TonyMM

Hi there, 

Update on this issue is that it had something to do with my monitor. I closed the program, disconnected the monitor from my laptop, relaunched the program and the issue fixed itself. 

It issue resurfaced the next time I plugged in my monitor and I was able to resolve the issue again by closing, disconnecting and launching again. 

All is good, client is happy.

Just to close this topic;

After much tinkering, I realized that the scale of the concrete fill was too large and once I reduced the scale it was able to show. 

Suprisingly simple.......

Hey guys, 

Yesterday I uploaded PDFs onto my layout and it worked wonderfully.

After re-opening the program today the pdf's have resized themselves only showing half of each page. 

Even if I delete them and re-upload the issue wont go away. 

Any ideas?

Thanks. 

I'm using X10. 

Hi there, 

I am needing to show the hold downs on the foundation page. I can add them manually in Layout but it would be nice if there was a way to be able to have them automatically show up on the Foundation layer from the Framing Layer. Any ideas? 

3 hours ago, tommy1 said:

Just a side note after looking at your plan. You might want to check with local codes and a local engineer. That foundation wouldn't pass here in Houston. The spans for the interior beams to the perimeter grade beams are too far apart. If the interior beams stop in the middle of the slab as shown, you might need to have piers. I've never done or seen interior beams stop like that but I know things are different from place to place. I don't know soil conditions or slab thickness.

The interior footings were automatic due to carrying load bearing walls. And yes, this plan was sent off yesterday to structural. Soil conditions are perfect for growing grapes! Haha. 

14 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

I could also suggest that there are too many dimensions here. For example, dimensions between footings at the interior slab are odd, as they may cause the footing dimension to be off.  (Usually the footing width is the critical dimension.) If you were to only use critical dimensions -- mostly on the outside of the slab -- the drawing would be a lot cleaner.

I agree, our Planning Director here in Sonoma seems to be trying to meet a quota of added nonsense each year. 

Thanks everyone. To note, its a slab foundation. Stem walls shade quite easily in CA. The questions lies around adding color to the footings of the slab foundation. I'll try the techniques given above. Thanks for the input. 

33 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Yes that is a little bland.  You could manually add a colored fill pattern by drawing a polyline solid with a couple of polyline solid holes and then convert to plain polyline when you are done.

Do you think it would be best to do this in Layout or Plan?

Hey all,

I'm having trouble figuring out how to add some color detail into the footings of my slab foundation similar to how you can add color to a stem wall. 

Is it even possible? The foundation plan is too minimal for my liking. Thanks for the help. 

CA X10