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I really appreciate the video. Most of my jobs are on fairly level ground and the grade in the foundation area is typically about 12" (give or take) lower that the outside grade so your method wont work for me. However I'm now wondering if the grade inside the foundation area can be different than the rest of the grade around the house. If not maybe CA can add that as we have spoken in earlier post.

Ok, so I get no locate. But why is there a layer with a color and a line for it?

I put a number one line weight on a cade line with another one next to it in grey (one line grey and one line black) and it printed out one in grey and one in black. Then I unchecked "print in color" and they both printed in black. So its all working with me and im running X7

This sound like a dumb blonde but here my question; If I draw a wall and then check the invisible box in the dbx it used to change to an invisible wall with a dashed line. With X7 it doesn't do that anymore. The layer doesn't even change. Does anyone know why they even have the invisible check box anymore or am I doing something wrong? I just don't get the whole invisible wall thing anymore and I don't understand the "no locate" (what it is) and why it has a layer. What does it locate and how can you see it? Where is it and what is it and how can you locate it if you don't know what your looking for? Cant find any information that explains it. :wacko:

When I have an invisible wall and I want to put a regular wall or half wall through it I notice it brakes the wall up or stops and starts each side of the invisible wall. Do I have any options with that? Is there an ignore wall easy button or pass thru wall check box or something?

Any wood (post or sill plate) has to be at least 8" above grade by code requirements. There are other rule's to follows if there is a concrete slab around it and you have good drainage. Does that answer your question?

Chief has come a long way with framing. The tuff part is getting all the setting right in the dbx's.

Thank you! I will take that as a compliment. Soooo much to learn Just send me the royalty check! What's 50% of "0"?

That's the problem. I have a hard time remembering how I do things.

Here is my video to show you guys my method. Thanks to our team effort. http://screencast.com/t/5DEwiGV7p3j1

The terrain is set for elevation around the outside of the building. What I am talking about is what's on the inside of the foundation walls or room. I think you are miss understanding what I am trying to do here. The grade within the foundation room is what I am trying to control independent of the terrain. Perry, do you agree?

If you can choose between having the slab floor or a grade line that would be good.

I'm with you on this foundation dbx. I think I get it all figured out and something else comes up to confuse me. But you and Glenn have both helped me to better under stand it. I think the biggest thing is understanding what floor you need to be on when you are making changes. Also understanding where you need to be making changes to what I call now "The Big Three" (floor, foundation & framing) in your defaults. Another think that is confusing at time is in the "Room Specification" dbx under the floor section. The three items in the attached picture. With that said, all these things have to work together and has to be done in a certain sequence or it wont work. Too much for my little pea brain to remember so I might have to start writing things down,

I was assuming when you first posted that maybe you were coming up with some genius technique to do something with joist to help manipulate the framing for better use for beams or something. But then it sort of went know where. My expectations of your work is very high so I felt a little let down But your still one of my hero's in the forum

Thank you Jon that did the trick. And thank you Joe for the nice shower building demonstration you did. This is the result.

Can anyone tell me how to remove the base boards on the shower walls only and not the rest of the room? The inside is easy because its the whole room but what about the outside?

Thank You Glenn, I wonder if their way of thinking was that without the 4" thick floor that it would be figured from grade level? There may be a purpose for doing it that way that may affect another part of the program. As long as I understand it and it works that's all that matters at this time. I have a lot better understanding of foundations now though.

Are You Serious! Really! Are we over thinking here? Do you have nothing better to do? I mean, what brought all this up? is there a valid point that you are trying to make?

Your welcome! Glad I could help.

Uncheck the show lower floor in the camera defaults.

I think I may have confused this post by the name. I should have titled it "Girder piers with post" instead of "Grade beams on piers". My Bad, Sorry guy's

What I sent on the picture is what I wanted to do. Got it figured out. Thank you and I look forward to our next goto meeting.

I think I'm more confused now. Your welcome to do a video for me to explain it.

Larry you helped me a lot. Check out this video http://screencast.com/t/quqjdcyYYrlL Also here is a picture below with my final result. Just what I was after.

Yes that is why I posted the second question because I figured that part out. Thank You