Jambruins

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  1. I am trying to design a house that will have 12' tall studs and the floor joists will be installed so the bottom of the floor joist is at the 8' height. The stud wall will extend up 3' above the floor joist to provide a knee wall for the 2nd story loft. 

     

    How do I create this look in chief architect?

     

    Attached is a section of the house showing what I am trying to do.

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  2. Is there a way to adjust the distance the floor joists overlap each other over a wall. I know I can do it manually but is there a setting somewhere that I can adjust? Under the framing defaults there is the option to have the joists lap or butt over support but I don't see anywhere to change the lap distance. 

  3. I get a lot of clients who want a gable roof in the middle portion of the house and a hip roof on the left and right side of the house (see attached picture). Disregard the messed up beams/windows/etc. I just added the picture to show how the roof needs to look. 

     

    I have always manually modified the middle portion of the house to get the gable roof but is there a way use auto roofs to do it?

     

    My plan is attached.

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    house.zip

  4. Attached is my plan. There will be a frost wall poured for the house and the porch. My auto foundation is putting the foundation wall centered under the wall that separates the house from the porch. I would like to outside of the foundation wall to be aligned with the outside of the house wall. 

     

    Is there a way to do this and keep auto foundation on or do I just need to manually move the wall?

     

    I am using Chief Architect Premier X15

    house.zip

  5. I need a foundation with a 5'-1/2" tall frost wall (4' below grade and 12" above grade with a 1.5" sill plate) and the slab 12" below the top of frost wall. 

     

    In my foundation defaults I have the stem wall minimum height set to 61 1/2".

     

    However, it is putting my slab on top of the frost wall.

     

    How do I get it to be 12" below the top of frost wall?

  6. I would like to keep auto roofs on but I can't figure out how to make the roof look right. The screen porch side looks right but the left side of the house is all messed up. I would like the main roof to be a 6:12 pitch, the porch roofs to be 3:12 and the center gable roof to be 8:12.

     

    Thank you for the help. 

    house.zip

  7. Attached is my plan.  I would like to have the first two treads wider but not with a circular end. I also do not want the railing on the bottom stairs. The railing should start at the landing where the stairs continue up to the 2nd floor. I also attached a picture with some green lines showing where I want the railing.

     

    Thank you for the help.

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    house.zip