AKnightClark

Thank you again. If possible, I'm hoping for another assist. I'm 24 hours behind my print deadline, so the stress is probably blinding me from seeing the obvious. I seem to have one last issue with a ceiling or roof plane clipping the corners of 2 walls on the top floor (walls 4 & 11). The other rooms are fine. I compared the dialog box settings and see no differences. I read the support doc explaining the resolution, but I don't see an overlapping roof or ceiling plane in my view. I also confirmed ceiling/floor dimensions from room to room; all the same.

I am learning so very much. What a great community!

HURRICANE TOP.plan.zip

Genius! That's exactly right.

You, not me - Thank you!

Thankful for the experienced users who might be willing to look at this file and troubleshoot for me. I have an exterior wall that is visible in all plan views and 3D perspectives, but not in any framing views. When selected, in working plan view for example, the wall dialog indicates that it is, indeed present and a 6" continuous insulated wall. I deleted and rebuilt the framing. I tried using auto rebuild and turning it off; still no framing appears. I've spent hours playing with it, and am at a loss. It is very likely user error, but I can't find it to save my life.
 

With gratitude for the time taken from your busy schedules!

HURRICANE TOP.plan.zip

2 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

It appears you have made the Floor a 4" Slab for level one ( good) but have not created the Foundation Level (0)

which will give you the walls shown in the Stepped Foundation Article. 

 

Have you begun working through the Tutorial Guide? ( see Help Menu if not )  see page 49 for the basic technique

to build the Stem walls.

 

Mick.

PERFECT! Simple solution once you provided the concept for me to search. Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.

9 hours ago, solver said:

Thank you for your reply. The signature suggestion was helpful.

 

“Instead of focusing on solving specific problems, try to learn how the software works in a general sense.”

I believe I am doing well in the 2 weeks I’ve had the program; watching many, many videos and reading the instructions. However, I’m still unclear if there is a specific order to watching the videos that would be more of a chronological lesson. Do you have a suggestion for this? 

 

“When you build a foundation, review the options and settings. It should be obvious what to choose.”

Respectfully, it may be obvious to others, but I wouldn’t ask if it were obvious to me. I’ve watched the videos for basic walls, basic foundations, sloped terrain, stepped foundations. None of those include instruction on this point.  Can you offer a tip or starting point?

Brand new user here! First question: Is there a specific order in which the tutorial videos should be watched to learn with a better A to Z process? I'm watching a ton, but they are not in a helpful order, so I'm taking 2 steps forward, 3 steps back, making error that I have to correct, etc.

As for this particular topic, are there specific tutorials for creating a slab foundation that extends over a sloped terrain? I'm looking to make the footers, foundation walls, and slab. I've attached a screenshot from a CA video (unrelated) that shows the end result I'm looking for, as well as my work showing a floating slab.