HumbleChief

Larry, Sometimes Basement Foundations are built with Footing Walls and the Slab is poured later after appropriate gravel and sand fill has been placed.

 

I rarely get to use a MonoSlab up at Big Bear - but "Walk-out Basements" are common on severely sloped sites.  Also, the footings are very often required to be offset and keyed to act as retaining wall footings.

Yup, do you think that's what Sherry is asking for?

A footing in a basement without a slab? Huh? What would you walk on? A wooden floor? Wood on piers? Genuinely confused.

I guess you could try and define the slab as air space, and that might show only the footings and then you can walk on the dirt floor of the basement? Sorry for the snark Sherry but I don't understand but it is late so it might be something simple I'm missing.

Oh wait, a footing with a separate slab poured later? That could work. Is that what you mean?

See if this helps. Lot easier in practice than in theory.

http://www.screencast.com/t/MCzcZa1wvV

Haven't seen that either Alan.

Roof framing - rafters end up on 'framing, roof rafters' layer.

In this pretty unique situation I want most of the many, many, rafters to be grayed out to show existing framing below, with the new rafters darker to show new framing above AND I want the new rafters on a different layer.

Almost done manually making the changes by manually selecting the roof rafters and changing layers. but any auto framing gets me right back to black on black rafters every where.

Was wondering if one could send all roof rafters to a pre-selected layer? Or certain roof plane framing to another pre-selected layer?

The new features in X7 over X6 makes it a keeper for me. Yes there seems to be a few situations where things appear a bit sluggish but it's no deal breaker.

+1

I started up X6 the other day and noticed a general crispness that X7 is missing. I just shut it down and am taking my medicine with X7, Not happy but not that disappointed in the current X7 speed.

Larry,

 

In the Ceiling Finish change the 0 thickness layer to your t&g

Deleted that layer Joe, thanks - sometimes the forest for the trees etc, etc, Much appreciated.

Trying to get a t&g finish on a vaulted ceiling. I know it's simple. Thanks in advance

http://www.screencast.com/t/GY4pnR1Mtf

NAH, just keep banging your head against the wall.  It feels SO GODD when you stop!  ;o)

Funny Dennis!

Larry,

 

I would just do this manually.  Once you have the Floor Joists it's fairly easy to add the beams and Posts with Piers.  I think there are just too many variables for Chief to do this with any degree of accuracy.

Thought so - Thanks for confirming this Joe - appreciate your time.

This is all could find on the web - in the OLD forum - are there any new tools or is it done manually as this old thread suggests? Checked all the tutorials and every Chief source I could find. Thanks for any help.

http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?17306-first-time-creating-a-crawl-space

I like to use invisible walls on the second floor to accomplish this.

You'll need to delete the baseboard from he room created by your invisible walls if that is how you plan to detail the finishes.

Tried it - like it.

Bad picture but it's a pretty typical crawl space with posts (6 ft. O.C.) and beams on piers. Can Chief do it all? Or do I need to build the 2 X 6 framing and manually place the piers/footings/beams?

PDF-Exchange Viewer another freebee I've used for years  http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

FAR. Gross floor area all floors - plus garage area - in San diego.

Lot coverage - all structures, patios covers etc. Not driveways parking pads - City of Coronado.

I believe that this could explain why some users are reporting that the terrain is not updating automatically when it should.

I think the terrain is updating OK - it's just that the contours aren't updating without a 3D view being open..

It was meant to address this assertion.

Many of us have had this happen and I don't think there's any way the tech guys at Chief are going to be able to reproduce this but here's a Layout that didn't update and the simple (but shouldn't be necessary) fix.

http://www.screencast.com/t/08zyXNMQaHIs

When it stops rebuilding the terrain (and it won't be easy to convince anyone that this actually happens until it happens to them) pressing the rebuild terrain button does not rebuild the terrain. When it decides to stop re-building it just stops rebuilding. Again I think you have to see it in person to really get the phenomenon. If I find it happen again I'll record it.

Glenn, Check the video at the 5:00 minute mark to see the terrain fail to re-draw. I've had this happen without a crash as well and always with the 3D view open as that's the only way I can tell if the terrain is changing or not. It's random and rare but I've had it happen twice that I can remember.

http://www.screencast.com/t/3Ek3wjToLptQ

Curt, is there any chance you could post a pic of one of your (floor) plans? I would love to see your ideas implemented.

 

Thanks

I'm interested too Curt. Thanks in advance.

Easy to do as Curt, Joe and Alan suggest.

http://www.screencast.com/t/Hts8zoQvM

He does talk a little weird, but never misses a Chief fix. Scott did ask for a guru, I think Glenn fits the bill.

Weird.

Larry,

 

I didn't get any sound on the 2 videos you posted.

Yeah, Sorry had to get rid of those, too early for my brain. I found some terrain data after deleting the elvation. Didn't seem like it belonged there. Is that normal? Or should the perimeter, without regions always be void of terrain data contour lines?