Joe_Carrick

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Johnny, See post #2 for the graphics and post #4 for the annotation.

Just to clarify what Joey said: It's in the "Global>Room Info" section of the macro selection.

macros can be inserted into the room label to show finish material

I use the Room Polyline or a Floor Material Region. It depends on the job, but either of these will work.

It makes it look correct in the Plan View.

I would think it might be dependent on the USB. Older ports didn't have nearly the speed of newer ones. There might also be a restriction depending on the anti-virus settings.

I would use a "Wall Material Region". For the continuous sill and lintel probably a Molding Polyline.

Here's a link to a lot of pics. https://www.google.com/search?q=skirl+siding&rlz=1C1AVNA_enUS590US607&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=995&tbm=isch&imgil=g8ExK6UGAjAU3M%253A%253BA06KAd3crPb5ZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.bridgerforestproducts.com%25252Four-products%25252Fsiding%25252Fexterior-siding%25252Fhaida-skirl-siding&source=iu&pf=m&fir=g8ExK6UGAjAU3M%253A%252CA06KAd3crPb5ZM%252C_&usg=__s1YevERo8m_SqB7WoFZmV9VOvLo%3D&ved=0CEIQyjdqFQoTCPHs5qXuosgCFUyagAodrCMFxQ&ei=JfwNVrHGOMy0ggSsx5SoDA#imgrc=g8ExK6UGAjAU3M%3A&usg=__s1YevERo8m_SqB7WoFZmV9VOvLo%3D

Dotters of Skirl

Dan, "Flitches" is the term used basically for the small pieces left after the board are trimmed square. For siding the term is "Skirl"

It's very interesting to me that there's anyone that hasn't seen this. It's been done this way for as long as I can remember. In fact, if you look at a full Stem Wall Foundation detail you will find a similar condition - but on both sides of the wall. The Footing itself is wider than the Stem Wall. It really doesn't matter how it's done - the reality is that the Stem Wall portion of the foundation is almost never as wide as the footing..

Greg, The terminology for this type of siding is "SKIRL", not "SKIRT". It's the siding made when a log is "slabbed" but the edges are not "dressed".

Dan, I don't think that's quite right. I think it's the Rich Text with those settings, not the macros per se. As you noted, by unchecking those boxes the slowness was gone. The macros are still there, but the Rich Text isn't having to be resized in the Layout.

I just sent out the macros for 09/2015. In addition to the Living_Area Bonus, this month included a file that adds Ruby methods to automatically format numbers into the standard display for the type of plan (Imperial or Metric). This allows a value in inches to be displayed in feet-inches-fractions: 80.8725 --> 6'-8 7/8" (rounded to a specified fraction - in this case 1/8's) or a value in mm to be display in m 7650 --> 7.650 m (automatically displayed to 3 significant places)

Current new Dropbox is 2 GB Free. Invite others to sign up = 500 MB additional (for both you and invitee) up to a max of 16 GB. I think some new systems come with a Dropbox account with 3GB. Of course, if you have more email accounts - you could invite "yourself" I'm not sure how Joey got 54 GB - probably an earlier invitation policy.

Using Dropbox works, but there are a couple of things to consider: 1. The Dropbox Folder on your computer(s) should be located on a large enough local drive to accommodate all the files you want synced. That may mean the "D" drive if your "C" drive isn't big enough. 2. If you have more than 3 GB of data you will need to upgrade Dropbox (1 TB for $99 per year) The nice thing is that you only need 1 account no matter how many devices you have.

Even for a 1 story building without a soils report you would have the bottom of the footing 18" below grade and the overall depth from top of slab to bottom of footing would be 24". That means a distance of 18" from top of footing to the top of slab. Same 40'x60' house with a 4" offset is about 4.5 cubic yards of concrete.

Larry, I don't use the Mono Slab for exactly that reason. I use a standard "Footing Wall" and offset the Footing. Since the "Slab at Top of Stem Wall" doesn't work very well, I just add a Slab at the correct height inside the Stem Walls. The depth of the footing varies a lot depending on soil conditions and freeze problems. Where you have less than perfect soils the footings often need to go quite a bit deeper. This is particularly true where there's a lot of top soil or clay. The bottom of the footings need to be deep enough (to avoid expansion/contraction due to freeze/thaw) and wide enough to support the loads.

Really guys, that's the way they are actually built. The trench is excavated (the width of the footing) about 4-6" to the outside of the edge of the slab. Then forms are installed on the outside with the "footing thickness" open to the outside of the trench. Rebar, Sand, & Membrane are placed and then the whole thing is poured. As the concrete seeps out under the forms it's typically back-filled just enough to prevent the concrete from coming up outside the form boards. Later when the forms are removed, if you were to cut thru the foundation that's what you would find. For a 3' deep foundation on a 40' x 60' building the savings in concrete is about 10 cubic yards of concrete. That's a lot of money to just put in the ground. btw, Even if you don't show it that way in your drawings - I would be willing to bet that your builders do it as shown in my detail. IAE, if you use the Materials List - and I know that most of you don't - you would find a huge difference in the amount of concrete.

Robert, A "Slab" - even with a footing - is on the "Slabs" Layer. A Mono Slab Foundation has the Slab on the "Foundation Layer" A Slab as a part of a Foundation Wall System doesn't even have a 3D Slab - Why not? These things are inconsistent and should be unified - but there should probably also be a "Patio Slab".

Here are a couple of details. The 1st is simply taken from the Chief CAD Details Library. The 2nd is the same detail modified to what a true Mono Slab Foundation would look like. That's how it would be built, with the footing offset to the exterior of the forming. This could/should have been done with some tweaks to the Foundation Wall Footing dbx to free up the settings. There are Check Boxes that are disabled and tied into code that acts more like Radio Buttons. It's a mess and any good programmer knows that Check Boxes are not supposed to disable other Check Boxes. This limits the flexibility to set dimensions, etc. In fact, many of those Check Boxes actually change the values in other fields when they shouldn't.

Scott, That's not a stepped footing. It's just a thick wall with varying depths. You know full well what I'm talking about. I know you were involved with the original mono slabs and you seem to have a vested interest in protecting them. They are not what they should/need to be and IMO they are practically useless in the current state. Even when I have a project that needs a Mono Slab (single pour foundation/slab) I can't use Chief's Monoslab Foundation.

Scott, I do work in the Big Bear Lake area and I do need frost walls. At 7000 ft elevation and temperatures that sometimes get down to -20 F ..... and most of the time I will have a slab only under part of the house because of the terrain. The mono slab as Chief provides doesn't give us any ability to step foundation walls the way I need to. The mono slabs I build with CA could be improved by giving me by being able to define the SLAB, STEM WALL, AND FOOTING in lieu of what I can control now which is THE SLAB and STEM WALL/FOOTING You said it all with that statement. I've said many times that we need a true "Foundation" rather than a "Room based system"

Scott, MonoSlabs are not a solution for me. They don't work the way they should - we've been discussing this since Monoslabs were first introduced. The only option I have found that is actually viable is to use the Foundation Walls and then add a Slab manually but that's a lot of work and requires even more work if anything is changed. It should be done automatically with the settings I have for the Foundation. btw, Larry's right about the Structure dbx being a PITA ..... and it extends to the Foundation dbx.