Doug_N

Doors are not considered unprotected openings unless they have a window in them. The unprotected opening rule is for radiation through glass I think.

Hi Joe, Gosh my apologies, I didn't see your message. Yes I am still interested! my email is info@measurite.ca

Joe, I am getting very excited about this! My only question is when? I have to do this on every darn project I do, the room area glass thing. The other thing is the unprotected wall openings in exterior walls that have a limiting distance. The code requires the designer to calculate the percentage of the sum of window opening area as a percentage of the wall above the grade and below the eaves. If the wall is less than 4' from the property line then no unprotected (window) openings are allowed. At 4' you may have about 7% unprotected opening, and that percentage goes up and the distance from the wall to the property line increases. In general, you make the calculation based on a percentage from a table in the codebook.

And yet another solution. Untitled_1.zip

LOL that wasn't my request!!! I know how to do this without using a cheque.

Gif files can as well.

This is weird, but in this section view, the brick seems to be on the wrong side of the wall. Here is a vector view and here is a standard view This just seem strange

Here is the best excuse for not paying me for services provided. The client can't pay me because he has bills to pay.

All they care about is do you have a permit yet.

Such is the life of a building designer. No one cares if you have a life or not.

I am planning a vacation and will be out of touch, both by internet and by cell for a few days at a time, and would like to work on various projects. Tethering by cell phone is how I will forward work in progress to clients, but, well you know what I am saying.

This brings up an interesting question. Can you go offline for a significant length of time and still have CA working?

I have discovered via tech support that if you check the "wall extends below floor" the area below the floor also disappears. Mystery resolved.

OK this may be an interrupt problem. Do you have a graphic pad? Something is interfering with the stream of data from the mouse. Try uninstalling all interface drivers, reboot your computer and let the system reinstall all drivers.

This may be a mouse surface detection problem. Are you using a mouse pad or the surface of your desk? Sometimes different surfaces can drive a mouse to skip some areas. This will result in really erratic behaviour. Just a suggestion.

I have submitted this to tech support but thought the rest of you may be interested in this situation. When turning a wall invisible, only the portion of the wall above the default floor elevation becomes invisible. Any portion of the wall below the default floor level remains visible. It would seem that this is not how previous versions behaved, as illustrated in a training video for version X9 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/323/creating-a-split-entry.html here is what it looks like in ver X9 Here are the results that I have observed in X11 For those of you that are interested in the project file, I have included it as submitted to tech support. Split Entry.zip

In the pictorial view, we are looking to the southeast. I suppose I could do this in two plans and then superimpose the existing grade in one plan over the historical grade in another plan. The top of the retaining wall would be a constant height over the existing grade while the bottom of the retaining wall followed the historical grade. so the top stays level, and the bottom is curved following the historical grade. The trick is, how to construct and model that wall. At its maximum height, it would be about 3' tall and at its shallowest height, about 1' tall. So how to model that changing wall height.

Joe, your plan sounds very interesting. Foundation => Level 0 => Ref Saved Foundation Basement => Level 1 => Ref Saved Basement First Floor => Level 2 => Ref Saved First Floor Is this it, the named views?

I have a very interesting challenge ahead of me. I am modelling a retaining wall that will have as its base a historical elevation of a paved walkway. The existing grade, a parking lot at the edge of a harbour, is gently sloping in two directions, a crown, running east and west, down the center of the parking lot and a slope that starts at the west along and north and south line that goes towards the east. There is also an east west line at the northern boundary that defines the edge of the parking lot and then sharply drops (at about a 26 degree slope) into the harbour. The length of the lot east to west is about 782' long. The historical grade had a saddleback droop at around the 400' mark about 24" deep. That saddle back is the base for the retaining wall that will run along the edge of the parking lot. Here is the question. How can I model two terrain surfaces at the same time? One that shows the existing grade and one that shows the historical grade?

Mike, your post is ambiguous because it is not clear if you are looking for help, or are offering to help others.

Joe, that is the strange part, Glulams are covered in the code, as are engineered I-joists. LVLs are stronger than regular lumber but you can't even use them without an engineer stamping the drawings AND making a report after a site visit after the install. My argument is that if the company provides an engineer certified span table, then a designer should be able to select that member and use it according to the manufacturer's recommendations.

Robert, Thank you, that was perfect! Joe, your panel was great as well, thank you.

A client wants to have a 16' wide by 7' high segmented roll-up garage door with glass lites similar to the ones that are typical in auto repair garages. I have searched and haven't found any. I remember someone posted a video on custom garage door panels but I can't find it. Does anyone have a link for that video?

Mick, thanks for the spelling error note!

I downloaded the plan and had a look at it. The Ontario Building Code requires that 5% of the floor space in a bedroom be unobstructed window opening. A window at the end of a hallway, such as in the dormer depicted would not qualify. I realize that you are not in Ontario, but all building codes have some very similar elements, and I would suggest you look into code requirements before going too far down the design path. The consequences of building something not code compliant can be very severe if anything goes wrong at a later date, or if the construction is flagged by a building inspector. Doing work without a building permit often attracts court action by the municipality, if not for the contractor, certainly for the homeowner. I am not implying that this is what you are doing, just offering some advice for those who are not familiar with the constraints imposed by building code and the municipalities who administer them.