doug_N

I can't emphasize enough the principal of "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" in dealing with problems. Fellow CA users, CA offers a quick route to letting the company know if we are having a problem. Is the tech support an instant fix? No. Sometimes, especially when an urgent project is on a tight deadline, tech support can be frustratingly unresponsive, but even so, they are not mind readers. If you are having a problem that is not related to how you use the software but how the software is providing unexpected behaviour, then let them know. The more of use that raise a trouble ticket on an issue, the higher the importance level will go to CA finding a fix. Just dropping a comment or complaint on the user forum is not going to really get the company's attention. Dermot, and others, have reminded us all about the proper channel for doing that, use it if you are sure that this is a technical issue.

All of the foundation rooms were set to non default stem, floor and ceiling heights Here is how section S2 looks after setting them all to default AND setting the level DBX to 37.5" Stem wall

The default setting for the basement (foundation) level. It may be in your template. Set the default settings in the level DBX after doing the foundation. Make sure that the foundation stem walls are set to default

Also CA remembers what you have done earlier on, even if you delete the foundation Here is what one of the basement room structure DBX looks like. The stem was is not set to the default height. Click on default and zap, the stem wall is 37.5"

Hi Larry, This is coming from your setting for the EXISTING foundation level.

This is what you mean. That makes it really easy.

Ah yes I see. I think this is work doing a video on, because I don't see anything on the CA tutorials about this. Thanks for pointing this out Michael Doug

Do you mean these two? They don't seem to have any effect on where the stem wall ends with respect to a curb (the second setting) on the location of the top of the stem wall and the bottom of the exterior wall when doing a manual foundation for a garage.

Which 2 settings?

Well I had to bite the bullet and rebuilt the foundation and redid the basement. There should be a way to do that manually I think

That would work if I had turned on automatically rebuild foundations. Unfortunately, turning that on now would wipe out the actually built foundation, inside walls, beams etc.

Hi fellow Chief Architect Users. The way that garage floors and stem walls interact has me really confused. When a garage is created on the first floor, and then the foundation is automatically created, the garage floor is set inside of the stem walls. If the garage is created after the foundation is created the garage floor is set on top of the stem walls. Since the normal way for a garage floor to be inside of the stem walls and since all of the basement has been detailed how can I fix the garage stem walls and floor? 4 Load Duncan Court.zip

Not a chance. When I go to a different mouse, such as my old Microsoft wheel mouse the problem ends. There are lots of other people reporting the same problem.

Guys, I contacted Logitech customer support and they don't have a solution so far. Just an update.

I don't see a way to change the polling rate.

No luck there either

How is the rate changed?

Mine is a Logitech MX Anywhere 2.

I have had similar problems. Often the mouse will let go of a handle when dragging something.

This is really a bad design in my opinion. The wall, roof and whatever is constructed above would result in a lateral force trying to move towards the water facing wall. That should have been a stepped foundation wall. This is not part of what you are addressing either. Not that anyone asked me for my opinion, it just my comment. Doug

One more comment: The boathouse doesn't have a room because there is an opening where the masonry chimney is specified. Including a room divider (invisible wall) to close the room might help.

I downloaded your plan file and took a quick look at it. Walls are, by default, set up to go to the height specified in the room definition. Foundation walls are treated differently, and have a separate dialogue for a "stem" wall. The footing height may be adjusted separately in elevation views to sort out step footing. Wall heights are a struggle however, because they try to snap to the ceiling height. Without seeing the floor above (if there is one) it is hard to see what you are trying to accomplish. What is the purpose of the staggered wall top heights? Why is the building wall tops not symmetrical? Is this to resist soil pressure because of grade conditions?

That is a great question. I am going to try it out.

Levis, The third floor is required to create the raining walls and the penthouse. The Open to Below is so that the floor of the third floor does not interfere with the actual roof. The penthouse is also on the third floor. The walls have been nudged to make sure the outer surfaces align. The railing wall is a pony wall. Thanks for taking a look at the problem. Doug