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Well, it didn't work for me and I can't figure out why? I set the heights in the existing foyer the way it appears you have them set in the file you did. Then the existing santuary and set the height there..... and the same for the expansion............ but I didn't get the same results! What am I doing wrong? The floor in the area circles should be 32" higher. PLC ADDITION.plan

Stephen, this appears to be what I need. I will see if I can get it to work for me. I attempted the operation before and thought I was lowering the floor but perhaps not. My previous operations kept increasing the room height not lowering the floor. Thanks.

Drawing the ramp on the exterior is no problem but it ought to be simpler to draw the sloped floor?

Concrete on fill. With a CMU stem wall all the way around.

My idea didn't work, and lowering the floor how? I changed the stem wall to 16" but that just raised the footings in that area. I opened the structure tab but changing heights in that only raised the ceiling 16". :-(

I couldn't get that the work first go. I have an idea and will try it again.

The room is rectangular.

So. I am not able to model the sloped floor using the ramp tool. First ,setting the height to start at the height of the adjoining areas vs setting the height of the lower floor should allow me to start the ramp at the top height and draw it holding down the right button and dragging to the lower end, but that didn't give me the desired results. Some how I have to show the starting floor at the higher of the two elevations, and the sloped floor at the lower of the two elevations before drawing the ramp down. HELPPP! please

I watched the video I mentioned and it IS great for exterior ramps. It doesn't address my particular situation. So, If I am to use the ramp tool to create the sloped floor, I can't find a way in either the room default, or the edit>tools>default>rooms>floor to slope it. Before I attempt it, do I just go to the room default>floor and uncheck all tabs to do with the floor structure and then use the ramp tool inside the room to model the ramp? I can give that idea a try.

I am starting the construction drawings after we received approval by the Environmental department to proceed. I need help / advise on the best way to model the floor slope of the existing sanctuary. The main building (as built) is approximately 32" above finished grade. The area I have "X"'d in the snip is at 32" above finished grade. The area (depicted by the arrow) of the existing sanctuary is approximately 16" above finished grade. I need to model a raised platform on the end of the new addition. I'll address that later. The addition will start at that FF grade and remain level. I'm watching the Stairs and Ramps video (for exteriors & Decks) which I assume would be applicable to my build, but any additional advice is appreciated. ADDITION TO PLC.zip

Mark, thanks for the video, however there was background noise so that I could not understand what you were saying. I did attempt the changes, which seemed to make it work. After looking at results again, the wife decided she now wants the porch deeper (extending it further toward the drive) and that's fine except when I made the new changes in depth the entire porch went "wonky" and after several attempts I'm right back with a dys-functional drawing and the contractor is asking for the update for pricing.  NEW FRONT PORCH ADDITION 1256 BLOOMERY ROAD.plan

Thanks, Mark. I'd like to know the steps you took to fix it? I've tried everything I could think of.

Bob, is there a Tutorial on how to use it with Chief.

You said: First thing I did was make sure the heights are matching for the Porch / Open to Below, as well as the floor finish / structure. Uncheck Sil Plate in the railing specifications. Did you uncheck sill plate because you did a concrete slab and foundation? My build is deck construction of 2X8, 1" decking, with piers and post foundatiion.

Angela, that does look better than what I've be able to do so far. Not sure how you got it to this point, I can't open the file, as I am running X12 not worth the cost to upgrade, but thanks!