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Perhaps I need to start another topic on joist hangers for ICF walls?
You have already answered my question to this original topic, boxing in ICF walls.
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solver,
I was able to replicate the enclosed ICF walls, based upon your guidance. Thank you.
What I am trying to design is an ICF home, but I am starting with the exterior wall along with the footer. But you stated that this is not the Chief way, and I don’t know what is. I thought starting with the exterior walls was the right approach.
My approach to modelling is the same as if the contractor was building it. Footers/piers and ICF wall (with window/door cut-outs), floor joists, subflooring, interior walls, roof trusses, roof, etc.
I guess I will have to watch more Chief videos to figure out the Chief way.
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I can't go to the materials list until I can get Chief to make an enclosed perimeter exterior ICF wall with a footer without making a monolithic slab.
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Chief should calculate the amount of concrete based upon the dimensions the end user entered for the exterior walls and footer and show in a table, somewhere, the required cubic feet. I’m learning Chief, a trial version for 30 days, and spending also 30 days to learn Softplan with its trial verson. Softplan does this with ease, as shown below, but I cannot figure it out in Chief. I want to design ICF homes, and I have to determine which software works the best. I like them both, and I’m not an expert in either one.
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For now, I’m just trying to create a simple 4-sided building as I showed in my first post, with a footer, and calculate the total amount of required concrete. Then, as I add windows and doors, etc., I should see the amount of concrete decrease (automatic update). I want to establish the methodology on how to do this in Chief. I have watched a lot of the online videos, but I didn’t see anything on how to do this.
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I should be able to sketch my ICF walls with the specified footer and calculate the total amount of required concrete. As of now, I don't see how to do that.
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That just doesn't make any sense. Why Chief would allow you to make the default settings, and then it doesn't work.
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That does not fix it.
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Thanks. I'm using Chief to evaluate it, as I want to design ICF homes, and it seems to have a lot more to offer when defining the ICF walls than what SoftPlan has to offer. I know Chief has a lot of training videos online, etc., and it will take some time to digest all of it. But I know the power of the forum to obtain quick responses, where it may take me several days to find it on my own researching through all the material.
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ICF Exterior Walls - Open and Boxed
in General Q & A
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This is why I'm researching Chief. I have to find a way to do this. I will start another topic. I have been watching training videos tonight for walls and foundations and floor joists, trying to figure out a way to make it all work together for ICF, because these isn't a specific video on how to do this. Thanks for all the input.