HumbleChief

I also estimate jobs based on past experience and a 'feel' for the client and how much detail the project 'should' involve. I met with 2 younger clients today who wanted to leave the design almost completely up to me, which is red flag I won't fall for, but that let's me know they don't have too many absolute pictures in their heads and the proposal will reflect their attitude and the simple nature of the existing house. Another older client had a thousand ideas and was trying to decide between a modern design or Spanish Revival (still hasn't decided) and it was easy to see the design nightmare coming. Actually a job I didn't want so I added some extra $$ to cover the effort I could clearly see coming So basically I don't worry about a single design that might need more detailing and how to bill for those details. I try and get a feel for those needed details in advance and sometimes I'll lose a couple hours for the effort but mostly don't, and try and look at the bigger business picture including the designs where I do very well that seem to balance out those that may be a little less profitable.

Lane, try defining a wall type with "Framing" unchecked in the wall type dbx.

There's a bunch of vids relating to building with trusses. Well worth the time.

..or you can add an 'air gap' under the rafters in the roof structure dialog box. Curious, why would you want a space between the drywall and the rafters? How would you mount the drywall if not to the rafters? Might be missing something.

Nice Mick. Need to remember that pour number setting.

Grrr... I don't have the same work flow so not experiencing the same issues with any release but has to be frustrating. I'll still put the upgrade off for a little bit. Thanks for the reply.

Thanks P.

...kinda nervous to do so. Is it working OK if you have?

Didn't think about that Joe, but I do see a 'save in plan' option in Layout, mis-worded obviously.

..and see if the images have a 'save in plan' setting.

Gene, if you define the concrete floor as framing and 'hang from wall above ' it seems to build better/OK? Turn on auto build framing.

Yes the floor should stop at the inside face. I think it's called a bug. Did you send it into tech support.

Gene, try adding another layer to the concrete pony wall, seems to eliminate that bleed through of the foam layer.

...or might you create a small 2" "room" around the perimeter of the basement floor and define it as you'd like?

Apologies in advance as I'm not sure I understand the problem completely but does this setting help?

Maybe I was just lucky to find competent subs that could actually read a set of plans.

I'm curious, the roofers ask you how much roofing they need? And the flooring guys ask you how much flooring they need? I may be unique but if I'm a roofer or a flooring contractor I'm pretty sure I'd be more comfortable dong my own measuring for materials but if it works you and your guys then more power to you all.

Two things. My structural engineer sends me 24 x 36 PDF's with all the relevant notes, foundation, floor, roof plans and all relevant details. Nothing is exactly to scale as the dimensions for all plans are in the main floor plans and the PDF's are simply sent to a Layout page, aligned and printed. The other scenario with a civil may require a more accurate scale than the structural guy but any time someone is scaling a drawing to figure out measurement, it's not only frowned upon, but not scaling details was literally the first thing I learned about reading plans.

This is what I do with my structural sheets.

That's too funny Doug. I was thinking of it as a feature request too. It can be fixed with a new foundation wall but have no idea what's causing it. If the bedroom wall is disconnected from the garage wall the taper disappears. So somehow the interaction of that bedroom wall starts the taper down to nothing? Also if the room is not designated as a garage the taper goes away.

Go to the foundation level and run a new wall between the back of the garage and the laundry room. That should remove the taper but also go through all the room heights and floor heights. After that wall is placed make sure the laundry room 'foundation' ceiling/floor heights match the rest of the rooms. It looks like the foundation was drawn manually with your custom ICF walls? Not that there's anything wrong with that but If you check the kitchen structure tab there's a Build Foundation Below box that is not checked. Perhaps the smart guys will chime in with better advice/help.

From tech support; "I took a look at your video and was able to recreate the issue in a new plan. I did some digging and didn't find any reason for why this is happening, so I reported it to our development team. Unfortunately I don't have a solution for this at the moment, but I'll let you know what I learn from them. At the moment, your best option would likely be to adjust the wall framing manually if the wall framing juts up as it does in your video." I passed on Glenn's suggestion but again the wall setting is Stop At Ceiling Above not Stop At Ceiling Above If There's Enough Trusses to Do So. Thanks for the help and input.

Thank you Glenn. Yeah I see what you're saying and I think you are correct. Doesn't quite explain why the wall would build to different parts of the ceiling as it is moved through the room. along that single truss, correctly in the middle and incorrectly at the exterior walls with the single truss but maybe it just messes with Chief's brain a little. The complete set of trusses does seem to eliminate the problem. I'm still having a small issue with the original plan as it will not draw the cross section lines above the top plate but it's probably a layer issue. Thanks again. EDIT: The setting on the wall is Stop At Ceiling Above, not Stop At Ceiling Above If There's Enough Trusses to Do So. So if the setting is correct it should simply stop at the ceiling above but that doesn't work across the entire floor space unless there are trusses?

As can be seen in the attached pic there are trusses which requires a manually placed ceiling plane, and the video shows that the wall builds correctly up to the ceiling plane in certain areas, and there's an attached plan showing the condition. If I missed a step I would love to know what that might be. Curious, did you get a chance to try it? I sent it in to tech but as always it's nice to know if it's a common problem for other users.