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I've got a main house with concrete foundation walls and some 16 x 16 CMU piers here and there. I also have some 6 x 6 wood piers under a deck. The builder wants to change the wood deck piers to 24 x 24 brick piers with larger footings. I have already customized the framing for the deck and don't want it altered so have turned off auto-framing. I just got the terrain data and I'd like the piers/footings to conform to it, however I don't want to alter my deck or main house framing in any way. Do/can the pier footings work automatically independent of the framing? I am seeing that the piers and footings are now two separate items that can be opened. The footings allow me to specify distance from the terrain, but the piers have no such control - at least that I can find. Is it now necessary for me to manually size the piers? Thanks, Kevin

Eric - attached is the final plan with all the tricks/tips mentioned in this thread. Thanks to everyone for the help! CHF_TEST_Addition_06-27-20.zip

Works great. Thanks!

Clever! Do you happen to have a way around the post not centering on the wall when there are disparate thicknesses on either side. This beam not aligning is bothering me.

Got it. I was trying to find a button from within the editor DBX to delete. Taken care of now.

Aha... That said, I removed the siding on the one side at your recommendation and replaced with a polyline solid to cover the rim joist with siding on the exterior... Seems one workaround causes other problems... Thanks for you time today.

Steve - thanks for the input and file. I was just reading this thread over again as I was sure I missed something. This is definitely how I would build it, however, the client has other ideas.

I've noticed something about these newel posts that seems odd to me. They don't seem to line up with the framing. I can, of course, offset them by 1/4", but then they don't align with the beam above. Is this a bug? Plan attached. offset wall post.plan

I'd like to know about the newel posts too.

Thanks Mick. Will do! Kevin

Ryan - thanks for your input. Balcony is not working now either as the floor platform on the deck (or porch) is comprised of 2 x 8 floor joists. The main house has 2 x 10 floor joists. When you lower the porch by 2", the siding should line up due to the 2" difference in framing members. What actually occurs is shown in the attached illustration. There has got to be an easier way... I have attached the file in the above post, if you have time to take a look. Kevin

Thanks Mick. You read my mind. While you were typing, I was zipping this file. Kevin CHF_Haurand Addition_06-26-20.zip

Thanks Ryan. You're right. I guess I can just place my pier/footings manually which I intend to tweak anyway. Speaking of double or triple beams, do you actually draw those out individually? I am using a triple 2 x 10 beam and just drew it as a single member 4.5" thick with a custom label. I was curious how others do this. Kevin

Mick - are you saying untick "generate between platforms" and try the above method again? Kevin

Mick - I take that back. It does sorta' work, but my rim joist is poking through the siding. Thoughts on this?

Ryan - thanks. Changing to balcony works, but I lose my pier footings.

Thanks Mick. It's not my intention to monopolize your day, but glad you're around. That said, I used your steps above and it didn't work. When I unticked "railing", the siding went to the correct place and when I ticked it again, it jumped back up. Ideas?

Mick - you are correct. It did work. I had to set my interior/exterior materials to default. Must have gotten painted at one point. I'm getting there... I have a new issue (see attached). The siding needs to come down to meet the siding on the existing part of the house. The floor platform in the existing part of the house is comprised of 2 x 10's. The floor platform of the deck is using 2 x 8's. The deck is lowered 2", so that the siding will align. Do I need to fill this in manually? Or could there be a "tick" for this somewhere? I tried looking into the sill without any luck. I know this framing isn't conventional, but it's exactly what the builders wants as per our phone call a few minutes ago. Thanks again for the help, Kevin

Steve and Mick - thanks for the replies. I'm not sure why the siding isn't showing up. I'll post the wall type if I continue to have issues. That said - I'm not sure they will be building the structure as shown by Steve. I imagine the posts will extend all the way down to the floor platform and the siding will be attached to both sides at the bottom. Any ideas on how to do this? I know I can define the entire wall as a railing and choose "solid" for the lower portion, but this does not give me options to include the wall layers (i.e. - siding, OSB, housewrap). Any ideas?

I'm designing a porch where the client wants the lower 3' to be siding on both the interior and exterior walls. The upper section will be screen. I am attempting to do this by using a pony wall (at least this is my first thought). The siding will not show up on the lower section. Also, I am concerned that using this method, it won't frame properly as the wall structure is to be 4 x 4 posts to beam with the siding applied to the bottom portion over 7/16" OSB and a wall cap. I'm sure I'm going about this the wrong way. Any advice on how to make this type of wall? Thanks, Kevin

Thanks Michael!

Thanks Mick. Yes, it wasn't so bad, but sure would be nice to have that purge function. Kevin

Mick - thanks for the reply. The problem is I don't have any "good" plans. I have been setting up my default sets this week for various scales. I did notice that it wouldn't delete a default that was assigned to a set, however, that didn't help much as when you select all it wouldn't delete anything if just one of the items was assigned to a set. It sure would be nice to have a purge function for unused defaults.

Is there a quick way to purge all defaults that aren't part of a default set? Thanks, Kevin

Thanks David. Yes, I've concluded this could save me a lot of time. I appreciate the input. Kevin