AndrewSopher

Did you put the foundation on level 0 and the lower level/exposure on level 1?

My handle is drews2525, but I wasn't part of the VIP section. I will have to join that at some point first.

I am a member on your discord. Where do I find the foundation video?

I do highly complex custom homes in Wisconsin, so a lot of houses have a full or half exposure basement. If you say have a half or full exposure basement, can you still have foundation on level 0 and the walkout/half exposure on floor 1? Is there a video reference of this somewhere? Right now I have it all on floor zero and it works pretty well for the most part but I am always looking to make improvements. Thanks.

I 100% agree. Because of the time I have invested in Chief I will remain with it for the foreseeable future, but do not get me wrong I am always looking for another software because I need more customization without doing silly workarounds. Chief has a good start on a lot of tools but they a lot of them need a big overhaul (windows, doors, stairs, deck, porches, foundation walls, roof eave/flush eave, small wall connections). Wish we could lean more into those tools/settings and less into the rendering and cabinets. I have made a lot of suggestions but it seems they do not listen to them.

Thank you. Must be something on my end. Appreciate the response.

I thought Chief had fixed the brick ledge/exterior wall material extensions/depth in x15. I cannot get them to work if they are in a pony wall. Example: I have real stone wainscoting with stucco above (pony wall) and a standard 9' foundation below and I want my brick ledge depth to be 24'' (where I want the grade to be). Is this a bug or not?

I have had this issue in multiple instances while in elevation view. It is like it does not want to stay snap onto the object and wants a skew angle.

Yes, that is correct. The brick ledge does not generate when I use a pony wall. This is essentially what I am trying to achieve.

Hello, I have been working on a plan and have a walkout basement that is a 2x6 wall with 5'' stone. When I create the foundation pony wall with stone or brick I cannot get the program to properly use the brick ledge function. I have even tested it out in a completely new plan and it seems that when there is a pony wall in the foundation Chief will not generate the brick ledge (in this case I want it to be 8''). I know I can auto detail cross sections and get it to look correct but on the elevations they are not (and if I lower the pony wall 8'' then it moves the whole framed wall 8'' and not just the brick ledge. Has anyone ran into this problem or have a solution? Thanks!

Thank you, I could see that, its hard to tell with just a picture but I appreciate your input.

Thanks so much for sharing, I will take what you said into account for matching eave and fascia heights!

I see what you mean, I talked to our other designer and he said he cheats a little bit with that overhang and keeps the heel heights at 12'' and 24'' and they make a field adjustment so the fascia and sub fascia matches up. Is that what you would do or have done in the past?

I did this out on cad showing the heel heights of the 4/12 and 12/12 roof pitch. The other designer I work with uses auto cad and also did the same thing to for his heel heights, not sure where I went wrong?

I see the 1'6'' above, interesting, so the bug is that the fascia board is going 3/16'' into the roof sheathing?

So the heel height is correct for 12 and 24 and this is more of a bug ?

Yes, I am measuring to the sub fascia. So the reason it is off is because chief is calculating to the thickness of the fascia for the overhang ?

What would you do for a solution? I want the heels to be a friendly number? Is there really a solution to this ?

That must be it!

I do it in the baseline height (but before I do it I make sure ahead of time that my roof dialogues are set up for trusses and not rafters). But I take the top plate in this case 218 7/8+12'' heel. And then 218 7/8+24'' heel for the 12/12 pitch. This almost always works out for the most part but it isn't in this case which is confusing.

Yes, I definitely see what you are saying. But I guess what I am getting at is the fascia lines should match up with those heel heights unless I am missing something? I definitely could be wrong though!

I am not sure if this is a bug but I wanted to see if anyone else is running into this same problem. I want my fascia lines to match up on varying roof pitches. My 4/12 pitch is set for a 12'' heel. The 12/12 pitch should have the same fascia lines with a 24'' heel (assuming they are both 1'6'' overhangs). My roof lines look good on the floor plan but when I take elevations you can see very slightly that the 4/12 pitch fascia line is 3/16'' lower than the 12/12 pitch. The fascia and sub fascia's of the roof planes are both the same and so is the roof overhangs. I worked out the math with Cad lines so I know the heel heights are correct. Does anyone have any solutions to this or did I miss something with my math?

Thanks so much!

I am simply asking for a guess. I had my guess so I was hoping to get some more input. No need to be rude about it.

Thank you! So how do you think they achieved the recessed part of it?