ladycoralie

Hi Guys,

I'm attaching my floorplan to view and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how I could do it better please? I'm restricted to the rectangular border around it. Any ideas would be most welcome. I'm going to put the laundry and more bedrooms down on the lower floor. I haven't done all the doors and windows properly yet as I'm just trying to work on the room layout at the moment.

Thanks

Coralie

Eagles View.plan

1 hour ago, glennw said:

In post #10, you are selecting the wrong wall in elevation view.

You are selecting the level 2 wall so that when you then select "Hang Floor Platform Above On Wall" it is not being applied to the correct floor platform.

You need to select the wall on level 1 (the middle wall in elevation - not the topmost wall) and then check "Hang......."  

To complicate things a bit more, the horizontal wall in the bottom left hand corner on level 2, does not line up with the wall below. 

AHA! Thanks Glenn. that did it. I was just so confused. I've never had to go around and change the walls like that before. Whenever I've derived a floor from the one below it has just been automatic. Sorry to have been such a pain in the bum.

1 hour ago, 7654321 said:

You need to  add a Exterior layer other than insulation foam  to the  walls  on floor 1 & 2   there are several in the wall specification properties box to choose from Brick or  siding...   

Thanks 7654321, I will keep that in mind. It seems to have resolved itself now.

9 hours ago, CJSpud said:

Michael was right ... make the structure tab setting changes and the gaps go away.

I'm really sorry, but it didn't work for me. I'm attaching 2 pics of the structure and the foundation. Can you please tell me what I need to do with them? I've made a mistake somewhere and I can't figure it out.

8 hours ago, 7654321 said:

Try changing the 2nd floor walls to ICF Siding , and add the block material 

Thanks, but I don't know how to do that either.

5 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

You just missed those 2 walls is all.  For the record, you don't actually have to remove the sill either.  Simply changing the structure settings should be all you need. 

I can't fix it. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. These walls are exactly the same as the other walls on the same level, but the gap won't go. I tried building the exact same building in x8 and had no problem with gaps. None of the parameters for hanging the floor platform above on wall etc, are checked in the x8 version. Is this something new for x9 that you have to go around and fix the structures of the walls like this? Attached is a pic of the wall for the gappy ones and they are exactly the same as the other ones that are working. I also tried unchecking the sill plate and making it 0, but that didn't work either. I just don't know what to do next. I must be missing something. Sorry to be such a pain.

Rustic Lodge.plan

I went around and did both of the above suggestions to all the walls, but I still have problems with the 2 front walls. I'm not sure what to do next. I have attached the plan.

Thanks

Coralie

Rustic Lodge.plan

18 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Not sure how you're actually building this structure, but I'm guessing what you probably need to do is this...

 

 

Change all your exterior walls to those settings and I think you should be good to go.  I imagine that's how you will actually be building too but of course that's just a guess.

Hi Alaskan_Son, I went around and changed them all to what you suggested. What does "building too close" mean?

2 hours ago, CJSpud said:

You need to make sure you change your defaults for your exterior walls to the recommendations by Michael and Eric.  I am not sure which settings make the gap close but I had to do it for all three of your floors.  For the Foundation walls, I first zeroed the sill plate height and then unchecked the display/build of the sill plate.  Then I got the gaps to close up.

Hi CJSpud, I went around and changed all the wall sill to 0 height, but I don't know where to find the uncheck display/build of the sill plate bit. This is really strange. Normally I just build a new floor using the "derive..from floor below option" and it's good to go.

Thanks Guys for all your help.

Cheers and thanks

Coralie

56 minutes ago, solver said:

Uncheck Sill Plate.

Hi Solver. Thanks for the tip. It worked for the foundation and the 1st floor but not for the 2nd floor.

Rustic Lodge.plan

Hi. I had a look at my foundation in 3D view and it doesn't seem to be aligning with the floor above. There are gaps between the floors. I used the Build>Foundation tool and derived it from the 1st floor plan, but something is wrong. I am attaching my plan if anyone can help me.

Thanks.

Rustic Lodge.plan

12 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

I just left it as a deck but if you want to pour some cement that might be better for that location.  I just selected the default ceiling but you can change the material if you like. Just hit the edit button for (J):

Yay! I finally got it. Thanks for all your help. I'm quite exhausted now and am off to have a Nana nap. Cheers Chopsaw and thanks again..

5 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Sure.

Didn't work for me. I still have that corkwood ceiling. I put in all of your measurements and made the room a porch with a ceiling.

Is there a way to put a ceiling over that lower deck now? I tried to make it a porch, but it wouldn't work.

Aha. I will try and remember that. Thanks.

35 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

The unspecified room that exits onto the lower deck was set at -2778mm so I just suggested to increase that by 52mm resulting in -2830mm  but if you change the room you will also have to readjust the deck accordingly and maybe terrain as well.

Hmmm. I don't quite understand. Is there a reason why the floor height of the deck and the room are different? I mean. I would have thought to make the floor height of the deck the same as the room, but it doesn't match. Is this a building thing?

Chopsaw, I was wondering how you figured out the height of the deck, because if I go around and change the rooms, it isn't level with the floor anymore?

Thanks. I just wasn't sure if the rooms were high enough.

Cheers

9 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Sorry yes now I see the problem. Just open the Room DBX and go to the structure tab and set Floor (C): to something like -2830mm which is about 50mm below the basement room with the door.  Check your local code to see if there are min regulations for this.  Or just make them the same if you can justify it.

thanks Chopsaw. That fixed it. I was just wondering if you thought the basement rooms were the right height too?

9 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Go to level 0 of floor plan and select Deck room and open DBX>Deck>Select "Automatically regenerate deck framing."   Also go up a level and Deselect "Roof over this room" in the Structure>Ceiling tab.

 

Keep up the good work, it looks like things are progressing for you.

 

Interesting that the first time I opened a perspective full overview Chief  hard crashed on me.  Has that been happening with this plan file to you ?

Thanks Chopsaw. That got the deck going. Yes, things are progressing. it's like one step forward two back for me though. I got the deck built but it isn't the same height as the floor in the rooms. Can't figure out what is wrong. If you go to the room with the sliding door and lokk out, you will see the different level. I don't know how to fix this.

I don't find the 3D crashing on me. I have got a lot of stuff in it though.

Cheers and thans

Coralie

Hi. My lower deck for the basement won't generate in 3D view. Something is wrong with my plan and I don't know what it is. Could someone help me with this please?

Thanks

Coralie

Mountain_Starbasement.plan

52 minutes ago, solver said:

A walkout basement is a basement where the terrain slopes to provide access.

 

I believe some people like to put it on level 1, the foundation on level 0 and house starting on level 2, but I don't believe it's required.

 

What do you find confusing about building the foundation, other than it's in feet and inches  ?

OMG! I'm such a dope of course 100 inches = 8'4". Definitely having a blonde moment there. GAH!

12 minutes ago, solver said:

A walkout basement is a basement where the terrain slopes to provide access.

 

I believe some people like to put it on level 1, the foundation on level 0 and house starting on level 2, but I don't believe it's required.

 

What do you find confusing about building the foundation, other than it's in feet and inches  ?

That the stem walls are both 100 inches and 8'4" at the same time. I 'm not sure if I've got the heights of my rooms right and the stem walls as well, because I put in 2440 height for rooms when I built the stem walls but they came out at 2060 when I checked it, so as a reulst I'm confused about how to build it. I thought when I put in 2440 the rooms would be that too. I know I'm missing something.

Hi Guys. I was hoping someone could check the foundation and basement of my plan please. I have tried to follow the instructions for creating a walkout basement on Chief but I find it really confusing - especially this part - "Next, select Build> Floor> Build Foundation  to create a basement level with stem walls of at least 100 inches (8 feet plus 4 inches for the foundation slab)." I just don't understand what they mean here, so I've muddled through it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers and thanks

Coralie

Mountain Starbasement.plan

1 hour ago, solver said:

Here is the plan.

 

You might want to update your signature to show you are using X9 by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left.

 

Mountain Starx8 AB G 1.zip

 

 

Thanks for the plan Solver. Looks great. I will have a go at it. Cheers and thanks again.

Okey dokey.

Many thanks to Glenn who spent some time with me on Skype this morning. I've learned a lot. Thanks to all you guys for your help and ideas too. I think I'm on my way with it now.

Cheers and thanks.

On 06/08/2017 at 11:59 PM, solver said:

I'm working in X9, will the plan help?

 

You can get close setting the appropriate walls to Full Gable and auto building the roof. 

 

I set the pitch to 17 degrees.

 

 

Manually edited the auto ceiling planes to straighten the ridges.

 

 

Might do it this way.

 

 

The porch I extended the right side out to the corner of the house. The center part that's raised -- make that section its own room and raise the ceiling height.

Hello Chopsaw. I've tried to copy without much success. I have x9 if you wish to post the plan for me. Thanks.