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Here in Indiana the "solid L-Block" was very common...for years. However, with the proliferation of concrete pump trucks and eliminating the sand, mortar, block delivery and the scheduling of a block mason to build a crawl...almost every foundation here in central Indiana is constructed with poured in place concrete. It's faster, stronger and you eliminate a lot of waste and save a ton of scheduling/build time. Foundation Example:

Just a guess as I’m not near a computer. The size of the mudsill is controlled by the foundation wall. I bet it’s specified as 5.5”…probably need to make it 3.5”

Oh - another post on the same topic. Maybe I was snoozing…

Nope - please point me to the plan.

Did I miss something? Was a plan posted?

Post a plan…we are all guessing

In your elevation view, select the trim object, open it for specification (little door in bottom toolbar) and find out what layer this piece of trim is on...or, just click the object in elevation and look at the very bottom of your screen...Chief will tell you what layer an object is on. Then go to your plan view...and open the layerset and make sure the layer is turned on. Layer Example.zip

This video might help you.

@Alaskan_Son - nice tip. Take mouse...beat Chief into submission.

Jonathon - the key to get Chief to build an energy heel is to enter a positive "raise off plate" value in the "build roof" dialogue box...of at least 7". Otherwise...you will not get an energy heel truss.

Just draw a wall, put it on the attic layer...or any layer that you can turn off. Don't make it an "attic wall". You might start by pulling the roof to the wall above...that might be most of the problem...

Put a wall like Joey said under the wall above...and place it on a layer you can turn off. Then...pull your roof up against the wall above...it's about an inch away. You should also create a Saved Plan View just to see your "roof plan". It'll make you work much easier...

I don't see the problem really...

Modify your wall definition...

I’ve done a number of videos on porches...

Railing wall - post to beam. Specify the beam size in the rails tab of the railing wall specification dialogue box. You can choose a newel post (column) also...or set newel size to zero and manually place column symbols.

Thanks for that tip Ryan...I thought that was the case but I was attempting to do it above a railing wall...and the ceiling plane "roof cuts at bottom" does not work. See attached. I'll have to use standard walls and set to "roof cuts at bottom"...then add my railings as "no locate"...or, possibly I may have to use a symbol.

@rgardner - yea, I tried using a roof to create the sloping ceiling. Doesn’t work. I have a 2nd roof above the roof I’m trying to use as a ceiling. When you check roof cuts wall at bottom it places the walls above the upper roof.

Here's another picture to help explain my dilemma...

Create a custom layer set... In my example every layer is turned off except "foundation walls", "foundation" and "footings"... Create this layer set in your template and you can use it in your elevation views...or your 3D views. This took less than 2 minutes to create...

What I'm attempting to do is to use a roof truss to create this single plane roof...and have the truss extend out over the porch with a sloping bottom...basically extending the ceiling plane that is inside the home continuously through the porch ceiling. Structurally the truss will need some depth between the roof plane and ceiling plane to work...and the bottom chord will have a pitch to it. Is there any way to get the bottom of the walls to follow the pitch of the ceiling? Example plan attached. Ceiling Plane Test Plan.plan

@406builder - Also, why are your foundations walls specified as "siding-6". It appears you painted the walls with "concrete". You really should not do this...unless you really want your foundation wall constructed with wood. If you want a concrete foundation walls you should specify a masonry wall type for the "foundation" in your defaults. The quickest way to get to your wall defaults is to "double click" the wall icon in your toolbar...this will open "wall defaults"... Or...you can click the "wrench icon" located on your top toolbar somewhere...this will open all defaults, navigate to foundation and the "edit default foundation wall"...

Actually...I was wrong. You can control the wall fill color by the layer. @LevisL posted the correct answer above. I never used that feature and forgot where it was buried. So...create layer sets with varying color of "walls, normal" and assign the fill to "use layer color"...and you are all set. Each plan view can have it's own layer color....and you can create any type of view you'd want.

@schaeffwes - like this? I've used the main layer only...turned off casing. Everything is "black". Arial for the room label font. You could probably create a "plan view" to give you this exactly. Of course...you cannot change/control the wall fill. It's either on or off. Just FYI...you can also turn off the window labels...I just forgot to do it.

Or...use two solids. One for the wall...and another for the sloped ceiling. Takes 3 min. If that... I doubt Chief is going to give us the tool you are asking for...when they've already given us tools to get around not having a tool that just does it all for us. That said...as you all know...I want the stair tool completely re-worked so that we have complete control over 90% of every component in a stair. I know...dream on.