SH_Canada

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  1. good question, normally there is only one stair case and the one end wraps around. Fortunately the engineer caught it, it came back from the engineer with no wall either. but, he tied it in with the concrete steps which are then tied into the wall This is an interesting thing which is done here. it is technically not a foundation wall, but a retaining wall. The other thing is the basement frost wall ends at the bottom of the stair, but no one seems to require it get extended down (as now the frost wall is only 8 inches below the open air) when adding these types of entrances.
  2. Fire rules require a roof over an exit staircase where there is a window above. For the attached, this means I need a roof over part of my "room" (not the landing, and not the left hand side staircase currently these two staircases are in one midget room, where the room height is the height of the retaining wall. so i cant just put a roof on So if I want to put a shed roof on the right hand staircase, what do you think is the best option? split the room and then do a pony wall with a railing, and I should be able to get the railing post at each end automagically? other option, put a roof on manually and raise the Z, put in two posts and a beam manually Is there anyway that the roof would just autobuild with a beam, or is that the responsibility of the wall? Maybe put in a wide window and hide the window layer, using the header as a beam? I also need the 4x4 posts (that hold up the roof) to sit on the inside of the retaining wall to ensure setbacks can be met. (It will be really tight) .so if this can be done automatgically that would be preferred I cant be the first to be doing this. I did a caport a few months ago which was similar, but there was a lot of manual work. As a bonus question, if you looks at the second screenshot below the footing stops short of the foundation wall where the stair is, is there a setting to get it to stop at the same place and/or extend past the foundation x inches? Thanks
  3. NVDIA search seems a little broken. If I select Win 10, no results per below, change to Win 11 I get the result above, and it notes the driver is good for Win 10 64bit. QA guy must be on vacation
  4. hmmm, there is no ceiling specified in the dbx (probably was originally when I drew the room):. how does one delete it? The 3d shows the room the desired height...to top of retaining wall. I cannot seem to be able to select it even if I move the wall up or if I go to 3d framing set and remove the framing. still cannot select it. Is there a trick to this?
  5. Furred foundation wall. I tried changing doors, no difference. would not be a problem except it shows in elevation zsolt.plan
  6. I would suggest that is only the case where there is an alternate structural component not taken into consideration by the design. For instance here there are rules for masonry finishes which are not supported by the foundation. I do not see how it could be careless to follow those rules. In general here engineers care about how it gets built, and here if the engineer says it is OK, that is the last word. And pretty much anything can be engineered outside if the foundation wall
  7. CA no likely the region distribute for the trees
  8. yeah i watched a few videos this afternoon on it, thats what I figure the finalist may have used. created a region and then carpet bombed it with minishrubs via distribute region
  9. doing a mini subdivision and well the grass leaves something to be desired Looking through the forums I saw something a few years ago on bump maps but no details and nothing in the doc I see one of the finmalists has some fairly good looking terrain. I think maybe he/she spread lots of short shrubs or something 2021 Chief Architect Design of the Year Contest Finalists | ChiefBlog this is what I have so far ...needs some work
  10. May I ask how you got the ladder to show
  11. yes it is up to date, let me send to support. thanks for verifying replication of the issue
  12. looks like the tree is not 3 d, maybe I need a differenmt tree? its like it is a paper cutout. it spins around as i move the ortho camera
  13. i tried the materials list for the first time last month for a covered deck, and it included everything. I used a polyline to identify the area (as it was an addition), and then created the materials list from it.
  14. any idea how to get it to show: plan view: vector view (shows light blue) standard view (its there, just green). same layer set (all i did was edit the camera and change form vector to standard) perspective pbr (its there just green) thanks hard to show a lake that is green
  15. I dont see one. if not, is there a better way than 2:12 ---->, other than a CAD?
  16. it's even 22', field cutable to size. very nice product. good to know if only there were beams one could put ductwork through all bulkheads could be eliminated
  17. just have to add another riser or two. I have not yet seen one at 11-7/8 tall. but they are slick for mechanical, plumbing
  18. this is done all the time in canadaland. furnace in the basement. bulkheads sometimes, 5" ductwork in the joist cavities. cold air return in joist, interior wall cavity