madcowscarnival

A follow up for when I search this in the future. I was able to edit the pony wall height in elevation, rather than the dialog box, and it appears to be "sticking" for now. I'm not building framing or anything like that, so don't know if this is anything other than appearance only.

PitMan, thanks for the reply. Did some searching with that language, looks like that's something added in a later version than what I have. Appreciate it though.

I'm trying to create a drawing for as-built conditions. One side a framed wall is set on a concrete stem wall ~80" above grade. About half way along its length the concrete stem wall drops to 36" above grade. CA works fine when one side is pony wall conditions and the next is full height framed. But, as soon as I change that next wall to a pony wall it automatically merges both walls and makes the lower wall height the same along the full length when I close the dialog box. I'm sure this is something I can turn off, but I don't know "what" to call it for a search.

Excellent, thanks DB.

It looks like CA calculates the Living Space value along the outside of the walls at all "included" rooms. Is there a way to modify they way the program calculates the space? My local zoning office is now looking at the dimension from the "interior" side of the wall adjacent to the garage, but extending to the outside face of all other walls (house exterior walls). It strikes me as unnecessarily complicated for what amounts to tens of square feet, but that's where they're at. I've never actually looked into that calculation before, is there a defined code method that CA is using? If yes, could someone point to where I could look/show them?

RR, not on the OP's topic, but that was an immensely helpful vid. I had no idea the manual dim had a reach function. I purposely avoid that tool because it grabs way too much. I would never have though there was a way to reduce its "reach" to objects.

Mark, thank you for taking a look at it. I thought I might be asking a bit much of the auto-build. I threw some manual planes in and got what I intended.

This is the image he forwarded with it.

You might open the dialog on those inside walls and select "furred wall". That way you can drag it right against your foundation wall, and it doesn't create any room between the 2x6 and foundation.

Hey all. I might be finishing up this plan for a guy who's kin started it in some alternate smartdraw software and he can't go further than a layout (and it's goofy dimensioning). I thought I'd take a crack at setting up a full auto-build roof on a more complex roof line that I've auto-built before. But I've run into a couple of issues making CA create a shed-type roof (like gull wings), with a gable/rake wall end (front and rear), then having the porch roof return into that wall. Then, out of some sort of spite, it auto-built the left-rear roofs with a 3' soffit, but the rest is fine. It may simply be I'm asking too much from auto-build, manual it won't be an issue at all. If anyone feels so inclined to take a look, I appreciate it. Unfortunately, I can only open X11, but any advice is great. Thanks. Untitled 2.plan

Thank you folks. I'll let him make the call, its nice to have a couple modern viable solutions. Then again, I grew up in an old victorian with a retrofit water closet under the stairs, it was convenient to be able to rest my noggin on the ceiling in the facility...

Thank you for that idea. Hadn't even considered it.

I cheated and just "shrank" a wall sink, but don't know if a real world product exists.

Stairs leading to a mezzanine, I'll be able to cantilever out floor joists above for a short section of flat ceiling. Have ~7'10 at 10.5" from leading edge of toilet.