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I'm not at my CA computer, but I provide a blanket caveat, because the time of the plans is not necessarily the time of the permit. Where I do specify a particular code (energy compliance), I list out the sections, but now that you mention it, I should qualify it as which edition/year. It gets a little tricky sometimes because the govt will issue clarification bulletins post the issuance or the local jurisdiction will issue variances. In the variance case, I will stipulate the variance order #, but not always, if it is so widespread that everyone knows. ALL CONSTRUCTION MUST COMPLY WITH NATIONAL BUILDING CODE (ALBERTA EDITION) & CANADIAN ELECTRICAL CODE(CEC) IN EFFECT AT TIME OF PERMIT THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE NBC ALBERTA (2023) Division B, 9.9.4.2. Fire Separations for Exits - 2) Where an exit is located in a house with a secondary suite including their common spaces, the exit shall be protected by a continuous smoke-tight barrier of not less than 12.7 mm thick gypsum board installed on a) both sides of walls separating the exit from the remainder of the building, and b) the underside of floor-ceiling framing separating the exit from the remainder of the building. (See Sentence 9.10.9.3.(2) for closures) Division B, 9.9.10.1. Bedroom windows shall provide a minimum unobstructed opening of 0.35 sq. m. (3.77 sq. ft.) with no dimension less than 380mm (15"). Window shall be openable from the inside without the use of keys, tools or special knowledge and without the removal of sashes or hardware and maintain the required opening during an emergency without the need for additional support. Division B, 9.10.8.3. Fire-Resistance Ratings for Walls, Columns and Arches Light-frame walls, columns, arches and beams as well as loadbearing steel elements that support floors between dwelling units in a house with a secondary suite including their common spaces shall be protected by not less than 12.7 mm thick gypsum board. Division B, 9.10.9.3.(2) Openings to be Protected with Closures - Doors in smoke-tight barriers shall a) be solid-core, wood doors at least 45 mm thick, and b) have a self-closing device. Division B, 9.10.9.14. Walls and floor-ceiling framing in a house with a secondary suite that separate dwelling units from each other or dwelling units from ancillary spaces and common spaces to be protected by a continuous smoke-tight barrier of not less than 12.7 mm thick gypsum board installed on a) both sides of walls, and b) the underside of floor-ceiling framing. Division B, 9.10.10.4. Location of Fuel-Fired Appliances - 2) Except as required in the appliance installation standards referenced in Sentences 6.2.1.4.(1), 9.33.5.2.(1) and 9.33.5.3.(1), fuel-fired space-heating appliances, space-cooling appliances, service water heaters and laundry appliances need not be separated from the remainder of the building as required in Sentence (1), b) where the appliances i) serve a house with a secondary suite including their common spaces, and ii) are located in a service room where both sides of any wall assemblies and the underside of any floor-ceiling framing separating this room from both dwelling units or their common spaces are protected by a continuous smoke-tight barrier consisting of not less than 12.7 mm thick gypsum board. Division B, 9.10.19.1. Required Smoke Alarms - 1) Smoke alarms conforming to CAN/ULC-S531, 'Smoke-Alarms,' shall be installed in c) ancillary spaces and common spaces not in dwelling units in a house with a secondary suite. Division B, 9.11.1.1. (2) Where a house contains a secondary suite, each dwelling unit shall be separated from every other space in the house in which noise may be transmitted by a) construction conforming to this article b) construction providing an STC rating of not less than 43, or c) a separating assembly and adjoining constructions, which together provide an ASTC rating of not less than 40. Division B, 9.32.3.9.(7) Carbon Monoxide Alarms - Where CO alarms are installed in a house with a secondary suite including their common and service spaces, the CO alarms shall be wired so that the activation of any one CO alarm causes all CO alarms within the house with a secondary suite including their common spaces to sound. Division B, 9.33.1.1.(3) Air duct distribution systems serving one of the dwelling units in a house with a secondary suite shall not be directly interconnected with other parts of the house. Division C, 2.2.10.9. Responsibility for Compliance 1) Neither the issuance of a permit nor inspections made by the authority having jurisdiction shall in any way relieve the owner of a building from full responsibility for carrying out the construction or having the construction carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Safety Codes Act and its Regulations, this Code, or the permit, including compliance with any special conditions required by the authority having jurisdiction.

Canada has its own building code with no references to any other building code And then some provinces have their own version of that building code. It comes out every 5? years. And there is the National electrical code, and national plumbing code, and fire code

you can format the numbers to include units in the schedule dbx. I played around with different fonts until I found one that I thought showed "good", which was Arial, I also keep everything uppercase, it looks better IMHO

use a style pallet in room/object/plan mode from plan or camera view

Please move this to Q&A. Two ways I do it. If it is just a couple walls, I just use a hatched polyline that represents the wall to be demolioshed. Sophisticated way. Once you draw the existing plan, save it, then duplicate it(proposed plan). Then you create a reference view that shows both plans. you can then create something like this: CA has some videos on it: Using the Reference Display - Video | Chief Architect you can also search the forum for reference display

Your bottom chord is lower than the top plate as you can see the truss being cut by the top plate. Maybe need to rebuild the framing to rebuild the truss. I see this frequently if I am fiddling with roof heights

Hmmm, i assumevyou also refreshed the layout box. You might need to post the plan and layout

Did you save the saved plan view?

That said, it may be helpful to start with something. I believe renerabbit alaskanson and joecarrick sell templates

my guess is the exterior front steps should only be two risers or they are adjusting the grade next to the steps. This would give you enough to get into the garage, but then that would screw up the front windows (they would need window wells). you might want to drive by and see it or look on google streetview. I also notice the garage floor looks like it is a couple inches above the bottom of the front stairs ...or they have 3 risers in the garage and they have to make sure not to drive into it Your "porch room" is set to -53" absolute floor elevation. Why is it a porch room, as it is inside the house? It should not be a porch room second, it shows 4 risers into the main house rooms. This would imply a max of 4*7-7/8 change in floor elevation. Where does -53 come from? third your garage floor is at -26 1/8" which is above -53". effectively making your garage floor above your porch room floor If it was me I'd put the garage at -3*7.5 which is -22.5 less the door rise, say 3", which would put the garage at -25.5 relative to the entry. Given the entry(porch room) is 4 risers less than the main floor, I would put your "porch room" at - 4*7.5 which is -30". Add that to the garage puts the garage floor at -30+-25.5, which is -55.5. I would then adjust the roof on the garage to match the height of the roof on the elevation ...you could also scale the elevations and measure the front risers

did you "rebuild terrain"?

you are correct rob, if I add the extra 1/8", so the heel is 7 1/8 (3.5+3-5/8) it builds correctly with the heel

normally I don not have this issue because I make it larger to accomodate better insulation as I prefer more at the wall edge. However, for this case, the roof needs to be lowered in order to "look better" next to another roof I assume this is the structure width? I assumed this was the bottom chord height I have

ah, are you saying that is what controls that? i.e. if I made the subfascia the same height as the fascia, then the facia board would not get cut horizontally like I show? interesting

energy heel was already on, the force rebuild did not work. I seem to remember a couple years ago I did a test and it would only create the energy heel if it was x amount high. Any other ideas other than manually editing the truss?

Can I get the truss lower chord to not go across in the eave area? As can be seen the soffit is intersecting the truss...erroneously

thanks, that worked

would like it to look like the red below. I tried all the combinations under roof plane->options->eave but could not find something that does per below:

attached is not quite how you have it, but it is a way without macros. For the living area for the floors, pick which rooms are needed to be included in your jurisdiction 20.09.2025_20.09.42_REC.mp4

As a last resort if you are going to do this often, you could probably pay a freelance software developer to do it by creating bookmarks in the pdf file, after the pdf file is created in CA...and then sell it to everyone else on here who needs it

Wouldn't this be determined by your jurisdiction? I do not have to delineate porches and garages here. As such I only have 1st floor, 2nd floor, basement living area, and sometimes parcel coverage on my plans

if you were permitted to display only living area, porches and garage, it would be simpler than delineating every single porch

custom schedules, using object information panel and macros is another way. There is a thread on it. Both alaskan son and rene rabbit have a polished version for sale I believe

sorry thought you were on X17. Are you saying that when the only open file in CA is your layout file, that the project browser shows these other .plan files? If so, yes the layout is referencing other files. I'm not at my CA computer, but I think from the menu for layout it is click tools->Referenced files what does it show?

I think I see where you are going. you do not like to see the old plans in the browser, or in the drop down list when selecting a reference plan. You could just delete the plan by right clicking on it in the browser? Might want to export it first so you had a backup. BTW I sort mine by date so the newest is always at the top