joey_martin

In the IRC look in section R502.

For the I-joists look in the manufacturers literature for the end bearing requirement.

Bill I'm going to give you my email

joeymdp@gmail.com

I work with a builder in Jacksonville that have an engineer we work with, let me see how backed up they are. Last house we did took a couple months though.

9 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

It just does not work out well with a regular ruler or measuring tape.

That should never be a consideration. Trusting someone with a measuring tape on a job site is asking to get sued. My plans contain a note that states printed dimensions override anyone's tape measure.

3/16" is an acceptable scale for residential plans. 

3 hours ago, ChiefUserBigRob said:

floorplan to markup during meetings

I have an Epson WF 7610 that will print up to 12x18 which is perfect for this. 

Don't need multiple plans? We can schedule one off builders sets as well. Let's have a chat!

Shoot me an email and I will get you a sample set of plans.

joeymdp@gmail.com

If you are new to X13 you are sending a SAVED PLAN VIEW most likely and that SPV was created with the reference layer on. 

@ChiefUserBigRob if you are going to provide the printing, you need to make sure you are compensated for the time away from the computer baby sitting the printer. I've been there, done that....sold the printer. I figured that if the local shop was charging $3 per sheet, I needed to charge $6 to cover the paper, ink, and my time away from getting the drawings to the print stage. I bumped up the price and people stopped asking me to print them, which is what I wanted.

Are you saying you are surprised by that condition? That sounds rude, and it's not meant to be, but placing basement stairs against an exterior will always result in needing to find a way to cover, insulate, and seal that rim area. I like to fur out the wall above so that it aligns, a window seat can be added, or a plant shelf.

Add a note to your internal Q.C. and design documents that if a basement stair well is on an exterior wall, this will need to be dealt with and have the conversation with the homeowner during the initial design phase.

Used a gable line...

3 hours ago, rlackore said:

need the code official to sign-off if you design the panels to resist both uplift and shear.

No lie....the last time I talked with our new local "code official" about shear and uplift...this was for a pavilion I designed for the city....her eyes glazed over as she was trying to not look like she had zero clue what I was talking about. 

P.S....she's a friend of the mayor

I am taking about the R-6 Insulated Panels. In zone 5 we can do R-19 (2x6) or R-13+5 (2x4). It's the R-5 part that I am interested in. 90% we use 2x6 exterior walls and it's not a problem, one builder insists on using 2x4 exterior walls and the new building commissioner is making him submit plans and get permits, where in the past, he did whatever the hell he wanted to. 

https://www.huberwood.com/zip-system/insulated-r-sheathing

Yes, but when I take a section through the wall, I still want the layers and different fills to be present so that I can detail it better. I wondered if others were simply putting a 1" or 1.5" substitute in there, or leaving the layers.

Anyone set up a ZIP Wall yet? I am interested in seeing how others have set the wall layers up for this system to work correctly, especially when using brick veneer. 

If using a conditioned crawl space, please consider no slab above the crawl space. 

Look here...

1) If you are taking interior elevations use the WALL ELEVATION CAMERA and set it to have a callout, not a line to get in the way.

2) Use the project browser to open the camera views and lock them in plan view as stated above.

You're sending an image. How does it look once you have printed to PDF. If you want simple, clean interior elevations, send them as plot line views.

Probably best to pose that question directly to Chief Architect.

info@chiefarchitect.com

Molding polyline? 

I use a molding polyline to add flares at siding/stone transitions, it may work for this.

Ashley are you familiar with Sketchup at all? There might be some items in the 3D warehouse to snag and bring into Chief, or make them in Sketchup and easily import them into Chief.

You have a floor framing setting off somewhere. Find that setting and you are good to go.

29 minutes ago, robdyck said:

You might start looking into the code and then decide you need a different occupation!

Especially in California!!

Here in Indiana, besides having a subscription to the online codes ( https://codes.iccsafe.org/ ) I can also go to the state website and get reference link, or to the Indiana Association of Building Officials site ( https://www.iabo.com/ ) and look for reference links. Check in California has such a resource for you.

10 hours ago, Michael_Gia said:

Dimensioning to lumber is careless design. 

That statement is ridiculous, come on man, be better.