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Totally agree. I have a shotgun house right now that will not fit on 24x36 at 1/4"=1'-0".

Think i may change it back to the way you guys do it and myself in the past. I have a sample set of plans from an architect that used the compass but the building is in a true NSEW position on a map so it made it easy for that project.

So, im trying to explain my understanding of compass rose on plans to my client. He is confused. No matter the orientation of the building on a world map, the compass rose always has north at top on the plans right? Thus the front of the home is south elevation, rear is north, left side is west and right side east. Am i correct? This is why i love front elevation, rear elevation, left elevation, and right elevation lol. It dumbs it down for everyone.

thanks guys, i will let you know what i find out. i sent my sketch to the builder. i'm anxious to hear his reply on how this is done. i probably should have mentioned that this all started from the front porch being raised 20" and his suggestion of this type of slab. the 24" would create the 4" step up into the home.

you know, the more i look at my detail, what are you really saving on money wise? essentially you are doing the same type of foundation as a stem wall just more meat in the chamfer. am i correct?

i sketched this up. i wonder if this is the technique? 24 POUR.pdf

is anyone familiar with a 24" mono slab pour? typically they are 4" with footings. the builder for my client said it's cheaper to take out my stem walls and make it 24" slab. that sounds like a crap ton of concrete to me. anyone got a detail or pic of what he is talking about?

very informative posts here. thanks

Couldnt find the archive but i did end up redrawing the details. Leason learned. Alaskan, care to fill me in on how to create a cad details plan?

lol, i agree......just learned another thing the hard way. i had all my wall section cad details in my foundation level. i deleted the foundation and rebuilt and bam, all my details are gone. seriously pissed right now. thanks for the feedback on the OP guys.

guys, during the design process of a project is there a command to update the drawing (besides saving) and even cleanup overlapping cad lines? i spend a lot of time tweaking things and uneccessary things can end up in the model. how do you guys handle this? i ask this because i know autocad can detect overlapping lines and such.

Thanks guys, just wanted to make sure i dimension it right for the builder and avoid confusion. I understand wall definitions better now. Totally overlooked that box telling it where to dimension too.

alaskan, i copied a wall type and revised it to my needs so that is probably where i got the layers wrong.

10-4.........will do. thanks guys

well, i was just asked by the client to use block walls and here are my settings i made.

Since the brick goes up after the walls are framed and there is an air gap between the wall and brick, this is why it dimensions like this?

I am away from my desk so I am attaching sketches on post its. Is it common practice AND why does chief default to dimensioning slabs with brick ledges as shown? (Outer edge of exterior stud) Wouldn't the overall dimension including the brick ledges be correct? I have to manually add the 5" ledge dims just so you know. I use auto exterior dims.

thanks guys, both ways worked.

happy new year people! so, let's take this back to the basics. i want to create a 4" cmu block. i hatch it, the holes aren't subtracted. these are just polylines. how do the holes gets subtracted?

I asked this same question recently and apparently there isn't a way. I was asking for wall sections. What you may can do is insert a cad block from the library, explode it and use what you need. Thats what i did and it worked great.

i have spent the last several nights practicing cad work in CA. it's fairly simple. I guess i was figuring chief was way more advanced enough to cut down on manual drafting details but i get it now. cool......i just may can cancel my subscription to autocad for all my details i normally draw in it. i'm honored to have had my compass rose used as a demo, lol.

Alaskan, they have the north symbols in the library but i didnt see one with N,S,E,W. My questions are definitely getting answered tho because im finding out by these replies that some things will just have to be drawn manually. Good info

Looking at it now thanks chop

In a layout. When i hear the word macros i know its above my skill level. Lol

Dang, so what i posted u have to create manually?