Joe_Carrick

I suspect that there's a Filler at that location that doesn't have a backsplash. Or perhaps the backsplash is supposed to dependent on the wall cabinets above and it doesn't go all the way to the end wall. Post the Plan and someone will figure it out.

One key element is that on a severely sloping site is there may be a variety of "Rooms" at the Foundation Level at different elevations and with the bottom of the Footings also at different elevations. The "Basement" may be "crawl space" in some areas and "habitable space" in other areas. In those areas where it's just "crawl space" you just leave out the floor slab.

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.

Yes, you can build any kind of Foundation. Really the only thing different is as Larry showed - you have to set the Floor Elevation and make the surrounding Walls the desired Wall Type. Just think of it as the Basement (Lvl 1) has to be sunken in to the Terrain. Otherwise there's nothing different from a normal Floor. You might need to change the name you display in Layout but that's it.

Thanks Larry, I've been having a lot of trouble with my WiFi. I got a new powered Extender but it's not working right either. I'll have to call Tech Support on Monday. IAE, I just haven't been able to upload a video - keep losing connection half way thru.

The Room Finish Schedule and the Room Labels are both rounded to 2 decimal places. With imperial units (sq.ft.) it's not a bit deal but I can see that with metric units (sq.m.) it would be about 10 times as much. I've never used the Totals in the Schedule so I'm not sure why that is off. There is a way to calculate these to whatever degree of accuracy you need using a Ruby Script (macro) but that takes a bit of programming to do.

Start from the top of your building and work down, setting the elevations. I know that's the opposite of the way we think, but that is the way "Chief" thinks.

Lady, Go to the Level 1 and in the Master Bedroom "Floor" section of the Structure Tab un-check "Floor Supplied by the Foundation Room Below" That should fix it. I still would separate the Foundation From the Basement by using different Levels. I just don't like using Level 0 for anything except the base Foundation.

Dennis, Open the Schedule dbx and check "Other"

Mark, I haven't looked to see what you did but here's how I would do this: 1. Get a Cabinet Door from the Library and place it "free-standing" in the Plan 2. Size it as needed 3. Marquee Select and Block it 4. Open the Components dbx and change the Description to "Refrig Panel" a. You can also specify the Mfr, and Comments in this dbx that you want to appear in the Schedule. 5. Open the Object dbx and check "Include in Schedule" / "Cabinet" 6. Add it to the Library. Now you can copy it from the Library, place it where needed. It will be in the Cabinet Schedule as a separate item and will have a "Cabinet Label". You would need to do this for each Style but you could change the size by selecting the Block, hitting Tab and Opening the dbx. The Label and Size in the dbx will reflect those changes. Note: You don't have to add it to the Library. I would do this only if I expected to be using the same size and style in the future.

Where are you seeing these values that you don't agree with? Room Labels? Finish Schedule? Materials List? Without knowing exactly what you are referring to there's no way to answer your question.

I would definitely use the Cabinet Tool for the Bench - but with a 3/4" Plywood Counter Top. The cushions I would fashion separately from Custom Counter Tops and convert them to "Furniture Symbols". Doing it this way would be consistent with the real world and the Schedules would be correct. I think CA took a shortcut on this video

Robert, Maybe that's what the Reference Manual says - but it's not how it works on my system. AFAIK, it has never worked that way. The only thing the Floor Camera does differently from the Full Camera is it limits the view to the Current Floor. The Floor Overview Camera doesn't show the Ceiling. If you look at the OP's pics, you will see that there is no ceiling in the structure tab (section view) of the dbx. The above pic shows a ceiling. OTOH, the fact that this her room is on Level 0 may have something to do with her 3D View. This is just one more reason to limit the use of Level 0 to the Foundation and use Level 1 for the Basement.

I don't think that's correct. The Floor Overview does that but the Floor Camera should show the ceiling.

Do you have a 1st Floor? You might also want to check the boxes for Ceiling Height Defaults. It appears the ceiling is about 20' above where the 1st floor would be. Post the Plan.

Place the Door Panels from the Library as stand-alone in the Plan. Then move them into the proper position on the front of the Appliance. I think they will still be in the Cabinet Schedule.

Dennis, Select the "Select Material" button then "Plan Material">"Edit". That's where you can edit the Pattern (even selecting a custom pattern file), etc.

Dennis, Is there a Pattern in the Material Region dbx for that material? Select the "Edit Material" option and see what it shows.

I think I just did in my previous post. Since you and Doug have read this thread post is it really necessary to start another thread in the Suggestions Forum? I can do that but it seems redundant.

I guess I have to ask why CA appears to be so resistant to making this more flexible. It's not something that would be difficult to change. They could just replace the 15 and 7.5 degree radio buttons with a drop-down of the following: 7.5 15 22.5 30 45 60 90 and have just a single "special angle" entry for cases where someone wants to use 5,6,9,10,12 or any other number that will divide into evenly into 360 degrees.

You probably did not have all layers turned on in that CAD Detail Window. Each Window has it's own Active Layer Set. Schedules are usually created on the "Schedules" Layer but they can be modified and placed on any Layer you choose - including Custom Layers. If the active Layer Set for any Window doesn't have the Schedule Layer displayed then you wouldn't see it.

You must be missing something. The only answer is to Post the Plan

Dermot, The problem is that when the program forces an angle of 7.5 degrees it makes it difficult to draw at 22.5 because you can easily hit 15 or 30 degrees. Sometimes we want to force the angles to be in only 22.5 degrees or 30 degrees or 45 degrees or 60 degree increments and we want to do so easily without worrying about being off by a lesser increment. Actually, there are only a limited number of angles that can be used for drawing purposes (evenly divisible into 360). Those are 1,2, 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 22.5, 30, 45, 60 & 90. However, 1, 2, 5 & 7.5 are pretty difficult to use as angle snaps. The larger numbers are the ones that are easiest for the human eye to discriminate. The program should not force the user to use a smaller snap angle than wanted or needed.

Scott, There is a Delete Tool that allows you to delete all Schedules in the Plan - even those you can't find.

Sherry, I think that what's happening is a bit misleading. When you enter 22.5 it sets 7.5 degrees (3x7.5=22.5) so it should be OK. Unfortunately that mean you have to be careful not to hit the 7.5 or 15 degree angles as you are drawing. To me, this is a programming bug which limits what we can do. Any angle that results in an integer value when divided into 360 should be allowed. The fact that 7.5 divides evenly into 22.5 should not force an angle of 7.5 for angle snaps. The same thing happens if you try to set the snaps to 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees or 90 degrees. It's wrong and CA should fix it.